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Jordan Chiles
Chiles at the 2024 U.S. Championships
Personal information
Full nameJordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles
Nickname(s)Chick
Country represented United States
Born (2001-04-15) April 15, 2001 (age 23)
Tualatin, Oregon, U.S.
HometownVancouver, Washington, U.S.
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, U.S.
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelJunior Elite (2013–16)
Senior Elite (2017–)
NCAA (2022–)
Years on national team2013–present (USA)
GymWorld Champions Centre
Naydenov (former)
College teamUCLA Bruins
Head coach(es)Laurent Landi (club)
Janelle McDonald (NCAA)
Assistant coach(es)Cecile Canqueteau-Landi
Former coach(es)Chris Waller
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Liverpool Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Liverpool Vault
Silver medal – second place 2022 Liverpool Floor Exercise
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago All-Around
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Medellín Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Medellín Vault
Gold medal – first place 2018 Medellín Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Medellín Balance Beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 0 0 1
World Challenge Cup 1 1 0
Total 1 1 1
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fort Worth Uneven Bars
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fort Worth Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fort Worth All-Around

Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles (born April 15, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She was a member of the team that won gold at the 2022 World Championships. Individually, she is the 2022 World vault silver medalist and floor silver medalist. She has been a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team since 2013.

Early and personal life

Chiles was born in Tualatin, Oregon, on April 15, 2001, to Timothy and Gina Chiles. She was named after American basketball player Michael Jordan.[1] She is one of five children, her siblings being Jazmin, Jade, Tajmen, and Tyrus.[2] She grew up in Vancouver, Washington, but moved to Spring, Texas in 2019 to train alongside American gymnast and Olympic medalist Simone Biles at the World Champions Centre.[3][4] Her major at UCLA is sociology.[5]

Junior gymnastics career

2013–14

Chiles made her elite debut at the 2013 American Classic where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Ariana Agrapides and Laurie Hernandez and the silver medal on vault behind Felicia Hano.[6] At the 2013 P&G National Championships, Chiles finished eleventh in the all-around with a total score of 108.050, and she also finished sixth on vault.[7] She was selected to be a member of the Junior National Team.[8]

Chiles made her international debut at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy. She won a gold medal with the team and finished sixth in the all-around.[9] In the event finals, Chiles placed second on vault behind her teammate Bailie Key.[10] At the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic, Chiles won the all-around competition with a score of 57.350.[11] She then competed at the 2014 U.S. National Championships where she finished fourth in the all-around.[12] She won the bronze medals on both the vault and the floor exercise.[13] She was once again named to the Junior National Team.[14]

2015–16

After a tough competition, Chiles placed eighth in the all-around at the 2015 U.S. Classic. She tied with Jazmyn Foberg for the bronze medal on the uneven bars.[15] She finished fourth in the all-around and won the gold medal on the vault at the 2015 U.S. National Championships and was once again selected for the junior national team.[16][17]

Chiles competed at the 2016 International Gymnix in Montreal alongside Emma Malabuyo, Gabby Perea, and Deanne Soza, and they won the gold medal in the junior team competition. Chiles then won the gold medal in the vault event final.[18] She then won the junior all-around title at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy.[19] In the event finals, she won the gold medal on vault, tied with Emma Malabuyo for the silver medal on the uneven bars, finished fifth on the balance beam, and eighth on the floor exercise.[20][21][22][23] At the 2016 U.S. Classic, she finished fourth in the all-around and won the gold medal on vault.[24]

Senior gymnastics career

2017

Chiles made her senior debut at the American Classic where she only competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam and finished fourth and fifth, respectively.[25] At the U.S. Classic, she finished fifth in the all-around.[26] In August, Chiles competed at the U.S. National Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Ragan Smith, in addition to a fourth-place finish on the balance beam. During her balance beam performance she flubbed a wolf turn but saved it by connecting it to an unplanned triple turn.[27] In September, Chiles was selected as the non-traveling alternate for the World Championships.[28]

2018

On March 18, Chiles made her senior international debut at the Stuttgart World Cup where she placed third behind Jin Zhang of China and Elisabeth Seitz of Germany, posting the highest scores of the competition on vault and floor.[29] On April 8, Chiles was named to the team to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships.[30] There she won team gold as well as gold on vault and floor exercise and bronze on the balance beam.[31]

In August, Chiles competed at the National Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around and second on vault behind Simone Biles. She also placed tenth on uneven bars, fourteenth on balance beam, and twenty-first on floor exercise.[32] She was not named to the senior national team. She received media recognition for competing in a Wonder Woman inspired leotard.[33][34] In October, Chiles participated in the Worlds Team Selection Camp. During the competition, she placed third on vault behind Biles and Shilese Jones, seventh in the all-around and on balance beam, and sixth on uneven bars and floor exercise. While she did not make the world team, she was added to the 2018-2019 national team.[35]

In November, Chiles signed her National Letter of Intent with UCLA, deferring until after the 2020 Olympics and initially planning to start in the 2020–2021 school year.[36]

2019–20

In June, it was revealed that Chiles had switched gyms, leaving Naydenov Gymnastics in her hometown of Vancouver, Washington and moving to Spring, Texas to train at World Champions Centre, the same gym at which Simone Biles trains.[37]

Chiles was expected to compete at the American Classic. However, days before the competition, she withdrew.[38] At the 2019 U.S. Classic in July, Chiles finished eleventh in the all-around with a score of 54.650. She also tied for eighth on the uneven bars with Leanne Wong, placed twelfth on the balance beam, and tied for sixteenth on the floor exercise with Sloane Blakely.[39] At the 2019 U.S. National Championships in August, Chiles performed all eight of her routines without a fall to place sixth in the all-around.[40] She also finished seventh on uneven bars, tied with Riley McCusker, placed twelfth on balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise.[41] As a result, she was named to the national team.[42]

In September, Chiles competed at the 2019 World team selection camp and placed eleventh with a score of 53.400 after falling on her Amanar vault and on floor exercise, and she was not named to the World Championships team.[43] Chiles did not compete at all during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[44]

2021

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