Tiffany Tolnay | |
Birth Date: | 7 May 1987 |
Birth Place: | Texas, United States |
Hometown: | Grapevine, Texas |
Residence: | Lewisville, Texas |
Training: | Athens, Georgia |
Height: | 1.55m |
Discipline: | WAG |
Level: | College |
Club: | Texas Dreams |
Collegeteam: | Georgia Gymdogs (2006–09) |
Headcoach: | Suzanne Yoculan |
Tiffany Tolnay (born May 7, 1987) is a former American collegiate artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Georgia Gym Dogs from 2006 to 2009, contributing to all four of the team's consecutive National Championship wins during that time.[1] [2]
Tolnay was born in Texas on May 7, 1987, to James, who was a member of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team[3] and a University of Texas at Dallas graduate,[4] and Melissa Tolnay (née Grant), also an Arkansas graduate.[5] Her younger brother, Austin, was a UT-Dallas graduate also. On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, he was killed in an automobile accident in Decatur, Texas.[6] He was 24 at the time.[7]
Tolnay began gymnastics training at the age of five, in 1992.[8]
Tolnay advanced to Level 10 for the 2002 season, following her move to the newly opened Texas Dreams Gymnastics to train under former world champion Kim Zmeskal.