Kytra Hunter
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| Full name | Kytra Tinisha Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 25, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | San Antonio, Texas, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Frederick, Maryland, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2009-2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hill's Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Florida Gators; graduated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Rhonda Faehn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Kelli Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Sota by Kolo (2009-2010), Memphis Bells by The Prodigy (2012) Solidified by Gramatik (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kytra Tinisha Hunter (born October 25, 1991) is an American artistic gymnast. One of Florida's most decorated gymnasts, Hunter is a 25-time All-American and a four-time individual NCAA National Champion.[1] As a result of her outstanding athletic excellence, she was a 2015 recipient of the Honda Award – awarded during her senior year. On the roster from 2012 to 2015, Hunter scored four Perfect 10 scores also.
Personal life
Kytra Hunter was born to parents Kimberly and DeForrest Hunter. She has one brother, DeForrest who plays basketball, football and runs track. She began gymnastics when she was 4 years old after her parents found an advert in the local newspaper.[2]
Junior career
Kytra qualified as an elite in 2006 where she finished with silver medals in the All-Around and Vault finals of the Junior Olympic championships. She went on to compete at the 2006 Visa Championships in the Junior Elite competition where she finished 6th on Vault. She was then not seen back on the elite competitions until she was a Senior.
Senior career
In 2009, Kytra competed at the CoverGirl Classic in Des Moines, Iowa where she finished 7th on Vault. She went on to compete at the Visa Championships in Dallas where she performed well finishing with a Bronze on Floor as well as placing 4th in the All-Around. She made the National Team and asked to come to the Worlds selection camp. She was chosen to be an alternate for the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - due to it being an Individual competition, they were only allowed a team of 4 gymnasts. That same year she received her first international assignments competing in Germany, France and Japan. She helped the USA teams win Gold in the European Tour and won a Bronze Medal in Toyota City on Floor Exercise. In 2010, she was chosen to represent Team USA at Jesolo where she helped the USA win Gold in the team competition and placed 9th All-Around. She won Gold and Bronze medals at the CoverGirl Classic. She once again came 4th in the All-around at the Visa Championships, and showed improvement on Beam placing 4th (she had placed 8th the year before). She was invited to the Team selection camp, and once again chosen as an alternate for the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
College career
Hunter accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida beginning the 2011 fall semester, where she is a member of coach Rhonda Faehn's Florida Gators women's gymnastics team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition. She performed successfully for the Florida Gators during the 2012 season, earning the maximum of five All-American honors, becoming the Raleigh regional floor exercise champion, and winning the SEC all-around and vault championships. She became the first Florida Gators gymnast to claim multiple NCAA titles in the same year by winning the all-around (scoring 39.725) and vault.[3] Hunter was also the recipient of the Honda Sports Award, recognizing her as the nation's outstanding college women's gymnast for 2011–12.[4]
Hunter graduated from the University of Florida in 2015, finishing her college career as a 2 time team sec champion, a 3 time team NCAA champion, a 4 time individual NCAA champion (2 NCAA all-around titles, a vault title and a floor title), a 7 time SEC individual champion and a finalist for the Honda award.
Kytra won the 2015 Honda Award for gymnastics.[5][6]
References
- ↑ http://www.gatorzone.com/gymnastics/bios.php?year=2015&player_id=36
- ↑ https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=329408 USA Gymnastics Profile
- ↑ http://www.gatorzone.com/gymnastics/bios.php?year=2012&player_id=36
- ↑ Collegiate Women Sports Awards,Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Gymnastics. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.alligator.org/sports/gymnastics/article_bb55a298-f023-11e4-973f-d3942cfc4472.html
- ↑ http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/releases/2014-15/050115hunter