Mikayla Angeline Yang

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Mikayla Angeline Yang
Born (2007-09-06) 6 September 2007 (age 17)
Singapore
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
(2023–present)
ClubNational Training Centre [1]
Former coach(es)Tatiana Kartseva, Nastia Kartseva [2]

Mikayla Angeline Yang (born 6 September 2007) is a Singaporean individual rhythmic gymnast.

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Career

Mikayla took up rhythmic gymnastics at age 6 after her mother saw her friend's daughter doing it. [3] She started practicing in Plano, Texas at Texas Rhythmic Academy. [4]

Senior

Yang became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2023. She made her international debut at World Challenge Cup Portimao, where she took 17th place in all-around. She placed 10th in both ball and ribbon, almost qualifying to the apparatus finals. In early June, she represented Singapore at the 2023 Asian Championships in Manila, Philippines and took 10th place in all-around. [5] In the end of August, she competed at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain, and ended on 46th place in all-around. [6]

At the 2024 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she took 9th place in all-around. She qualified to ball final, finishing 8th. [7] [8] In June, she competed at Milan World Cup and finished on 33rd place in all-around.

Her first international competition of the 2025 was the International Tournament Sofia Cup, held 28–30 March, where took 11th place in all-around and won bronze medal in ball final. [9] In April, Mikayla competed at Sofia World Cup, finishing 33rd in all-around. Next, she competed at Tashkent World Cup, placing 21st in all-around. In May, she represented Singapore at the 2025 Asian Championships, finishing 6th in all-around. [10] On 18–20 July, she competed at Milan World Cup, where she took 31st place in all-around out of 74 gymnasts. [11] In late August, she was selected to represent Singapore as the only individual gymnast at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was 36th in all-around qualifications and did not advance into all-around final.

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic title
2025HoopSugar Like That by Gin Wigmore
BallMasciare Witch Mix by Faraualla
Clubs
RibbonLand of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett
2024Hoop
BallI'm Gonna Live Till I Die (Remastered 2001) by Frank Sinatra
Clubs
Ribbon
2023HoopWho You Really Are (From Sherlock) by Michael Price, David Arnold
BallI'm Gonna Live Till I Die (Remastered 2001) by Frank Sinatra
Clubs Great Balls Of Fire (From Great Balls Of Fire!) by Jerry Lee Lewis
Ribbon The Tsar's Bride: Overture by Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre & Fouat Mansourov

References

  1. ↑ "All Set for the RG Championships – Meet the Team!". www.singaporegymnastics.org.sg. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Thank you @nastia.kartseva for helping me on this journey". Instagram . 8 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2025. [self-published]
  3. ↑ "#12 Did you know?". Instagram . 22 November 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2025. [self-published]
  4. ↑ "Congratulations to Mikayla at Coaches Cup this weekend! 2nd place on Clubs and 4th AA Level 9 Hope🌹 Keep working hard!". Instagram . 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2025. [self-published]
  5. ↑ "Senior All-Around Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Association of the Philippines, Asian Gymnastics Union. 2 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "WCh 2023 Valencia Results Book" (PDF). www.gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Спорт вокруг". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Kazakhstan's Elzhana Taniyeva Triumphs in Senior All-Around at Asian RG Championships – Asian Gymnastics Union" . Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "YANG Mikayla Angeline". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Singapore's Mikayla Yang finishes sixth in the All-Around Competition at the 2025 Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships". 19 May 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "WC Milan 2025 Results Book (Media)" (pdf). International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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