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Katelyn Michelle Ohashi (born April 12, 1997) is an American gymnast who competed for the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a six-time and was a four-time member of USA Gymnastics' Junior National Team, the 2011 junior national champion, ”Katelyn Ohashi,” USA Gymnastics, Bio, accessed September 27, 2011. and the winner of the 2013 American Cup. Noted for incorporating popular dance elements in her floor routines, she trended globally on various social media networks in January 2019 for her perfect 10 score at the 2019 Collegiate Challenge, the fourth perfect 10 floor routine of her career.
Ohashi started gymnastics at age 3. In 2006, Ohashi, her mother, and the youngest of her brothers, Kalen, moved first to Kansas City, Missouri, and then, three years later, to Plano, Texas, to support her gymnastics training.
She attended Spring Creek Academy before graduating from Plano Senior High School in 2015. In the fall of 2015, she began attending the University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in gender studies and graduated in 2019.
Ohashi had body-image problems and has been a recipient of body-shaming insults, which resulted in an eating disorder. She has received mental health counseling, which she reports as being "crucial in my growing as a person and my mental health."
She competed in her first elite meet at the 2009 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 for the National Championships in Dallas, where she won the silver medal on floor, placed sixth on beam, finished tenth in the all-around and was named to the junior national team. ”USA Gymnastics names 2009 U.S. Women's National Team,” Factsheet, USA Gymnastics, August 15, 2009, accessed September 27, 2011.
Soon after Nationals, Ohashi moved to Plano, Texas, to train at WOGA.
At the 2010 Bumbo Cup in Pretoria, Ohashi captured the junior-division gold medals in the all-around, floor and vault, along with silver medals on bars and beam.
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)."2011 Cover Girl Classic Meet Results," USA Gymnastics, July 23, 2011, http://usagym.org/pages/women/events/2011/covergirlclassic/ , accessed September 28, 2011. 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. "Ohashi cruises to victory at the 2011 Visa Championships," Press release, USA Gymnastics, August 20, 2011, accessed September 29, 2011.
Ohashi captured the bars title at Nationals with skills that included an el-grip endo to straddled Jaeger, a Gienger and a tucked double-double dismount. "Quick Hits," Factsheet, USA Gymnastics, August 14, 2011, accessed September 29, 2011. 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. She also won floor with a routine that included a piked full-in and a two-and-a-half twist to front full. On vault, she performed a double-twisting Yurchenko and finished fourth.
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. Later in the year, she suffered from two torn shoulders and a spine injury that required surgery, and did not compete again until 2015.
Ohashi competed at the 2015 Pikes Peak Cup in Colorado Springs on February 6. She placed 17th in the all-around competing on three events instead of four, and finished second in the vault event final with a score of 9.850. She then competed at the WOGA on February 14 and placed 14th overall, competing in only three events. On February 20, she competed at the Legends Invitational in Los Angeles, where she placed 13th in the all-around and second on vault.
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In 2021, Ohashi participated in Simone Biles' "Gold Over America Tour". She joined the tour again in 2024.
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