Gentry Stein Explained

Gentry Stein is a yo-yo world champion.^[1] ^[2] Stein won the 1A Division of the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2014 and 2019,^[3] ^[4] and received third place in 2011 and 2017.^[5] Stein won the 1A division title of the U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019.^[6] Stein won the Open 1A division at the European Yo-Yo Championship in 2016.^[7] Stein is from Chico, California.

Stein is one of only 4 yo-yoers to ever get more than one world title in the 1A division.

Competitive career

Gentry Stein Competition Results^[8] !!2009!2010!2011!2012!2013!2014!2015!2016!2017!2018!2019
World Yo-Yo Contest			3rd	6th	29th(P)	1st	6th	4th	3rd	7th	1st
National Yo-Yo Contest		4th	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	Judge
EYYC Open								1st
Bay Area Classic	15th	4th	1st		1st
Pacific Northwest Regional		2nd	1st	1st				4th
California State Yo-Yo Contest		4th	2nd		1st	10th	1st	1st
Las Vegas Yo-Yo Open							1st

News: Gentry Stein Wins 2014 World Yo-Yo Championship. Barajas. Henry. Tucson Weekly. 2018-02-01. en.
Web site: Watch the World's Best Yo-Yo-er Show Off His Mad Skills. Time. en. 2018-02-01.
News: "She Just Took Off With It": World Yo-Yo Champ's Dad. NBC Bay Area. 2018-02-01. en.
Web site: Jaw dropping yo-yo routine wins world championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821043610/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/11043811/Jaw-dropping-yo-yo-routine-wins-world-championship.html. dead. 2014-08-21. Siciliano. Leon. 2014-08-19. Telegraph.co.uk. en. 2018-02-01.
News: National Yo-Yo Contest winds back up in Chico for 25th anniversary. Chico Enterprise-Record. 2018-02-01. en.
News: Chico’s Gentry Stein wins National Yo-Yo Contest. Chico Enterprise-Record. 2018-02-01. en.
News: EYYC 2016 1A Open Results – Gentry Stein Wins!. YoYoNews. 2018-02-01. en-US.
Web site: Competition. Gentry Stein. en-US. 2019-08-16.