1. Jade Carey represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics as a member of the US women's team, nicknamed the "Golden Girls".
77 Facts About Jade Carey
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Jade Carey has won nine medals at the FIG World Cup.
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Jade Carey was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2024 Olympic Games, the 2019 World Championships, the 2022 World Championships, and the 2018 Pan American Championships.
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Jade Carey was invited to her first elite level national team camp in late 2016.
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Jade Carey began 2017 as a Level 10 gymnast, which is below elite level in USA Gymnastics.
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Jade Carey was invited to The Ranch by national team coordinator Valeri Liukin throughout the start of the year where she qualified for elite status.
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Jade Carey made her elite debut at the American Classic at Karolyi Ranch on July 7,2017.
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Jade Carey only competed on vault, floor, and balance beam but placed first on each of those events.
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Jade Carey placed first on vault, where she competed an Amanar and a double-twisting Tsukahara, first on floor, including both a full-twisting double layout and double-twisting double tuck in her routine, and fourth on balance beam.
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Jade Carey was named to the national team for the first time.
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In September, Jade Carey was selected to represent the United States at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal alongside Ragan Smith, Morgan Hurd, and Ashton Locklear.
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Jade Carey competed her first elite uneven bars routine in addition to her routine on balance beam and placed 10th on each apparatus.
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On July 28, Jade Carey made her elite all-around debut at the 2018 US Classic.
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Jade Carey placed first on vault, where she debuted a Lopez as her new second vault, and second on floor behind Simone Biles, where she debuted a Moors as her opening pass.
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Jade Carey finished third on vault behind Biles and Jordan Chiles, second on floor exercise behind Biles, 15th on uneven bars, and 9th on balance beam.
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Jade Carey was noticeably absent despite her strong performances at the previous two competitions.
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USAG later revealed that Jade Carey had declined her invitation to the Worlds qualification camp and was going to pursue qualifying for the 2020 Olympics "as an individual through the apparatus World Cup series, which precludes her competing on the 2018 World Team".
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Jade Carey received the AGF Trophy for having the highest combined execution score in the qualification round.
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Jade Carey won the gold medal in the vault final and was the only gymnast to earn execution scores above nine on both of her vaults.
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At the 2019 GK US Classic in July, Jade Carey placed tenth in the all-around.
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Jade Carey won the gold medal on vault ahead of Aleah Finnegan and Shilese Jones and she tied with Grace McCallum for the silver medal on floor exercise behind Simone Biles.
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Jade Carey placed fifteenth on uneven bars and tied for seventeenth on balance beam with Alexis Jeffrey.
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At the 2019 US National Championships Jade Carey competed on all four events and ended the first day of competition in third in the all-around behind Biles and Sunisa Lee.
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However, due to Lee receiving a higher execution score, Jade Carey did not qualify to the floor exercise final due to the rule limiting individual finals to two competitors per country.
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In February Jade Carey competed at the 2021 Winter Cup where she only competed on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam.
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Jade Carey finished second on vault behind Jordan Chiles, sixth on uneven bars, and ninth on balance beam.
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At the National Championships Jade Carey finished sixth in the all-around after competing a watered-down floor exercise routine and vault.
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Jade Carey finished fourth on vault, eighth on uneven bars and floor exercise, and eleventh on balance beam.
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At the Olympic Trials Jade Carey competed all-around the first day of competition and only competed on uneven bars and balance beam the second day.
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Days after trials had concluded Jade Carey was officially awarded an Olympic berth via the Apparatus World Cup series.
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At the Olympic Games, Jade Carey performed the all-around during qualifications.
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Jade Carey hit all four routines and qualified for the vault final in second place behind Simone Biles as well as the floor exercise final in third place behind Vanessa Ferrari and Biles.
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Jade Carey went on to successfully perform her second vault, an Amanar with a difficulty of 5.8, but was deducted two points for performing two vaults with the same entry, finishing with an average score of 12.416, more than two full points behind the seventh finisher.
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Jade Carey is the third consecutive American champion on the event, following Aly Raisman in 2012 and Simone Biles in 2016.
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Days later it was announced that Jade Carey would be joining Simone Biles' Gold Over America Tour.
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Jade Carey placed fifth in the all-around, first on vault, second on floor exercise behind Shilese Jones, seventh on balance beam, and ninth on uneven bars.
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Jade Carey was named to the national team for the sixth time.
