Kyla Ross

Kyla Ross
Ross in February 2018
Personal information
Full nameKyla Briana Ross
Nickname(s)Mighty Mouse[1]
Silver Princess[2]
Kyla Boss[3]
Country represented United States
Born (1996-10-24) October 24, 1996 (age 28)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
HometownAliso Viejo, California, USA
ResidenceFayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[4]
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[5]
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
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Uneven Bars
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Balance Beam
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanning All-Around
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Balance Beam
Silver medal – second place 2012 Seattle All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2012 Seattle Uneven Bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond Uneven Bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Seattle Floor Exercise
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guadalajara All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guadalajara Floor Exercise
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 St Louis Uneven Bars
Gold medal – first place 2017 St Louis Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2018 St Louis Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Fort Worth Vault
Gold medal – first place 2019 Fort Worth Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2018 St Louis Balance Beam
Silver medal – second place 2019 Fort Worth All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2018 St Louis Uneven Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Fort Worth Team
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.)

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.[6]

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.[7] One week later, she became the second NCAA gymnast, after Maggie Nichols, to achieve a second Gym Slam.

  1. ^ Reed, Jesse (July 18, 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: 10 Things You Need to Know About Kyla Ross". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  2. ^ Baskin, Isabel (March 22, 2016). "Chalk It Up: Kyla Ross Retires from Elite Gymnastics". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. ^ "Gymnastics sets season record defeating Stanford with perfect 10s, personal records". Daily Bruin. March 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "Kyla Ross - Gymnastics". UCLA.
  5. ^ GARCIA, MARK (February 26, 2015). "Aliso Viejo olympian announces college commitment to UCLA".
  6. ^ "Kyla Ross - Gymnastics - UCLA". UCLA Bruins.
  7. ^ "UCLA's Kyla Ross completes the 'Gym Slam' with a perfect 10 on floor". Yahoo Sports. March 16, 2019.