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Katelyn Ohashi
Katelyn Ohashi in 2016
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1997-04-12) April 12, 1997 (age 27)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
HometownNewcastle, Washington, U.S.
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2009–2013 (US)
GymWOGA, GAGE
College teamUCLA Bruins (2015–19)
Head coach(es)Valorie Kondos Field
(UCLA)
Assistant coach(es)Chris Waller
Former coach(es)Al Fong
(GAGE)
Valeri Liukin
Laurent Landi
(WOGA)
ChoreographerAntonia Marakova
MusicOnegin's Theme (2010–2012), Ya Habibi, Always by Aysel and Arash (2013)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Jr. Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Uneven Bars
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Floor Exercise
FIG World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Worcester All-Around
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 St Louis Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 St Louis Floor Exercise

Katelyn Michelle Ohashi (born April 12, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast.[1] Currently, she competes for the University of California, Los Angeles and is a two-time All-American. Previously, she was a four-time member of USA Gymnastics' Junior National Team, the 2011 junior national champion[2] and the winner of the 2013 American Cup. She was trending globally on various social media networks in January 2019 for her perfect 10 score at the 2019 Collegiate Challenge, the third perfect 10 floor routine of her career.

Junior career

2009

Early in her career, Ohashi trained with Al Fong at Great American Gymnastics Express (GAGE) in Blue Springs, Missouri. Ohashi was twelve years old when she made her debut on the national gymnastics scene at the 2009 Junior Olympic National Championships. At the Championships, she placed first on floor exercise, tied for second on uneven bars, placed fourth in the all-around and tied for seventh on vault.[2]

She competed in her first elite meet at the U.S. Classic in Des Moines, Iowa, where she placed fourth on floor in the junior division, tied for fifth on balance beam and placed ninth in the all-around. This qualified her to the National Championships in Dallas, where she won the silver medal on floor exercise, placed sixth on beam, finished tenth in the all-around and was named to the junior national team.[3]

Soon after Nationals, Ohashi moved to Plano, Texas, to train at WOGA.

2010

In the junior division of the 2010 U.S. Classic in Chicago, Ohashi won silver medals in the all-around and on bars, beam and floor.[2] At the National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut, in July, she won the bars title, placed third in the all-around and tied for fourth on floor. She placed fifth on beam and seventh on vault.[2]

At the 2010 Bumbo Cup in Pretoria, South Africa, Ohashi captured the junior-division gold medals in the all-around, floor and vault, along with silver medals on bars and beam.[2][4]

2011

In the junior division at the 2011 City of Jesolo Trophy, Ohashi helped the U.S. win the team competition and won an individual gold medal on floor. She tied for second on uneven bars and placed third all-around, fourth on beam and fifth on vault.[2]

At the U.S. Classic in Chicago, she won the silver medal on beam with a score of 14.95, and tied for fifth on vault with Kiana Winston (14.55).[5] At the National Championships in August, she won the junior all-around title with a total score of 120.95 over two nights, beating defending champion Kyla Ross.[6]

Ohashi captured the bars title at Nationals with skills that included an el-grip endo to straddled Jaeger,[6] a Gienger and a tucked double-double dismount.[7] Her winning beam routine, one of the most difficult in the world, featured a full-twisting back layout, a standing Arabian, an Onodi and a piked full-in dismount.[7] She also won floor with a routine that included a piked full-in and a two-and-a-half twist to front full.[7] On vault, she performed a double-twisting Yurchenko and finished fourth.[7]

Senior career

Ohashi won the 2013 American Cup in March, defeating U.S. teammate Simone Biles. In April, however, she had shoulder surgery, which prevented her from competing for the rest of the year.

In an interview at the 2014 WOGA Classic, Ohashi said she was unsure of her ability to continue at the international elite level after her injury.[8] Later in the year, she suffered a back injury that required surgery, and did not compete again until 2015.

Level 10 career

In 2015, Ohashi dropped from elite competition back to Level 10. Her first competition since 2013 was the Texas Prime Meet, where she performed only on vault, beam and floor.