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In October Jade Carey was selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships alongside Skye Blakely, Jordan Chiles, Shilese Jones, and Leanne Wong.
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Jade Carey began the season competing at the American Classic where she placed first in the all-around.
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Jade Carey next competed at the Core Hydration Classic where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Simone Biles, Shilese Jones, and Jordan Chiles; she won gold on vault.
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At the National Championships Jade Carey placed seventh in the all-around and third on vault.
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At the Olympic trials Jade Carey placed fourth in the all-around, first on vault, eighth on uneven bars, sixth on balance beam, and second on floor exercise.
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Jade Carey later explained that she had not been feeling well the past few days leading up to qualifications and therefore had depleted energy.
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Right after floor exercise, the team competed on vault where Jade Carey bounced back and competed two clean vaults which advanced her to the vault final in third place; additionally the United States qualified to the team final in first place.
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Jade Carey officially signed with the Oregon State Beavers on November 9,2017.
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Jade Carey made her long awaited NCAA debut on January 15,2022,1528 days after she signed her national letter of intent with Oregon State University.
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Jade Carey outright won the all-around, vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise titles and co-won the balance beam title alongside teammate Jenna Domingo and Skylar Killough-Wilhelm of Washington.
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Jade Carey outright won the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise titles and co-won the balance beam title with California's Emi Watterson.
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Jade Carey was named Freshman of the Week for the second time.
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Jade Carey posted a 9.95 on all four apparatuses and won her ninth consecutive all-around title.
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Jade Carey was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the sixth time.
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Jade Carey was named Pac-12 gymnast of the year and freshman of the year.
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At the Pac-12 Championships Jade Carey led Oregon State to a third place finish.
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At the NCAA regional semifinal in Seattle, Jade Carey earned an all-around score of 39.850, beating her previous record.
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At the NCAA championship Jade Carey rotated with the Oklahoma Sooners in the first semi-final.
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Jade Carey earned an all-around score of 39.650, the highest in the first semi-final but fourth highest overall.
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Jade Carey made her 2023 season debut at the Super 16 Invitational on January 6.
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At the Pac-12 Championships Jade Carey earned an all-around score of 39.750 to win the all-around competition for the second straight year.
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Jade Carey scored 9.9625 on the apparatus and finished as co-runner up on the event behind Maile O'Keefe.
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At the first meet of the season, the Mean Girls Super 16 event in Las Vegas, Jade Carey competed on only uneven bars and balance beam, earning a 9.975 and a 9.90 respectively.
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Jade Carey was named Pac 12 specialist of the week.
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At the Pac-12 Championships, Jade Carey competed in the all-around and helped the Beavers finish fifth.
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Jade Carey earned her first perfect 10 of the season on floor exercise to outright win the title.
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Jade Carey made her 2025 season debut at the Pacific Coast Challenge, a tri-meet between Oregon State, UCLA, and California.
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Jade Carey won the balance beam and uneven bars titles with 9.975s, posting a 9.950 on floor tied with her teammate, Garcia.
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Jade Carey continued to outright win the all-around title posting a 39.625.
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At the 2025 Metroplex Challenge on February 21, Jade Carey won the all-around for the eighth time this season with a score of 39.675, while winning the event titles on uneven bars, floor exercise, and balance beam.
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Jade Carey ended the regular season competing in a meet again Fisk University.
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Jade Carey won the all-around with a score of 39.850, highlighted by a perfect ten on floor exercise.
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Jade Carey was named as one of the six finalists for the AAI Award alongside Bowers, Audrey Davis, Aleah Finnegan, Grace McCallum, and Leanne Wong.
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Jade Carey is set to rotate with the reigning champions, the LSU Tigers.
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Jade Carey became the fourth gymnast from Oregon State to win the award following Mary Ayotte-Law, Joy Selig, and Chari Knight.
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Jade Carey is one of only four gymnasts to complete the NCAA Gym Slam multiple times, recording a perfect 10.0 on all four events at least twice in her NCAA career.
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Jade Carey's parents, Brian Carey and Danielle Mitchell-Greenberg, owned a gym when she was born, allowing her to get involved with gymnastics at a young age.
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Jade Carey attended Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Arizona, graduating in 2018.
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In January 2024, Jade Carey was inducted into the Mountain Ridge Athletics Hall of Fame.
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On March 19,2025, Jade Carey revealed in an Instagram post that she is dating Aimee Sinacola.