Kyla Ross

Kyla Briana Ross (born October 24, 1996) is a retired American artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.

Kyla Ross
Ross in 2018
Personal information
Full nameKyla Briana Ross
Nickname(s)Mighty Mouse
Silver Princess
Kyla Boss
Country represented United States
Born (1996-10-24) October 24, 1996
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
HometownAliso Viejo, California, USA
ResidenceFayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelJunior Elite (2009–11)
Senior Elite (2012–16)
NCAA (2017–20)
Years on national team2009–2016 (USA)
ClubGym-Max Gymnastics
College teamUCLA Bruins
Former coach(es)Jenny Zhang
Howie Liang
Sandy Dornbuch
Katherine Anderson
Debra Hutchinson
Nikolai Dorochenko
Valorie Kondos Field
Jordyn Wieber
Randy Lane
Chris Waller
Kristina Comforte
Dom Palange
BJ Das
ChoreographerDominic Zito
Music2012: The Phantom of the Opera
2013-2014: Le Cirque
RetiredMarch 12, 2020
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 1 3 1
Pacific Rim Championships 5 5 1
Women's gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
2014 NanningTeam
2013 AntwerpAll-Around
2013 AntwerpUneven Bars
2013 AntwerpBalance Beam
2014 NanningAll-Around
Pacific Rim Championships
2010 MelbourneTeam
2012 SeattleTeam
2012 SeattleBalance Beam
2014 RichmondTeam
2014 RichmondBalance Beam
2012 SeattleAll-Around
2012 SeattleUneven Bars
2014 RichmondAll-Around
2014 RichmondUneven Bars
2014 RichmondFloor Exercise
2012 SeattleFloor Exercise
Pan American Championships
2010 GuadalajaraTeam
2010 GuadalajaraAll-Around
2010 GuadalajaraFloor Exercise
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
2017 St LouisUneven Bars
2017 St LouisBalance Beam
2018 St LouisTeam
2019 Fort WorthVault
2019 Fort WorthFloor Exercise
2018 St LouisBalance Beam
2019 Fort WorthAll-Around
2018 St LouisUneven Bars
2019 Fort WorthTeam
AwardsSee awards
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
TeamArkansas Razorbacks
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Alma materUCLA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2021UCLA (Undergrad Asst.)
2022Arkansas (Volunteer Asst.)
2023–PresentArkansas (Asst.)

Ross was an elite gymnast from 2009 to 2016. She was a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics; dubbed the Fierce Five, the squad won the gold medal in the team competition. Ross was the 2013 world all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam silver medalist. At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team and the all-around bronze medalist.

In February 2016, she retired from elite gymnastics to attend college. That fall, she enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and joined the university's NCAA gymnastics team. She was named eleven times as an All-American, earning first team regular season honors on bars and beam in 2017, first team honors for the post season on bars, beam, and the all-around, first team regular season honors in 2018 on bars and the all-around and first team honors for the postseason on bars, beam, and the all-around and second team honors on floor exercise. On March 16, 2019, she became the 11th NCAA gymnast to achieve a "Gym Slam", having earned a perfect 10 score on all four apparatuses. One week later, she became the second NCAA gymnast, after Maggie Nichols, to achieve a second Gym Slam.

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