Jordan Chiles
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Chiles Selected to Second U.S. Olympic Team
June 30, 2024 | Gymnastics, Olympics
Jordan Chiles was selected to the U.S. Olympic Team for the second time in her career after a third-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. The 2020 Olympic silver medalist will head to Paris along with her Tokyo teammates Simone Biles, Suni Lee and Jade Carey, and newcomer Hezly Rivera.
After placing second in day one of the Trials, Chiles moved down to third behind the last two Olympic all-around champions, Biles and Lee. Chiles started her final day by scoring 14.500 on her double-twisting Yurchenko vault and 14.200 on uneven bars. Lee moved ahead of Chiles in the third rotation after Chiles scored just 12.225 on balance beam, but she rebounded with a 14.100 on floor exercise to finish her competition with a two-day score of 111.425, .250 behind Lee. Biles took first place with a score of 117.225.
Chiles will join fellow Bruin Emma Malabuyo in Paris at the Olympics, where women's gymnastics competition begins on July 28. Malabuyo earned an individual qualifying spot in May and will represent the Philippines. Chiles and Malabuyo were part of the USA contingent in Tokyo in 2020, with Chiles competing for the U.S. and Malabuyo serving as an alternate.
In between her Olympic appearances, Chiles won a pair of NCAA individual titles at UCLA, capturing the 2023 uneven bars and floor exercise titles. She also earned nine All-America honors and scored eight perfect 10s.
UCLA Gymnastics has had at least one Bruin Olympian in every Olympic Games since 1984.
UCLA Gymnasts in the Olympic Games
2024
Jordan Chiles (USA), Emma Malabuyo (Philippines)
2020
Jordan Chiles (USA), Danusia Francis (Jamaica), Brooklyn Moors (Canada)
Alternate: Emma Malabuyo (USA)
2016
Madison Kocian (USA)
Alternate: Pauline Tratz (Germany)
2012
Jennifer Pinches (Great Britain), Kyla Ross (USA)
Alternates: Anna Li (USA), Danusia Francis (Great Britain), Peng-Peng Lee (Canada honorary)
2008
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Canada), Samantha Peszek (USA)
2004
Mohini Bhardwaj (USA), Kate Richardson (Canada)
Alternates: Marci Bernholtz (Canada), Tasha Schwikert (USA)
2000
Michelle Conway (Canada), Jamie Dantzscher (USA), Kristen Maloney (USA), Kate Richardson (Canada), Tasha Schwikert (USA), Yvonne Tousek (Canada)
Alternates: Alyssa Beckerman (USA), Holly Murdock (Great Britain)
1996
Yvonne Tousek (Canada)
1992
Luisa Portocarrero (Guatemala), Stella Umeh (Canada)
1988
Alternate: Rhonda Faehn (USA)
1984
Gigi Zosa (Canada)
After placing second in day one of the Trials, Chiles moved down to third behind the last two Olympic all-around champions, Biles and Lee. Chiles started her final day by scoring 14.500 on her double-twisting Yurchenko vault and 14.200 on uneven bars. Lee moved ahead of Chiles in the third rotation after Chiles scored just 12.225 on balance beam, but she rebounded with a 14.100 on floor exercise to finish her competition with a two-day score of 111.425, .250 behind Lee. Biles took first place with a score of 117.225.
Chiles will join fellow Bruin Emma Malabuyo in Paris at the Olympics, where women's gymnastics competition begins on July 28. Malabuyo earned an individual qualifying spot in May and will represent the Philippines. Chiles and Malabuyo were part of the USA contingent in Tokyo in 2020, with Chiles competing for the U.S. and Malabuyo serving as an alternate.
In between her Olympic appearances, Chiles won a pair of NCAA individual titles at UCLA, capturing the 2023 uneven bars and floor exercise titles. She also earned nine All-America honors and scored eight perfect 10s.
UCLA Gymnastics has had at least one Bruin Olympian in every Olympic Games since 1984.
UCLA Gymnasts in the Olympic Games
2024
Jordan Chiles (USA), Emma Malabuyo (Philippines)
2020
Jordan Chiles (USA), Danusia Francis (Jamaica), Brooklyn Moors (Canada)
Alternate: Emma Malabuyo (USA)
2016
Madison Kocian (USA)
Alternate: Pauline Tratz (Germany)
2012
Jennifer Pinches (Great Britain), Kyla Ross (USA)
Alternates: Anna Li (USA), Danusia Francis (Great Britain), Peng-Peng Lee (Canada honorary)
2008
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Canada), Samantha Peszek (USA)
2004
Mohini Bhardwaj (USA), Kate Richardson (Canada)
Alternates: Marci Bernholtz (Canada), Tasha Schwikert (USA)
2000
Michelle Conway (Canada), Jamie Dantzscher (USA), Kristen Maloney (USA), Kate Richardson (Canada), Tasha Schwikert (USA), Yvonne Tousek (Canada)
Alternates: Alyssa Beckerman (USA), Holly Murdock (Great Britain)
1996
Yvonne Tousek (Canada)
1992
Luisa Portocarrero (Guatemala), Stella Umeh (Canada)
1988
Alternate: Rhonda Faehn (USA)
1984
Gigi Zosa (Canada)
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