Kari Nguyen
Birthdate: 8/7/1996
Program: Women's Artistic
Level: Senior
Current Residence: Peoria, AZ
Club: Flames Gymnastics Academy
Head Coach: Attila Szentes
Other Coaches: Nicole Wendelgass, Roni Mejia and Gilbert Mejia
- 2015 NCAA team silver medalist (Utah)
Nickname: Kar
Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ
Hometown: Peoria, AZ
Facebook: Facebook.com/klee5189@gmail.com
Instagram: Instagram.com/hashtagkari7
Name of High School: Liberty High School
High School Graduation Year: 2014
Name of College: University of Utah
Degree/Major: Physical Therapy
Year you began gymnastics: 2000
Favorite Event: Beam
How did you get involved in gymnastics: My mom said we had to do a sport and all my other siblings were in gymnastics so I was put in gymnastics.
Favorite thing about gymnastics: Traveling and meeting new people
What are your goals for gymnastics?: To be the best that I can be
Names of parents/guardians/spouse: MeJa and Sam
Names of sibling(s): Brothers Jason and Toby, sisters Serrena and Codee
Family members in sports: All of my siblings have been Level 10 gymnasts.
Favorite school subject: Sign Language
Hobbies or favorite activities: Sleeping
Favorite music: Pop music(T-Swift, 1D)
Favorite book(s): The Twilight Saga, The Mortal Instruments Series, The Hunger Games Series, The Host, Divergent series
Favorite movie(s): Fictional and love stories(with happy endings)
Favorite TV show(s): Teen Wolf
Favorite Food: My daddy's food
Charity Involvement: none
Other sports involvement: none
- 2018
NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. -
5th-Team
- 2017
NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. -
5th-Team
- 2015
NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth, Texas -
2nd-Team; 5th-VT
- 2014
Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Jackson, Miss. -
1st-VT(T); 2nd-UB(T); 3rd-AA; 5th-BB (Sr. C)
- 2014
Nastia Liukin Cup, Greensboro, N.C. -
3rd-AA
- 2014
Classic Rock Invitational, Phoenix, AZ -
1st-VT, UB, BB, AA with a 39.025
- 2013
Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Minneapolis, Minn. -
1st-AA, FX(T); 2nd-BB(T); 5th-UB(T) (Sr. A)
- 2013
Nastia Liukin Cup, Worcester, Mass. -
4th-AA
- 2013
IGI Chicago Style Gymnastics Meet, Chicago, Ill -
2nd-UB, BB; 1st-VT, FX(T), AA with a 38.45
- 2013
Parkettes Invitational, Breinigsville, PA -
1st-VT, UB, BB, FX, AA with a 38.075
- 2013
Arizona Grand Invitational, Phoenix, AZ -
1st-VT, UB, BB, FX, AA with a 38.5
- 2012
Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Hampton, Va. -
5th-BB(T) (Jr. C)
- 2012
Nastia Liukin Cup, New York, N.Y. -
- 2011
Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Long Beach, Calif. -