Kylie Dickson
| Kylie Dickson | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kylie Rei Dickson |
| Born | February 12, 1999 Columbus, Georgia, USA |
| Hometown | Spanish Fort, Alabama, USA |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Level | Senior International Elite |
| Club | All Olympia Gymnastics Center |
| College team | Alabama |
| Head coach(es) | Artur Akopyan, Galina Marinova |
| Former coach(es) | Vladimir Novikov, Joanne Novikov, Vladimir Ufimstev |
Kylie Rei Dickson (born February 12, 1999) is an American artistic gymnast who represented Belarus in international competition.
Level 10 career[edit]
Dickson started her Level 10 career in 2013. She qualified to the Junior Olympic Nationals and finished 8th on vault. In 2014, she was the Level 10 Region 8 vault and bars champion. She competed at the 2014 Junior Olympic Nationals and finished 14th in the all-around and won the silver medal on vault. Dickson started training at the All Olympia Gymnastics Center, and in 2015 she was the Level 10 Region 1 vault and bars champion. Later in 2015, she became a Senior International Elite gymnast through qualifiers.[1][2]
Elite career[edit]
Dickson qualified to the 2015 U.S. Classic, where she finished 11th in the all-around and 8th on the floor exercise.[1]
She competed for Belarus at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with club teammate Alaina Kwan.[1][3] She and Kwan were granted Belarusian citizenship by Belarusian gymnastics officials. Dickson and Kwan's all-around performance at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships qualified Belarus for a spot at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event held in Rio April 2016.[4]
Dickson competed as a member of the Belarus senior team at the 2016 European Championships in Bern, Switzerland . She placed 22nd all-around. Team members competing with Dickson for Belarus were Sviatlana Lifenka, Dziyana Hramko, and Nastassia Baranava. The team placed 17th.
Dickson competed for Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[5] having qualified through the test event held in April.[6] She placed 58th in qualification with a total score of 47.798.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Kylie Dickson". usagym.org. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ "About Kylie" Archived January 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. gym-style.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Krumlish, John. "Kwan, Dickson Eager for Worlds Debut on Behalf of Belarus". intlgymnast.com. September 30, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Rachel Axon (October 24, 2015). "Americans Alaina Kwan, Kylie Dickson compete for Belarus at worlds". USA Today.
- ^ "Kylie Rei Dickson" Archived August 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ Amanda Turner (April 17, 2016), Brazilian Women Lead Final Olympic Qualification, International Gymnast Magazine Online, retrieved August 13, 2016
- ^ "Women's Individual All-Around - Standings", Rio2016.com, Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, archived from the original on August 6, 2016, retrieved August 13, 2016
