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Career -- Led UCLA to three NCAA Championships in four years ...Finished her career with one NCAA (2001 bars) and one NCAA regional (2001 vault) individual championships, two perfect 10s, nine All-America honors, two NACGC Scholastic All-America honors and three Pac-10 All-Academic honors.
2004 -- First-team All-American on beam and second-team All-American on floor ... Placed fifth on beam at the NCAA event finals ...NACGC Scholastic All-American with a perfect 4.0 for the school year ...Ranked 13th in the nation on beam (9.925 RQS) ...Averaged 9.9 on beam, 9.9 on floor and 9.782 on bars ...On beam, she scored career-bests of 9.95 three times, most recently at Florida on Mar. 12 ...Hit 42 of her last 43 beam routines ...Set a new career-high on floor with a 9.975 vs. Oregon State ...Earned her second career perfect 10 on bars on Mar. 7 vs. Michigan ...Scored 9.9s on all three events on which she competed at Pac-10s ...Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection for the third consecutive year.
2003 -- Placed fifth on bars for the second consecutive year and earned first-team All-America honors on that event for the third straight year ...NACGC Scholastic All-American with a 3.79 GPA ...Received honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors for the second straight year ... Ranked 11th in the nation on bars and 10th on beam ...Scored the first perfect 10 of her career on bars vs. Arkansas on Feb. 2 ...Posted 10 scores of 9.9 or greater on bars ...Earned two victories on bars, as well as seven Top 3 showings ...Also had five Top 3 finishes on beam ...Scored 9.8 or higher on beam 13 times, with career-highs of 9.95 achieved twice ...Has hit 28 of her last 29 beam routines ...Earned a career-high tying 9.95 on floor at the Pac-10 Championships ...Scored a season-best of 9.85 on vault at Arizona State ...All-around high was 39.525 vs. Arkansas.
2002 -- Earned first-team All-America honors on uneven bars for the second consecutive year, placing fifth at the NCAA Championships ...Also earned second-team All-America honors in the all-around ...Finished the regular season ranked seventh nationally on bars, 13th in the all-around, 21st on floor and 23rd on beam ...Set a new career-high in the all-around with a 39.725 at the UCLA Invite ...Twice tied her career-high on floor with 9.95s at Fullerton and at the UCLA Invite ...Tied her career-high on beam with a 9.95 at Georgia ...Hit all 11 beam routines during the year and has hit her last 14 in a row, dating back to 2001 ...Owned three individual victories on beam ...Recorded 9.9 or better seven times on bars, including three 9.95s ...Twice scored season-bests of 9.9 on vault ... Did not compete at the Pac-10 meet due to illness ... Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection.
2001 -- Won the NCAA uneven bars championship with a score of 9.938 ...Earned first-team All-America honors in the all-around (tied for third place), bars and beam (10th place) ... Second-team All-American on floor ... Tied the school freshman record with four All-America honors ...Placed first in the all-around during the Super Six Team Finals with a career-high and UCLA freshman record of 39.65 to help the Bruins capture the team title ...Did not score lower than 9.8 in NCAA team competition and had eight scores of 9.9 or better ... Won a share of the West Region title on vault with a career-high 9.925 ...Runner-up at the West Regionals in the all-around, bars and beam and fifth on floor ...Recorded career-bests of 9.925 on vault, 9.975 on bars and 9.95 on beam and floor ... Scored 9.95 on beam in four of her last eight meets ...Had five 9.925+ scores on floor in 11 attempts ...Owned eight individual victories, including three on beam and two on floor ...Placed in the Top 3 26 times, including a team-best 10 on beam ... Took first place on bars, beam and floor at Cal State Fullerton Jan. 14 ... Ranked sixth in the nation on beam and 20th on floor.
Club -- Two-time Olympian (2000 and 1996) and four-time (1995-97, 1999) World Championships competitor ...Canada's highest finisher at the 2000 Olympics, placing 15th in the preliminaries to qualify for the all-around finals ... Took third in the all-around at 2000 Canadian Olympic trials ... 2000 Canadian National Champion in the all-around, bars and floor and the silver medalist on vault and beam ... Led the Canadian team to a first-place showing and took second on floor at the 2000 Bluewater International ... Led Canada to a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games and also took the gold on bars and floor ... Placed third in the all-around, won floor and vault, and placed second on bars at the 1999 Canadian National Championships ... Took first place in the all-around and second on floor and helped the team to a first-place showing at the 1999 Canada vs. USA Challenge ... Won the all-around, placed second on floor and third on bars at the 1998 Elite Canada ... Placed second on bars and third on beam at the 1998 Canadian National Championships ... Took first place in the all-around at the 1997 World Championship team trials ... Placed third in the all-around, first on vault and second on bars at the 1996 Elite Canada ... Won the 1996 Canadian Olympic trials to advance to her first Olympic Games, where she qualified for the all-around finals ... Took second place on floor at the 1996 American Cup ... Two-time Cambridge Athlete of the Year ... 1999 Octoberfest Woman of the Year ... Coached by two-time Olympian Elvira Saadi at Cambridge Kips ...Has a skill on beam named after her in the International Code of Points, the "Tousek" (cross-wise back-handspring).
Personal -- Describes her biggest thrill as representing Canada at the Olympic Games and winning a team gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games ... Chosen as a member of the Athlete Ambassador Committee for the Toronto 2008 Olympic bid ... 1996 and 1999 Honorary Chairperson for the Walk for Multiple Sclerosis ... Member of the City of Cambridge Council Committee ... Enjoys reading, shopping and dancing ...Parents: Vladimir and Iva Tousek ... Has a younger sister, Chantelle, who is a gymnast at Florida, and a younger brother, Jesse ... Full name is Yvonne Natalie Tousek ... Born February 23, 1980 in Kitchener, ON ... Psychology major.
