Ivana Hong
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Hong at the 2008 U.S. National Championships
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| Full name | Ivana Hong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 United States
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| Born |
December 11, 1992 Worcester, Massachusetts |
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | WOGA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Valeri Liukin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Natalya Marakova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Al Fong, Armine Barutian-Fong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Armenian Duduk (2008), My Sweet and Tender Beast (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ivana Hong (born December 11, 1992 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal American team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the all-around bronze medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games. Hong was named an alternate to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team and was a member of the U.S. Women's Team in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London.
Hong is of Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry. Hong lived in Blue Springs, Missouri, and trained at Great American Gymnastics Express (GAGE) for four years. She also trained under Valeri Liukin at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA). She now competes for Stanford University.
Hong became a junior international elite in 2004 and qualified to her first United States Junior National Championships at age eleven. She was named to the Junior National Team for the first time following the 2005 National Championships, a feat she repeated in 2006 after a fifth-place finish in the all-around.
Hong became a Senior International Elite in 2007. She was part of the gold-medal winning.U.S. team at 2007 Pan-American Games and won the bronze medal in the all-around competition. This and a strong showing at the 2007 Visa National Championships assured her place on the U.S. World Championships team, which again won the gold medal.
The following year, Hong was named to the 2008–2009 U.S. Senior National team, and was invited to the 2008 Olympic Trials. Hong's skill as an all-around athlete without a weak event enabled her to be named, along with Jana Bieger and Corrie Lothrop, as one of three alternates for the U.S. Olympic team.
Following the Olympics, Hong left her former gym and moved to WOGA to train with Valeri Liukin.
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