Felicia Hano

Felicia Hano
Full nameFelicia Yukiye Hano
NicknameFish
Born (1998-08-07) August 7, 1998
San Gabriel, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineDouble Mini Trampoline and Tumbling (2008-09)
Women's Artistic Gymnastics (2002-present)
Country represented
United States United States
(2014–15)
College team
UCLA Bruins
ClubGym-Max Gymnastics
Head coach
Chris Waller
Assistant coach
Randy Lane
Former coaches
Fernando Villa
Linhong Guo
Linyao Guo
Jenny Zhang
Jordyn Wieber
Valorie Kondos Field
Howie Liang
ChoreographerValorie Kondos Field
RetiredMarch 12, 2020
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 St LouisTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 Fort WorthTeam

Felicia Yukiye Hano (born August 7, 1998) is an American former artistic gymnast and trampolinist. She was a U.S. national team member in 2014 and was a member of the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team.

Gymnastics career

Hano began gymnastics competing in the trampolining discipline. She won silver medals in the Tumbling and Double mini trampoline competitions at the 2009 World Age Group Championships.[2] [3] She later switched to the artistic gymnastics discipline and won the all-around at the 2012 and 2013 Level 10 national championships.[4] She moved up to the elite level in 2013 and made her elite debut at the 2013 American Classic, winning the vault title and qualifying for the U.S. Championships.[5] She tied for 20th place in the junior all-around at the 2013 U.S. Classic.[6] She had to withdraw from the 2013 U.S. Championships after sustaining a concussion during her uneven bas routine.[7][8]

Hano became age-eligible for senior elite competition in 2014 and competed at the 2014 American Classic, where she earned qualifying scores on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise for the 2014 U.S. Championships.[9] She finished seventh on the floor exercise at the 2014 U.S. Classic.[10] She also finished seventh on the floor exercise at the 2014 U.S. Championships.[4] She was not originally selected for the national team. However, when Alyssa Baumann withdrew from the 2014 Pan American Championships due to an elbow injury, Hano was added to the U.S. national team and also became the alternate for the Pan American team.[11]

On July 24, 2015, while at podium training for the 2015 U.S. Classic, Hano was training a full-twisting Tsukahara on vault, and she severely sprained her ankle, causing her to pull out of the competition.[12] She did not return to elite competition and enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2016.[13]

Hano began competing for the UCLA Bruins in 2017.[14] She missed most of the regular season due to an elbow injury, but she returned for the post-season and earned All-America honors on the vault.[1] She helped UCLA place fourth in the 2017 NCAA Championships.[15] She scored a perfect 10 on the floor exercise in 2018 while competing against Oklahoma.[16] At the 2018 NCAA Championships, she helped UCLA win its first national team title since 2010.[17][18] At the 2019 Pac-12 Championships, Hano helped UCLA win the team title while tying for the individual vault title.[19] The 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted the NCAA and Pac-12 to cancel all regular-season and championship events.[20][21] This decision effectively ended Hano's gymnastics career.[22]

Regular season ranking

Season[23] All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise
2017 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2018 N/A 15th N/A N/A 7th
2019 N/A 6th 100th N/A 16th

Competitive history

NCAA

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2017 Pac-12 Championships[24] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 18
NCAA Championships[25] 4 21
2018 Pac-12 Championships[26] 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11
NCAA Championships[27] 1st place, gold medalist(s) 21
2019 Pac-12 Championships[28] 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 18 20
NCAA Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12 13
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA [20][21]

References

  1. 1 2 "Felicia Hano". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  2. ↑ USA Gymnastics, Vinsant, Hano win medals on day 3 of T&T World Age Group Competition, dated 20 November 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Breazeal, Kati (October 9, 2014). "Friday Focus: Getting To Know Felicia Hano". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Felicia Hano". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  5. ↑ "2013 American Classic Results". FloGymnastics. FloSports. May 30, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  6. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (July 27, 2013). "2013 U.S. Classic Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (July 25, 2014). "The U.S. Classic Seniors: Part 1". The Gymternet. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  9. ↑ Reed, Becca (July 4, 2014). "Catching Up with Felicia Hano". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ USA Gymnastics, Hano named to 2014 Senior Pan Am Championships Team Archived August 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, dated 24 August 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Rebecca Johnson. FloGymnastics, Five Highs And Lows Of The 2015 Secret U.S. Classic Senior Session, dated 27 July 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  13. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (December 21, 2016). "The NCAA Elites – Part Three". The Gymternet. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  14. ↑ Wang, Hanson (January 7, 2017). "Gold medalists to lead UCLA gymnastics into 2017 season". Daily Bruin. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  15. ↑ Rubin, Shayna (April 15, 2017). "2017 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships: UCLA places fourth, Utah fifth". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Hano Named Pac-12 Specialist of Week". UCLA Bruins. February 6, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  17. ↑ "UCLA Wins 2018 NCAA Gymnastics Title". UCLA Bruins. April 21, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Bruins rally to claim 7th NCAA title in gymnastics". UCLA. April 23, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  19. ↑ "UCLA defends Pac-12 gymnastics championship". Pac-12 Conference. March 23, 2019. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019.
  20. 1 2 "Pac-12 statement on men's basketball tournament, Pac-12 sport competitions and Pac-12 championship events". Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2020. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  21. 1 2 "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA. April 18, 2021.
  22. ↑ D'Arcy, Maine (April 17, 2020). "Olympians Kyla Ross, Madison Kocian find closure after abrupt end to UCLA gymnastic careers". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Road to Nationals - NCAA Gymnastics Rankings". roadtonationals.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  24. ↑ "2017 Pac-12 Championship score sheet" (PDF). Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  25. ↑ "2017 National Championship Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  26. ↑ "The Gymnastics ScoreKeeper Meet Results". athletics.arizona.edu. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  27. ↑ "2018 National Championship Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  28. ↑ "2019 Pac-12 Championship score sheet" (PDF). March 23, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
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