Tabitha
Yim
2002
Balance Beam National Champion, All-Around Runner-Up
2001
World Championships Bronze Medallist
2001
Floor Exercise National Champion, All-Around Runner-Up
Hometown:
Irvine, Calif.
Residence:
Irvine, Calif.
Date/Place
of Birth: Nov. 2, 1985/Los Angeles, Calif.
Club:
Charter Oaks Gliders
Coach:
Steve and Beth Rybacki
School:
Northwood High School
Year
in School: 12th
(Fall
'02)
Began
Gymnastics: 1989
Favorite
Event: Floor Exercise
Years
on National Team: 4 (1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03)
Personal
Info
Yim
is the 2001 floor exercise national champion and was the runner-up in the
all-around.
She
helped the U.S. team to a bronze medal at the 2001 World Gymnastics
Championships.
She
is the daughter of Inja Yim and has one older brother, Jonathan. Her favorite
subject in
school
is English and she would like to become a sports psychologist. Yim is a
competitive
ice
skater as well as a gymnast. She trains in the morning for ice skating and in
the afternoon
for
gymnastics. Yim likes to collect Precious Moments statues, surf the net and
play with her
dogs.
She recently met her goal of making the 2001 World Championships team.
International
Competition
2003
Pacific Challenge (USA/CAN/AUS), Fullerton, CA; 1st
Team,
4th AA
2002
USA-Belgium Dual Meet, Houston, Texas; 1st
Team,
1st-
BB, 2nd -UB
2002
Visa American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 5th-AA,
1st FX,
2nd -V
2001
World Gymnastics Championships, Ghent, Belgium; 3rd-Team,
7th-AA,
6th-FX
2001
Senior Pan American Championships, Cancun, Mexico; 1st-Team,
3rd-AA,
1st-BB,
7th-FX
2001
USA-Belgium Dual Meet, Houston, Texas; 2nd-AA
1999
USA-Canada Dual Meet, Quebec, Canada; 2nd-team,
6th-AA
1999
USA-France Dual Meet, Norman, Okla.; 1st-team
National
Competition
2003
American Classic, Boston, MA; 1st
AA, 2nd
V, 3rd
BB, 2nd
-FX
2003
National Elite Podium Meet, Fairfax, VA; 4th
AA, 2nd
V, 2nd
BB
2002
U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Cleveland, Ohio; 2nd-AA,
1st-BB,
2nd-FX
2001
U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Philadelphia, Pa.; 2nd-AA,
9th-V
(tie), 2nd-UB,
6th-BB
(tie),
1st-FX
2001
U.S. Classic, Pomona, Calif.; 2nd-AA,
1st-BB,
2nd-FX,
2nd-UB
2000
John Hancock U.S. Championships, St. Louis, Mo.; 3rd-AA,
1st-FX
(jr.)
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2000
American Classic, Reno, Nev.; 1st-AA,
1st-FX,
1st-BB,
5th-UB
1999
John Hancock U.S. Championships, Sacramento, Calif.; 2nd-AA,
2nd-BB,
2nd-FX,
9th-UB
(jr.)
1999
American Classic, Pomona, Calif.; 7th-AA,
1st-FX
1998 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.; 22nd-AA (jr.)