Tyler Mizoguchi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tyler Hideo Mizoguchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | November 14, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2010–2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | Houston Gymnastics Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Illinois Fighting Illini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Ivan Ivankov, Justin Spring, Kevin Mazeika | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyler Hideo Mizoguchi (born November 14, 1989) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a bronze for the United States at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Mizoguchi was born on November 14, 1989, to Hideo and Kellie Mizoguchi. He was raised in Houston, Texas, and participated in both gymnastics and track and field. [1] He trained at Houston Gymnastics Academy with Kevin Mazeika while attending Alief Taylor High School. [2] He later attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to pursue gymnastics.
In his first year of college competition,[ when? ] he helped the University of Illinois gain their second straight Big Ten Championship title. Mizoguchi competed in the parallel bars, pommel horse, floor exercise, and in the all-around. He scored 15.15 in parallel bars and placed first that year at the Big Ten Championships. He finished in sixth place on the floor exercise at the Big Ten individual event finals with a score of 14.725. In the pommel horse event, he scored 14.650, and in the all-around 84.800 against Penn State.
In his sophomore year, he earned his first All-American honors with a sixth-place finish in the all-around. [3] Mizoguchi placed well enough in the 2010 winter cup to make the United States Senior National team. [4] Throughout the 2010–2011 season he gained a career-high seven individual titles while helping the University of Illinois gymnastics team along with other athletes such as Daniel Ribeiro, Justin Spring and Yoshi Mori.
In his junior season, he helped the University of Illinois win the Big Ten Championships for a third straight time. [5] [1]
It was announced Mizoguchi was removed from the team in March 2012. [6]
Mizoguchi won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games team all-around.
Mizoguchi worked at his parents' gym, Fun and Fitness Gymnastics, in Richmond, Texas. [7]
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