Mykayla Skinner
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| Full name | MyKayla Brooke Skinner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Mikki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 United States |
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| Born |
December 9, 1996 Gilbert, Arizona, United States |
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| Height | 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2011-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Desert Lights Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Utah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Lisa Spini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Bruce McGhee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music |
Cry Me a River by Sven Duijff (2014) Beatroot by Bond (2013) La Cumparsita by Bulevard Tango Club (2011-12) |
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MyKayla Brooke "Mikki" Skinner (born December 9, 1996) is an American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2014 World Championships where she contributed to the U.S. team's gold medal, also winning an individual bronze medal on vault and placing fourth in the floor exercise. She is known for high difficulty in vaults (having performed both Amanar and Cheng vaults in past competitions) and floor. As of 2016, she attends the University of Utah, where she is a member of its NCAA women's gymnastics team.
Skinner was born on December 9, 1996 in Mesa, Arizona to Cris and Kym Skinner. She has three older siblings, Jeremy, Chelsea and Katie, two of whom are former gymnasts themselves. Skinner is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She currently trains with the coaches of Desert Lights Gymnastics in Chandler, Arizona. Her personal coach is the head coach of the club, Lisa Spini. She attended Higley High School in 2011 as a freshman and has been home schooled since 2012. In November 2014, Skinner committed to join the University of Utah program as a collegiate gymnast beginning in 2015, later deferring this to 2016 to pursue a place on the USA team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
She lives in Gilbert, Arizona and says that her role model is Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson.
Skinner was the junior individual all-around champion of the 2011 American Classic.
She was named to the Junior US National Team after finishing tenth in the all-around and second on vault at the National Championships.
Skinner became a member of the U.S. senior national team in 2012. She was a member of the winning U.S. squad at the Jesolo competition in March. In June, she finished 15th all around at the U.S. Nationals and third on vault. She had hoped to make the 2012 US Women's Olympic Team but was not selected to compete at the Olympic Trials.
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