Full name: Ekaterina Romanovna Starkova (Екатерина Романовна Старкова)
- Called Katya or Kat by everyone
- Russian-Jewish-Filipino
- USA gymnastics' golden girl
- Strongest on the uneven bars, strong on vault and floor exercise, notoriously inconsistent on the balance beam
- Did figure skating and gymnastics simultaneously up until the age of 11 and ultimately chose to pursue gymnastics as an elite athlete
- Due to her generally serious demeanor (and resting bitch face) at competitions, NBC commentators have dubbed her as somewhat of a diva for years, but they're wrong
Major international accomplishments, as of 2018:
- 2014 Youth Olympic All-Around Champion; swept all four event finals thereafter
- 2015 World All-Around Silver Medalist, uneven bars co-champion, vault and floor silver medalist; gold with the team
- 2016 Olympic All-Around Champion, vault champion, floor, and uneven bars silver medalist; gold with the team
- 2017 World Champion on the uneven bars and floor exercise
Note: Despite indications of her ethnic background, I will not assign a faceclaim for this original character just because. Just make sure not to whitewash her in your head lol. And for the sake of this *very fictional story*, certain competition placements have been altered, but no hate to the real life gymnasts of course!
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