Yul Moldauer

Yul Moldauer
Born (1996-08-26) August 26, 1996
Seoul, South Korea
Hometown Arvada, Colorado
Residence Norman, Oklahoma
Training location University of Oklahoma
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior Elite
Years on national team 2
Club University of Oklahoma
Gym Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center
College team Oklahoma Sooners
Head coach(es) Mark Williams
Medal record
Men's gymnastics
Representing  United States
World Championships
2017 MontrealFloor Exercise
National Championships
2017 Anaheim All-Around
2017 Anaheim Floor Exercise
2017 Anaheim Parallel Bars
2018 Boston All-Around
2018 Boston Floor Exercise
2018 Boston Vault
2018 Boston Rings
2018 Boston Parallel Bars

Yul Moldauer (born August 26, 1996) is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2017 U.S. National all-around champion, and has won a bronze in the floor exercise in the 2017 World Championships.[1]

Early life

Moldauer was born in Seoul, South Korea and was adopted by Peter and Orsa Moldauer before he was one year old.[2][3] He has three siblings, Leah, Sorcha and Sundo. He grew up on a farm in Colorado, and attended Golden High School. He is currently a student at the University of Oklahoma where he majors in finance.[4]

He joined a local gym in free tryout when he was seven, and when he was ten he joined 5280 Gymnastics, where he was coached by the Artemev family (Vladimir, Irina, and Alexander Artemev). In the next few years, he started winning at State meets, the Regionals, eventually winning a place on the Junior National Team.[5][6]

Career

In 2014, Moldauer won the junior title on the pommel horse at the P&G Championships.[7]

In 2015, he became the all-around winner in the 18-year-olds division in the Junior Olympic National Championships[8]

In 2016, Moldauer won his first NCAA all-around title.[9][10]

In his first top level international competition at the American Cup in Newark, New Jersey, in March 2017, he finished first over Olympic gold and silver medalist Oleg Vernyayev.[11] Moldauer was the NCAA champion in the floor exercise and rings, and the silver-medalist in all-around and parallel bars in 2017. In August 2017, he competed in the USA Gymnastics National Championships in Anaheim, California and won gold in the all-around competition and tied for first place with Eddie Penev in the floor exercise.[12]

Moldauer made his first appearance in a World Championships in the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Canada. He won bronze in the floor exercise,[13] and finished 7th in the all-around competition.[14]

In March 2018, Moldauer competed in the 2018 American Cup and won gold in the individual all-around event over more successful gymnasts such as Kenzō Shirai of Japan, the 2017 world individual all-around bronze medalist, thanks to Moldauer's strength on all apparatuses in achieving one of the top three scores on each.

References

  1. ↑ "USA Gymnastics | Yul Moldauer". usagym.org. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  2. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (August 18, 2017). "Who will make U.S. men's gymnastics team for worlds?". NBC Sports.
  3. ↑ "Yul Moldauer". International Gymnast: 33. April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Yul Moldauer". Sooner Sports.
  5. ↑ "StickItMedia Exclusive Interview: Yul Moldauer". StickItMedia. July 27, 2010.
  6. ↑ Meyer, John (July 18, 2011). "It's health first now for Olympic medalist Artemev". The Denver Post.
  7. ↑ Normile, Dwight (August 24, 2014). "Watts, Burke Win U.S. Junior Men's Titles". International Gymnast Magazine.
  8. ↑ "Level 10 champions crowned at Men's Junior Olympic Championships". Gymnastic News Network.
  9. ↑ Kersey, Jason (April 22, 2016). "OU men's gymnastics: For Sooners' Yul Moldauer, team's success brings individual success". News OK.
  10. ↑ "Men's gymnastics: Oklahoma repeats as national champions". NCAA. April 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ "2017 AT&T American Cup" (PDF). March 3, 2017.
  12. ↑ Ponsi, Lou (August 19, 2017). "Yul Moldauer takes all-around title at the P&G Gymnastics Championships". Orange County Register.
  13. ↑ "OU junior Yul Moldauer takes bronze in floor exercise at World Championships". Tulsa World. October 7, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Moldauer finishes seventh in all-around". Sooner Sports. October 5, 2017.
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