Ohashi competed at the 2015 Pikes Peak Cup in Colorado Springs on February 6. She placed 17th in the all-around and finished second in the vault event final with a score of 9.850.[9] She then competed at the 2015 WOGA Classic on February 14 and placed 14th overall, competing three events.[10] On February 20, she competed at the Legends Invitational in Los Angeles, where she placed 13th in the all-around and second on vault.[11]

College career

Ohashi joined the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team for the 2015–2016 season[12] and was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week four times.[13] However, in a meet against the Arizona Wildcats, she landed on her neck on her balance beam dismount after the cap of the beam she was performing on fell off.[14] Tests showed that she had sustained a sternal fracture[15], an injury that kept her out for four weeks. The following season, Ohashi finished the regular season at No. 1 on Balance Beam and received two perfect 10s. In the 2018 season she improved upon her performances from the previous season. She captured three perfect 10s on floor, the first of her career, and set career highs on the uneven Bars, vault and the all-around. She finished the regular season ranked first on floor and third on beam, and was named the PAC 12 specialist of the year. Going into the national championships she competed on Beam and floor, placing fourth on beam and winning the floor title, her first national championship win.[16] She followed this up with another national championship win the next night with the UCLA team in the Super Six, where Ohashi scored a pair of 9.95s on beam and floor.[17] At the 2019 Collegiate Challenge she earned perfect 10s for a floor routine to an R&B and pop hits medley that she was performing for the second time and that has been shared widely on social media.[18][19]

Career perfect 10.0
Season Date Event Meet
2017 March 5, 2017 Balance Beam UCLA vs UC Berkeley
March 12, 2017 UCLA vs UNC
2018 February 4, 2018 Floor Exercise UCLA vs Oklahoma
February 25, 2018 UCLA vs Oregon State
March 13, 2018 UCLA vs San Jose State
2019 January 12, 2019 Collegiate Challenge

Competitive history

Junior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2009 U.S. Classic 9 18 15 5 4
US National Championships 10 22 20 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2010 U.S. Classic 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
US National Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 4
Bumbo Classic 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
U.S. Classic 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9
US National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012 Pacific Rim Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
U.S. Classic 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8
US National Championships 5 11 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Senior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2013 American Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)

NCAA

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2016 NCAA Championships 5
2017 NCAA Championships 4 8
2018 NCAA Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "6 Things to Know About Gymnast Katelyn Ohashi". ThoughtCo. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f ”Katelyn Ohashi,” USA Gymnastics, Bio, accessed September 27, 2011.
  3. ^ ”USA Gymnastics names 2009 U.S. Women’s National Team,” Factsheet, USA Gymnastics, August 15, 2009, accessed September 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "USA wins five junior gold medals at Bumbo Cup". USA Gymnastics. December 4, 2010.
  5. ^ "2011 Cover Girl Classic Meet Results," USA Gymnastics, July 23, 2011, http://usagym.org/pages/women/events/2011/covergirlclassic/, accessed September 28, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Ohashi cruises to victory at the 2011 Visa Championships," Press release, USA Gymnastics, August 20, 2011, accessed September 29, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d "Quick Hits," Factsheet, USA Gymnastics, August 14, 2011, accessed September 29, 2011.
  8. ^ "Katelyn Ohashi of WOGA Updates us on her Injury Status". gymnastike.org. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  9. ^ "Katelyn Ohashi, WOGA Gymnastics - MyMeetScores.com". mymeetscores.com. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  10. ^ "2015 WOGA Classic Results". thegymter.net. February 14, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  11. ^ "2015 Gymnastics Legends - MyMeetScores.com". Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "UCLA Gymnastics Signs Three More Star Recruits". www.uclabruins.com. April 15, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  13. ^ "Ohashi Named Pac-12 Freshman of Week". www.uclabruins.com. January 19, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  14. ^ "Gymnast doesn't let fall throw game off balance, leads UCLA to win". Daily Bruin. January 24, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  15. ^ Cummings, Matt (February 2, 2016). "Freshman gymnast Katelyn Ohashi diagnosed with sternal fracture". Daily Bruin. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  16. ^ Lee, Ohashi Win NCAA Individual Titles, UCLA.com, Retrieved April 21, 2018
  17. ^ Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Peng-Peng Lee clinches NCAA title for UCLA gymnastics with perfect 10, Los Angeles Daily News, Retrieved April 21, 2018
  18. ^ Allyson Chiu, "'A 10 isn't enough': UCLA gymnast's flawless floor routine breaks the Internet", The Washington Post, via San Francisco Chronicle, January 14, 2019.
  19. ^ Katelyn Ohashi - 10.0 Floor (1-12-19) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ic7RNS4Dfo
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