Tiffani White, born on July 16, 1981 in Yakima, earned national gymnastics championships at elite levels during a 12-year career.

White learned the sport and trained at North American Sports Academy, also known as NASA Gymnastics. She broke onto the state scene in 1991 as the Washington State Junior Olympic all-around champion. A year later Tiffani burst onto the national horizon as a USA Gymnastics national team member, and in 1993 she was a Western USA national championship qualifier and a USA junior national elite regional champ.

In 1994 she was the Pacific Northwest Elite all-around champion, and in 1995 was selected to the Sports Festival and junior national teams. That same year she earned distinction as the first Pacific Northwest gymnast to perform three specific moves on the balance beam.

She won 1995 national championship in the floor exercise and finished as the national runner-up in all-around that same year. One year later, she won the national crown in both floor exercise and balance beam. In addition to her national titles, she twice won the state balance beam, floor exercise and all-around championships. She also won a regional balance beam title.

Tiffani twice participated with the U.S. national gymnastics team in exhibitions at Key Arena, and three times was chosen to be a demonstrator at the regional coaches clinic. She earned the title as the “Strongest Gymnast,” pound-forpound, in strength testing conducted at the Olympic Training Center.

After graduating from Puyallup High School in 1999, she competed for one year at Oregon State University and graduated from that school in 2003.