Background
She is the daughter of 1984 Olympic diver, Andy Kwan. Kwan was born on July 29, 1998 in Mission Viejo, California to parents, Andy and Amy Kwan.
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Alaina Kwan
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During the championship season, she finished eighth in the all-around at States and fifteenth at Regionals.
Career
2013-2015: Level 10 career
Kwan started competing Level 10 for the 2013 season, following a move to All Olympia Gymnastics Center. She placed twenty-third in the all-around at States. Competing only two events.
In March 2014, Alaina participated in the National Elite Qualifier in California but failed to meet the qualification requirement.
On October 22, 2014, Kwan committed to the Kentucky Wildcats women"s gymnastics team At Regionals, she ended up third in the all-around and took home the floor title again.
Kwan qualified to J.O. Nationals but elected not to attend. 2015–present: Elite career
A year before, in 2014, Kwan took part in an Elite Qualifier but didn"t qualify to elite status.
In March 2015, she participated in the National Elite Qualifier in Los Angeles and qualified to Senior International Elite status.
At the 2015 United States. Classic in Chicago, Kwan was ninth in the all-around. She didn"t advance to United States. Nationals. On September 30, 2015, International Gymnast Magazine announced that she and All Olympia Gymnastics Center elite teammate, Kylie Dickson, had joined the Belarussian National Gymnastics team
Despite having no affiliation to the country.
The process was co-ordinated by the pair"s coaches, Artur Akopyan who is Soviet Armenian and Galina Marinova. A Bulgarian, as well as Nellie Kim, President of the Women"s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee and fellow countrywoman.
This sparked outrage from gymnastics fans, criticizing Kim and the AOGC coaches. lieutenant is thought she will represent Belarus with Dickson at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Kwan competed at the 2015 World Championships for Belarus on October 24, 2015.
A month later, she signed the National Letter of Intent to the University of Kentucky.
