Tyler Mizoguchi

Tyler Mizoguchi
Personal information
Born	November 14, 1989 (age 34); Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sport
Sport	Gymnastics
Event(s)	Pommel horse, floor exercise, parallel bars, All around
College team	Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing the United States
Pan American Games

Tyler Mizoguchi (born November 14, 1989) is an American

University of Illinois specializing in men's all around. He was an NCAA All-American for the 2010 and 2011 seasons and has a career high seven individual titles. In his freshman year, he placed first overall on the parallel bars at the Big Ten Championships.^[1]

He has also placed second on the pommel horse (score was 14.650) and second in the all-around (score was 84.800) against Penn State.

Biography

Born Tyler Hideo Mizoguchi, son of Hideo and Kellie Mizoguchi, he has one stepbrother, Kyle Kavanagh, and one stepsister, Krista Kavanagh. In his youth and high school, he participated in both gymnastics and track and field, but grew to love gymnastics and decided to pursue it.[2]

In junior high school, his favorite events were floor and rings and he aspired to one day be a part of the USA Olympic team. He gained the ability to throw a full at the age of 12 and was soon able to complete many advanced skills on the floor exercise of tumbling. During junior high and high school he competed well in the rings and won a number of competitions.

still rings. The next season, in 2007, he won Texas State Champion in pommel horse and all around.^[3]

In his first year of college competition,^[

Big Ten

Championships. He finished in sixth place on the floor exercise at the Big Ten individual event finals with a score of 14.725. In the pommel horse event he scored a 14.650 and in the all around 84.800 against Penn State.
In his sophomore year, he earned his first All-American honors with a sixth-place finish in the all around.
United States Senior National team.^[5] Throughout the 2010–2011 season he gained a career high seven individual titles while helping the University of Illinois gymnastics team along with other athletes such as Daniel Ribeiro, Justin Spring
and Yoshi Mori.
In his junior season he helped the University of Illinois win the Big Ten Championships for a third straight time.[6]^[2]
Mizoguchi has appeared in a number of gymnastics competition videos and has been mentioned in IlliniHQ.
Mizoguchi lists gymnasts
Jordan Jotchev as influences.^[1]

Personal bests

Date Event Venue Score

March 13, 2010 Pommel horse Michigan 14.650

February 6, 2010 Floor exercise Winter Cup 15.150

March 20, 2010 Still rings University of Illinois Chicago 15.300

February 20, 2010 Vault Penn State 16.000

Achievements

Year Achievement Event

2006 Texas State Runner-Up Floor

2006 Texas State Champion Still Rings

2007 Texas State Champion Pommel Horse

2007 Texas State Champion All Around

References

^
Fighting Illini. Archived from the original
on 2009-10-26.

^ ^a ^b ^c McCowen, Kailegh. "Mizoguchi Leads Taylor to Victory"
University of Illinois Athletics
. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

^ "MenNCAASess4". Ohio State Buckeyes.^{[dead link]}

^ "Past Men's Senior National Teams". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

Fighting Illini. Archived from the original
on 2012-04-01.

External links

Tyler Mizoguchi at the International Gymnastics Federation

Tyler Mizoguchi at USA Gymnastics

FloGymnastics: NCAA Mens Gymnastics Event Finals: Tyler Mizoguchi - Parallel Bars 2011

NCAA Championships for Tyler Mizoguchi

NCAA Gymnastics Championships – Men's Parallel Bars

Chicago
)

Chicago
)

1940: Bob Hanning (Minnesota)

1941: Caton Cobb (Illinois)

Penn State
)

Penn State
)

Michigan State
)

Kent State
)

USC
)

USC
)

Penn State
)

1954:
Penn State
)

1955: Carlton Rintz (
Michigan State
)

1956:
Penn State
)

1957:
Penn State
)

1958: Ted Muzyczko (
Michigan State
)

1959:
Penn State
)

1960: Robert Lynn (
USC
)

1961: Jeff Cardinalli (
S. Illinois
)

1962: Robert Lynn (
USC
)

1963: Arno Lascari (Michigan)

1964:
USC
)

1965: Jim Curzi (
Michigan State
)

1966: Jim Curzi (
Michigan State
)

1967:
USC
)

1968:
USC
)

1969: Ron Rapper (Michigan)

1970: Ron Rapper (Michigan)

1971: Tom Dunn (
Iowa State
)

1972: Dennis Mazur (
Iowa State
)

1973: Steve Hug (Stanford)

1974: Steve Hug (Stanford)

1975: Yoichi Tomita (
Long Beach State
)

1976: Gene Whelan (
Penn State
)

1977:
Indiana State
)

1978: John Corritore (Michigan)

1979:
Indiana State
)

1980: Phil Cahoy (Nebraska)

1981:
UCLA
)

1982: Jim Hartung (Nebraska)

1983: Scott Johnson (Nebraska)

1984:
UCLA
)

1985:
Ohio State
)

1986:
Arizona State
)

1987: Kevin Davis (Nebraska)
1988 Tom Schlesinger (Nebraska)

1988: Kevin Davis (Nebraska)

1989: Vacated

1990: Patrick Kirksey (Nebraska)

1991:
UCLA)
1991 John Roethlisberger (Minnesota
)

1992: Dom Minicucci (
Temple
)

1993: Jair Lynch (Stanford)

1994: Richard Grace (Nebraska)

1995: Richard Grace (Nebraska)

1996: Jamie Ellis (
Ohio State
)

1997: Marshall Nelson (Nebraska)

1998: Marshall Nelson (Nebraska)

1999: Justin Toman (Michigan)

2000: Justin Toman (Michigan)
2000 Kris Zimmerman (Michigan)

2001:
Ohio State
)

2002: Cody Moore (
California
)

2003: Daniel Furney (Oklahoma)

2004: Ramon Jackson (
William & Mary
)

2005: Justin Spring (Illinois)

2006: Dylan Carney (Stanford)
2006 Justin Spring (Illinois)

2007: Tim McNeill (
California
)

2008: Tim McNeill (
California
)

2009: Paul Ruggeri (Illinois)

2010: Ryan Lieberman (Stanford)

2011: Tyler Mizoguchi (Illinois)

2012: Jake Dalton (Oklahoma)

2013: Sam Mikulak (Michigan)

2014: Sam Mikulak (Michigan
)

2015: Brian Knott (Stanford)

2016: Akash Modi (Stanford)

2017: Akash Modi (Stanford)

2018: Yul Moldauer (Oklahoma)

2019: Shane Wiskus (Minnesota)

2021: Shane Wiskus (Minnesota)

2022: Curran Phillips (Stanford)

2023: Fred Richard (Michigan)

2024: Asher Hong (Stanford)

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[:0-1] 
Fighting Illini. Archived from the original
on 2009-10-26.

[:1-2] McCowen, Kailegh. "Mizoguchi Leads Taylor to Victory"

[3] University of Illinois Athletics
. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

[4] "MenNCAASess4". Ohio State Buckeyes.^{[dead link]}

[5] "Past Men's Senior National Teams". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

[6] Fighting Illini. Archived from the original
on 2012-04-01.

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