2-25-13 Capsule Bios for ATT American Cup Competitors
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Capsule bios for the 2013 AT&T American Cup WOMEN Canada Victoria Moors Birthdate: 11/5/1996 Club: Dynamo Gymnastics Sports Centre Inc. Coach: Elvira Saadi Hometown: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada 2012 Olympic Games, 5th Team Canada Maegan Chant Birthdate: 4/19/1997 Club: World Class Gymnastics Coach: Gabriel Tantaru & Cristina Bontas-Tantaru Hometown: Waterdown, Canada 2013 Elite Canada, 2nd All-Around 2012 Pacific Rim Championships, 3rd Vault, 3rd Team 2012 Jr. Pan Am Championships, 8th All-Around, 2nd Floor Germany Elisabeth Seitz Birthdate: 4/11/1993 Club: TG Mannheim Coach: Ulla Koch Hometown: Heidelberg, Germany 2012 Olympic Games, 10th All-Around and 6th on Uneven Bars 2011 World Championships, 11th All-Around, 6th Team 2010 World Championships, 12th All-Around, 8th Uneven Bars Great Britain Gabrielle Jupp Birthdate: 6/12/1997 Club: Sapphire School of Gymnastics Coach: Steve Price Hometown: Borehamwood, Hertfordshire 2012 Britain Junior National Champion 2012 Junior European Championships, 3rd Floor, 5th All-Around, Beam finalist Italy Vanessa Ferrari Birthdate: 11/10/1990 Club: Brixia Brescia Coach: Enrico Casella Hometown: Genivolta, Italy 2012 Olympic Games, 8th All-Around and 4th Floor Exercise 2011 World Championships 2010 World Championships, 11th All-Around, 6th Floor, 8th Team 2007 World Championships, 3rd All-Around, 8th Bars, 6th Floor 2006 World All-Around Champion Japan Asuka Teramoto Birthdate: 11/19/1995 Club: Legyc Sports Coach: Shuji Sakamoto Hometown: Aichi, Japan 2012 Olympic Games, 8th Team, 11th All-Around 2011 World Championships, 5th Bars, 7th Team USA Simone Biles Birthdate: 3/ 14 /1997 Club: Bannon’s Gymnastix, Inc. Coach: Aimee Boorman Hometown: Spring, Texas 2012 Visa Championships, 1st Vault, 3rd All-Around, 6th Bars, Beam & Floor (jrs) 2012 Secret U.S. Classic, 1st All-Around & Vault, 2nd(t) Floor, 3rd Beam, 4th Bars (jrs) USA Katelyn Ohashi Birthdate: 4/12/1997 Club: WOGA Coach: Valeri Liukin Hometown: Newcastle, Washington 2012 Visa Championships, 2nd Bars, Beam & Floor, 5th All-Around (jrs) 2012 City of Jesolo, 1st Team, Bars & Beam 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships, 1st team, All-Around, Bars, Beam & Floor 2011 Visa Championships, 1st All-Around, Bars, Beam & Floor, 4th Vault (jrs) MEN Brazil Sergio Sesaki Junior Birthdate: 3/31/1992 Club: Clube de Regatas Flamengo Coach: Renato Alves Pequeno de Araujo Hometown: Sao Bernardo do Campo 2012 Olympic Games, 10th All-Around 2011 World Championships 2010 World Championships 2009 World Championships, 19th All-Around Colombia Giraldo Lopez Birthdate: 9/5/1979 Club: Futuras Estrellas Coach: Junsuke Iwai Hometown: Medellin Colombia 2012 Olympic Games, 33rd All-Around (prelims) 2011 World Championships, 44th All-Around (prelims) 2010 World Championships, 32nd All-Around (prelims) 2009 World Championships, 13th All-Around 2008 Olympic Games, 41st All-Around (prelims) 2004 Olympic Games, 32nd All-Around (prelims) Great Britain Kristian Thomas Birthdate: 2/14/1989 Club: Earls School of Gymnastics Coach: Michelle Bradley/Andrg Popov Hometown: Wolverhampton 2012 Olympic Games, 7th All-Around, 8th Vault, 3rd Team Germany Marcel Nguyen Birthdate: 9/8/1987 Club: TSV Unterbaching Coach: Andreas Hirsch and Valeri Belenki Hometown: Munich, Germany 2012 Olympic Games, 2nd All-Around, 8th Floor, 2nd Parallel Bars, 7th Team 2011 World Championships, 8th All-Around, 6th Team 2009 World Championships, 12th All-Around 2008 Olympic Games 2007 World Championships 2006 World Championships Japan Hiroki Ishikawa Birthdate: 11/22/1992 Club: Juntendo University Coach: Yasuhito Konishi Hometown: Fukui, Japan 2012 Intercollege Championships, 1st Team, 2nd All-Around 2012 Final Trial, 10th All-Around 2011 ART Challenge Cup, Slovenia, 8th Rings, 7th Parallel Bars Ukraine Oleg Verniaiev Birthdate: 9/29/93 Club: Armed Force of Ukraine Coach: Gennadii Sartynskyi Hometown: Donetsk, Ukraine 2012 Olympic Games, 4th Team, 11th All-Around 2012 AT&T American Cup, 6th All-Around 2011 World Championships, 5th Team USA Danell Leyva Birthdate: 10/30/1991 Club: Team Hilton HHonors/Universal Gymnastics Coach: Yin Alvarez Hometown: Homestead, Fla. 2012 Olympic Games, 3rd All-Around, 5th Team and Horizontal Bar 2012 AT&T American Cup, 1st All-Around 2011 World Championships, 3rd Team, 1st Parallel Bars 2010 World Championships, 4th Team, 5th High Bar 2009 World Championships, 4th High Bar USA Jake Dalton Birthdate: 8/19/1991 Club: University of Oklahoma Coach: Mark Williams Hometown: Reno, Nev. 2013 Winter Cup Challenge, 1st All-Around, Floor & Rings, 5th Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar(t) 2012 Olympic Games, 5th Team 2011 World Championships, 3rd Team, 8th Floor 2011 AT&T American Cup, 3rd All-Around 2009 World Championships .