Rachel Rochelli

Hometown: Houston, Texas
Residence: Houston, Texas
Date/Place of Birth: July 6, 1978/Houston, Texas
Club: Cypress Academy
Coach: Debbie Kaitschuck
School: Cypress Creek High School
Year in School: 12th (Fall, '95)
Years on National Team: 3 (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96)
Began Gymnastics: 1983
Favorite Apparatus/Event: Floor exercise
Hobbies: Water skiing, shopping

Rochelli is on the A-Honor Roll at school and plans to attend college and participate in gymnastics. She is on the National and Latin Honor Societies. Rochelli has an hour commute to the gym each day, so luckily she has her driver's license and her own car. She has one younger sister.

International Competition

1995 Golden Sands International Gymnastics Meet, Varna, Bulgaria; 10th-AA, 2nd-V, 7th-UB
1994 Puerto Rico International Gymnastics Cup, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 4th-AA & UB, 3rd-V, 8th-BB, 5th-FX
1992 USA-Japan, Hamamatsu, Japan; 2nd-Team, 3rd(t)-V, 3rd-BB & FX

National Competition

1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 20th-AA
1995 U.S. Olympic Festival, Boulder, Colo.; 8th-AA, 3rd-V, 6th-FX
1995 U.S. Classic, Birmingham, Ala.; 9th-AA, 4th-V & FX
1995 American Classic/Pan American Games Trials, Oakland, Calif.; 25th-AA
1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 20th-AA
1994 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Orlando, Fla.; 12th-AA
1993 Coca-Cola National Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 9th-AA, 4th-BB
1993 U.S. Classic, Austin, Texas; 39th-AA (competed in floor only)
1992 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Columbus, Ohio; 9th-AA (junior division)
1992 U.S. Classic; 11th-AA, 3rd-V (junior division)

updated: 22 Aug 1995