Kyla Ross

Kyla Ross
Kyla Ross 2012
Personal information
Nationality:	United States
discipline	Apparatus gymnastics
Special device / s:	Uneven bars, balance beam
Society:	Gym Max
Trainer:	Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang
Birthday:	October 24, 1996
Place of birth:	Honolulu
Size:	170 cm
Medals
Olympic games gold 2012 London team  World championships gold 2014 Nanning team silver 2013 Antwerp All-around silver 2013 Antwerp Balance beam silver 2013 Antwerp Uneven bars bronze 2014 Nanning All-around  Pan American Games gold 2010 Guadalajara team gold 2010 Guadalajara All-around silver 2010 Guadalajara ground

Kyla Ross Briana (* 24. October 1996 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) is a former American gymnast and Olympic champion . Her father is of African American and Japanese origin, her mother is of Filipino and Puerto Rican origin.

Career

Ross was Olympic champion with the US team in 2012. She also took part in the 2013 and 2014 world championships, where she won several medals. She did not take part in the World Championships in Glasgow 2015. On February 22, 2016, she announced her retirement from top-class sport. She has been studying at UCLA since autumn 2016 .

Sexual abuse on the US gymnastics team

In 2018, Ross and Madison Kocian announced that they, like more than 250 other young athletes, had been molested by the American gymnastics team's doctor, Larry Nassar .

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Profile of Kyla Ross at USA Gymnastics

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Los Angeles Times , accessed February 25, 2016