1. Brody Malone has been a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team since 2020 and represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
34 Facts About Brody Malone
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Brody Malone was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Brody Malone is a three-time United States national all-around champion.
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Brody Malone was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, on January 7,2000, to John and Tracy Brody Malone.
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Brody Malone's parents enrolled him in gymnastics at age three because he was a very active child.
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Brody Malone's mother died of cancer in 2012, and his step-mother died in 2019 after suffering a brain aneurysm.
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Brody Malone attended Trion High School and later graduated from Stanford University with a degree in management science and engineering.
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Additionally, Brody Malone won silver on vault and parallel bars and bronze on rings.
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In 2016, Brody Malone competed at his first elite National Championships.
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Brody Malone competed at the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships where he won silver in the all-around behind Bennet Huang.
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Brody Malone next competed at the 2017 US National Championships.
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Brody Malone won gold on floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.
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Brody Malone was later selected to represent the US at the International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Japan.
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In January 2018, Brody Malone competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup where he helped the US finish third in the team competition.
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Brody Malone began competing for the Stanford Cardinal gymnastics team in 2019.
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At the NCAA National Championships Brody Malone helped Stanford win the team title and individually won the all-around, floor exercise, and horizontal bar titles.
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Brody Malone was selected to represent the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games where he helped the US finish second as a team behind Brazil.
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In early 2020, Brody Malone competed at the Winter Cup and finished third in the all-around.
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Brody Malone returned to competition at the 2021 NCAA Championships, where he helped Stanford defend their team title.
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Brody Malone defended his all-around and horizontal bar titles and won silver on rings.
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Brody Malone clinched his spot on the Olympic team by finishing first in the all-around at the Olympic Trials.
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Brody Malone was joined by Yul Moldauer, Sam Mikulak, and Shane Wiskus to form the United States men's Olympic gymnastics team.
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In October, Brody Malone competed at the 2021 World Championships where he only competed on the horizontal bar.
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Brody Malone next competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart alongside Vitaliy Guimaraes, Asher Hong, Yul Moldauer, and Khoi Young; they finished first as a team.
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Brody Malone was awarded the Nissen Emery Award, the highest honor in college men's gymnastics.
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At the NCAA Championship, Brody Malone helped Stanford defend their national title.
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Additionally, Brody Malone placed first on floor exercise and horizontal bar, second on pommel horse, seventh on rings, eighth on vault, and fifth on parallel bars.
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Brody Malone was selected to represent the United States at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in March 2023 alongside Yul Moldauer, Asher Hong, Fred Richard, and Shane Wiskus.
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An MRI later revealed that Brody Malone had a partially torn posterior cruciate ligament and a fully torn lateral collateral ligament.
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Brody Malone would have to undergo a third surgery to repair the LCL.
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Brody Malone returned to competition at the 2024 Winter Cup but only competed on pommel horse, rings, and parallel bars.
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Brody Malone made his all-around return at the 2024 National Championships where he won his third all-around national title.
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Brody Malone was part of the team that earned a bronze medal in the team final.
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On December 31,2023, Brody Malone announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend Serena Ortiz.