Nickname
Shi (usagym.org, 01 Jan 2014)
Hobbies
Using social networks. (usagym.org, 01 Jan 2022)
Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
English
Club
Ascend Gymnastics Center [Auburn, WA, USA]
Coach
Sarah Korngold [club]; Brett Wargo [club]
International senior debut
2018 for United States, Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru (thegymter.net, 27 Feb 2019)
Injuries
She injured the big toe on her left foot in August 2022. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 19 Aug 2022)
In 2021 she was sidelined for about four months as the result of fractures to her back and her foot following a car accident. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 19 Aug 2022)
She missed the 2017 US Junior National Championships in Anaheim, California, after fracturing her right kneecap while training on floor exercise a week before the competition. It took her six months to recover. (intlgymnast.com, 13 Aug 2018; dispatch.com, 26 Jul 2018)
Start sporting career
She got involved in the sport in 2006. (usagym.org, 01 Jan 2014)
Reason for taking up the sport
"I was flipping around the house so my parents enrolled me in gymnastics." (usagym.org, 01 Jan 2014)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (olympics.com, 19 Aug 2022)
Hero / Idol
US gymnast Gabby Douglas. (today.com, 09 Aug 2016)
Most influential person in career
Her father. (olympics.com, 19 Aug 2022)
Additional information
General
COMING HOME
Originally from Washington State in the United States of America, she spent seven years in Ohio between 2014 and 2021 so she could work with coach Christian Gallardo. She moved back to Seattle in December 2021 after her father passed away. "This is honestly what he [her father] wanted for me. He's told me since we moved to Ohio. He's like, 'You know, you need to come back home and do it where you started and you know, there's still more left in you.'" (teamusa.org, 21 Aug 2022; olympics.com, 19 Aug 2022; olympics.nbcsports.com, 19 Aug 2022)
UNIVERSITY DEFERRED
She has committed to study at the University of Florida in the United States of America. She has deferred enrolment until after the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 19 Aug 2022)
NAMED ELEMENT
'The Jones' was added into the Junior Olympic Code of Points in 2014. The move involves a one-and-a-half twisting double tuck on floor, where the twist is completed in the first flip and the second flip is a front tuck out. (flogymnastics.com, 25 May 2014)
Last update : 2022-10-11
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