Yvonne Tousek

Who is Yvonne Tousek?

Yvonne Tousek is a retired artistic gymnast who competed for her native Canada in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She qualified to the all-around finals at both Games, placing 26th all-around in Atlanta and 32nd all-around in Sydney.

She also competed in four World Gymnastics Championships: 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Her best finish at a Worlds was 8th place on floor exercise at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, China.

At the 1999 World Championships, she also performed an original gymnastics skill that bears her name in the artistic gymnastics Code of Points: the Tousek, a cross-wise back handspring on balance beam.

At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Tousek won floor exercise and uneven bars and placed 4th all-around.

In 2000, Tousek won the all-around, bars and floor exercise at the Canadian National Gymnastics Championships, and she placed second on vault and balance beam.

During her elite career, Tousek trained with coach Elvira Saadi at Cambridge Kips in Cambridge, Ontario.