Felicia Hano

Hano began gymnastics competing in the trampolining discipline. She won silver medals in the Tumbling and Double mini trampoline competitions at the 2009 World Age Group Championships.^{[2] [3]} She later switched to the artistic gymnastics discipline and won the all-around at the 2012 and 2013 Level 10 national championships.^[4] She moved up to the elite level in 2013 and made her elite debut at the 2013 American Classic, winning the vault title and qualifying for the U.S. Championships.^[5] She tied for 20th place in the junior all-around at the 2013 U.S. Classic.^[6] She had to withdraw from the 2013 U.S. Championships after sustaining a concussion during her uneven bas routine.^[7][8]

Hano became age-eligible for senior elite competition in 2014 and competed at the 2014 American Classic, where she earned qualifying scores on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise for the 2014 U.S. Championships.^[9] She finished seventh on the floor exercise at the 2014 U.S. Classic.^[10] She also finished seventh on the floor exercise at the 2014 U.S. Championships.^[4] She was not originally selected for the national team. However, when Alyssa Baumann withdrew from the 2014 Pan American Championships due to an elbow injury, Hano was added to the U.S. national team and also became the alternate for the Pan American team.^[11]

On July 24, 2015, while at podium training for the 2015 U.S. Classic, Hano was training a full-twisting Tsukahara on vault, and she severely sprained her ankle, causing her to pull out of the competition.^[12] She did not return to elite competition and enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2016.^[13]

Hano began competing for the UCLA Bruins in 2017.^[14] She missed most of the regular season due to an elbow injury, but she returned for the post-season and earned All-America honors on the vault.^[1] She helped UCLA place fourth in the 2017 NCAA Championships.^[15] She scored a perfect 10 on the floor exercise in 2018 while competing against Oklahoma.^[16] At the 2018 NCAA Championships, she helped UCLA win its first national team title since 2010.^[17][18] At the 2019 Pac-12 Championships, Hano helped UCLA win the team title while tying for the individual vault title.^[19] The 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted the NCAA and Pac-12 to cancel all regular-season and championship events.^[20][21] This decision effectively ended Hano's gymnastics career.^[22]