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Tiffany Tolnay

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Tiffany Tolnay
Born (1987-05-07) May 7, 1987 (age 37)
Texas, United States
HometownGrapevine, Texas
ResidenceLewisville, Texas
Training locationAthens, Georgia
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelCollege
ClubTexas Dreams
College teamGeorgia Gymdogs
(2006–09)
Head coach(es)Suzanne Yoculan

Tiffany Tolnay (born May 7, 1987) is a former American collegiate artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Georgia Gym Dogs from 2006 to 2009, contributing to all four of the team's consecutive National Championship wins during that time.[1][2]

Early life

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Tolnay was born in Texas on May 7, 1987, to James, who was a member of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team[3] and a University of Texas at Dallas graduate,[4] and Melissa Tolnay (née Grant), also an Arkansas graduate.[5] Her younger brother, Austin, was a UT-Dallas graduate also. On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, he was killed in an automobile accident in Decatur, Texas.[6] He was 24 at the time.[7]

Tolnay began gymnastics training at the age of five, in 1992.[8]

Gymnastics career

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2002–05: Club competitive career

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Tolnay advanced to Level 10 for the 2002 season, following her move to the newly opened Texas Dreams Gymnastics to train under former world champion Kim Zmeskal.

References

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  1. ^ "Gymn Forum: 2006 Women's NCAA Championships". gymn-forum.net. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Gymnastics National Collegiate Women's Highlights Bruins Win Sixth Women's Gymnastics Championship" (PDF). 19 April 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ^ "James "Cotton" Tolnay | LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Austin Tolnay - 3 July 2013". MyDeathSpace.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Van rear-ends semi, driver dies - WCMessenger.com". wcmessenger.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  8. ^ "GymDivas.Us". gymdivas.us. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2015.