Kyla Ross

Kyla Ross
— Gymnast —
Ross at the 2012 Secret U.S. Classic.
Personal information
Full name	Kyla Briana Ross
Nickname(s)	Mighty Mouse, Silver Princess
Country represented	United States
Born	(1996-10-24) October 24, 1996 (age 20) Honolulu, Hawaii
Residence	Aliso Viejo, California
Height	5'7
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2009–2016
Club	Gym-Max Gymnastics
College team	University of California, Los Angeles
Head coach(es)	Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang
Former coach(es)	Sandy Dornbuch, Katherine Anderson, Debra Hutchinson, and Nikolai Dorochenko
Choreographer	Dominic Zito
Music	2012: The Phantom of the Opera 2013-2014: Le Cirque
Retired	February 22, 2016 (elite)
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 London Team World Championships 2014 Nanning Team 2013 Antwerp All-Around 2013 Antwerp Uneven Bars 2013 Antwerp Balance Beam 2014 Nanning All-Around Pacific Rim Championships 2010 Melbourne Team 2012 Seattle Team 2012 Seattle Balance Beam 2014 Richmond Team 2014 Richmond Balance Beam 2012 Seattle All-Around 2012 Seattle Uneven Bars 2014 Richmond All-Around 2014 Richmond Uneven Bars 2014 Richmond Floor Exercise 2012 Seattle Floor Exercise

Kyla Briana Ross (born October 24, 1996) is an American artistic gymnast. An elite gymnast from 2009 to 2016, she was a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team, dubbed the Fierce Five by the media, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team competition. Ross was also a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Individually, she is the 2013 world all-around silver medalist and the 2014 world all-around bronze medalist. She is also the 2013 world uneven bars and balance beam silver medalist. In February 2016, she decided to retire from elite gymnastics and focus on college. Ross attends the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she has been on its NCAA gymnastics team since fall of 2016.

Ross was born on October 24, 1996, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jason and Kiana Ross. Her father is of African American and Japanese ancestry, and her mother is of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent. Her father was a minor league outfielder for six years. She has two younger siblings, Mckenna and Kayne.

After Ross and her family moved to California, she met McKayla Maroney at her gym. The two quickly became fast friends; they lived near each other and would carpool together to practices, and they had sleepovers together almost every weekend. As young gymnasts, they both fantasized about going to the Olympics someday. Unbeknownst to them, both would someday earn spots on the team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In an interview, Maroney stated, "We've known each other since we were six years old... we will always be best friends."