Tiffany Tolnay
Tiffany Tolnay | |
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Born | Texas, United States | May 7, 1987
Hometown | Grapevine, Texas |
Residence | Lewisville, Texas |
Training location | Athens, Georgia |
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Level | College |
Club | Texas Dreams |
College team | Georgia Gymdogs (2006–09) |
Head coach(es) | Suzanne Yoculan |
Tiffany Tolnay (born May 7, 1987) is a former American collegiate artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Georgia Gym Dogs from 2006 to 2009, contributing to all four of the team's consecutive National Championship wins during that time.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Tolnay was born in Texas on May 7, 1987, to James, who was a member of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team[3] and a University of Texas at Dallas graduate,[4] and Melissa Tolnay (née Grant), also an Arkansas graduate.[5] Her younger brother, Austin, was a UT-Dallas graduate also. On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, he was killed in an automobile accident in Decatur, Texas.[6] He was 24 at the time.[7]
Tolnay began gymnastics training at the age of five, in 1992.[8]
Gymnastics career
[edit]2002–05: Club competitive career
[edit]Tolnay advanced to Level 10 for the 2002 season, following her move to the newly opened Texas Dreams Gymnastics to train under former world champion Kim Zmeskal.
References
[edit]- ^ "Gymn Forum: 2006 Women's NCAA Championships". gymn-forum.net. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Gymnastics National Collegiate Women's Highlights Bruins Win Sixth Women's Gymnastics Championship" (PDF). 19 April 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "James "Cotton" Tolnay | LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Austin Tolnay - 3 July 2013". MyDeathSpace.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Van rear-ends semi, driver dies - WCMessenger.com". wcmessenger.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "GymDivas.Us". gymdivas.us. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2015.