Khoi Young
Khoi Alexander Young (born December 31, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the bronze medal winning team at the 2023 World Championships. He is a member of the United States men's national gymnastics team and currently competing in collegiate gymnastics for Stanford. He is the 2023 Pan American champion on pommel horse. Personal life 
Young was born in Bowie, Maryland on December 31, 2002, to Kevin and Lucille Young. He has two siblings. Gymnastics career

2019 
Young competed at the 2019 Winter Cup where he placed 7th in the all-around but won gold on floor exercise and silver on vault. In May Young was selected at the alternate for the inaugural Junior World Championships. In August Young competed at the U.S. National Championships in the 15-16 age division where he finished 5th in the all-around. He won gold on pommel horse, silver on floor exercise, and bronze on parallel bars. 2020–21 
In early 2020 Young competed at the RD761 Gymnastics Invitational where he helped team USA win silver behind Japan. Individually Young won silver in the all-around behind Motomu Yoshida and picked up three additional medals during event finals. He next competed at the Winter Cup where he finished 18th in the all-around. The remainder of the competitive season was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Young returned to competition at the 2021 Winter Cup where he finished third on vault and fifth on pommel horse. At the 2021 National Championships Young placed 22nd in the all-around. 2022 
Young began competing for the Stanford Cardinal in the 2021–2022 season. He competed at the 2022 Winter Cup where he placed second in the all-around behind Vitaliy Guimaraes. During event finals he won gold on pommel horse and silver on vault behind Asher Hong. As a result Young was selected to represent the USA at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart alongside Guimaraes, Hong, Brody Malone, and Yul Moldauer. At the NCAA Championship Young helped Stanford defend their national title. Additionally he placed second on vault behind Paul Juda. In late July Young competed at the U.S. Classic where he placed fourth in the all-around. 2023 
Young was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Yul Moldauer, Curran Phillips, Shane Wiskus, and Taylor Christopulos. On the first day of competition Young helped the USA qualify for the team final. Individually he won gold on pommel horse. On the final day of competition Young helped the USA win their second consecutive team title. In August Young competed at the Core Hydration Classic. He won silver in the all-around and on pommel horse and vault and placed third on floor exercise. Young later competed at the Xfinity National Championships where he placed second in the all-around behind Asher Hong. The following day he was named to the team to compete at the upcoming World Championships alongside Hong, Fred Richard, Yul Moldauer, Paul Juda, and alternate Colt Walker. At the World Championships Young helped the USA qualify to the team final in second place. Individually he qualified to the pommel horse and vault finals. During the team final he contributed scores on pommel horse, vault, and horizontal bar toward the USA's third place finish. In doing so, he helped the USA win their first team medal in nine years. During event finals Young won silver on both pommel horse (behind Rhys McClenaghan) and vault (behind Jake Jarman). In doing so Young became the first American male since Paul Hamm in 2003 to win three medals at a single world championships and the first American male since Kurt Thomas and Bart Conner in 1979 to win multiple individual apparatus medals at a single world championships. Competitive history

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2002 births
Living people
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Sportspeople from Bowie, Maryland
American male artistic gymnasts
Stanford Cardinal men's gymnasts