Bio

Former Cosumnes River College gymnastics coach Gert Larsen found herself a gem when Jang decided to enroll at the school in 1977 and compete for the Chiefs, despite never doing so for Kennedy High School where she had graduated.

When her career was over two years later, Jang had made her mark as the first women's state champion in school history and the first CRC athlete to capture two state titles. Jang, now a doctor of obstetrics and gynecology at Kaiser Hospital in south Sacramento, earned her first community college state championship in the advanced class in 1977.

An ankle injury in late 1977 sidelined her for a year but after encouragement from Larsen, she returned to competition in 1979 where she was community college state champion in the all-around after winning the balance beam and parallel bars, and taking second in the vault.

Jang won all four events at the Valley Conference Championship earlier in 1979, earning the league's Most Valuable Gymnast award. She was later tabbed Gymnast of the Year by the Sacramento Athletic Hall of Fame. Cosumnes River College selected her winner of both the Most Outstanding Athlete and Most Valuable Athlete, the only time in school history a student-athlete has accomplished the feat.

Jang earned her degree in physical therapy from Cal State Northridge in 1981 and later graduated from medical school at UC Irvine.