Kylie Dickson
| Kylie Dickson | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kylie Rei Dickson |
| Born | February 12, 1999[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Gymnastics career | |
College team | Alabama |
| Club | All Olympia Gymnastics Center |
Head coach(es) | Artur Akopyan, Galina Marinova |
Former coach(es) | Vladimir Novikov, Joanne Novikov, Vladimir Ufimstev |
Kylie Dickson (born February 12, 1999) is an American artistic gymnast who represented Belarus in international competition.
Level 10 career
[edit]Dickson started her Level 10 career in 2013. She qualified to the Junior Olympic Nationals and finished 8th on vault. In 2014, she was the Level 10 Region 8 vault and bars champion. She competed at the 2014 Junior Olympic Nationals and finished 14th in the all-around and won the silver medal on vault. Dickson started training at the All Olympia Gymnastics Center, and in 2015 she was the Level 10 Region 1 vault and bars champion. Later in 2015, she became a Senior International Elite gymnast through qualifiers.[1][2]
Elite career
[edit]Dickson qualified to the 2015 U.S. Classic, where she finished 11th in the all-around and 8th on the floor exercise.[1]
She competed for Belarus at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with club teammate Alaina Kwan.[1][3] She and Kwan were granted Belarusian citizenship by Belarusian gymnastics officials. Dickson and Kwan's all-around performance at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships qualified Belarus for a spot at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event held in Rio April 2016.[4]
Dickson competed as a member of the Belarus senior team at the 2016 European Championships in Bern, Switzerland . She placed 22nd all-around. Team members competing with Dickson for Belarus were Sviatlana Lifenka, Dziyana Hramko, and Nastassia Baranava. The team placed 17th.
Dickson competed for Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[5] having qualified through the test event held in April.[6] She placed 58th in qualification with a total score of 47.798.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Kylie Dickson". usagym.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ↑ "About Kylie" Archived January 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. gym-style.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ↑ Krumlish, John. "Kwan, Dickson Eager for Worlds Debut on Behalf of Belarus". intlgymnast.com. September 30, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ↑ Rachel Axon (October 24, 2015). "Americans Alaina Kwan, Kylie Dickson compete for Belarus at worlds". USA Today.
- ↑ "Kylie Rei Dickson" Archived August 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ↑ Amanda Turner (April 17, 2016), Brazilian Women Lead Final Olympic Qualification, International Gymnast Magazine Online, retrieved August 13, 2016
- ↑ "Women's Individual All-Around - Standings", Rio2016.com, Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, archived from the original on August 6, 2016, retrieved August 13, 2016
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnasts
- American female artistic gymnasts
- Belarusian female artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts for Belarus
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- All Olympia Gymnastics Center
- Sportspeople from Baldwin County, Alabama
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century Belarusian sportswomen