Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles was born on April 15,2001 and is an American artistic gymnast.
66 Facts About Jordan Chiles
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Jordan Chiles was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, having previously been a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Jordan Chiles was a member of the team that won gold at the 2022 World Championships.
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Jordan Chiles has been a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team since 2013.
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In NCAA Gymnastics, Chiles competes for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team, where she has won two Pac-12, two Big Ten titles, and three NCAA championships.
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Jordan Chiles was born in Tualatin, Oregon, on April 15,2001, to Timothy and Gina Jordan Chiles.
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Jordan Chiles's father is Black and her mother is Latina.
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Jordan Chiles was named after American basketball player Michael Jordan.
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Jordan Chiles is one of five children; her siblings are Jazmin, Jade, Tajmen, and Tyrus.
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Jordan Chiles 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.
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That same year, Jordan Chiles started her collegiate gymnastics career at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Jordan Chiles put her studies on hold after the 2023 NCAA season, in order to focus on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Jordan Chiles confirmed that she will return to UCLA for the 2025 season.
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Jordan Chiles remarked that her grandfather would not want her to quit and that was her motivation.
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In support of Jordan Chiles following her bronze medal reversal of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Flavor Flav gifted her a bedazzled bronze clock necklace in the interim.
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Jordan 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.
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Jordan Chiles was selected to be a member of the Junior National Team.
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Jordan Chiles made her international debut at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy.
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Jordan Chiles won a gold medal with the team and finished sixth in the all-around.
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At the 2014 Secret US Classic, Jordan Chiles won the all-around competition with a score of 57.350.
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Jordan Chiles then competed at the 2014 US National Championships where she finished fourth in the all-around.
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Jordan Chiles won the bronze medals on both the vault and the floor exercise.
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Jordan Chiles was named to the Junior National Team.
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Jordan Chiles tied with Jazmyn Foberg for the bronze medal on the uneven bars.
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Jordan Chiles finished fourth in the all-around and won the gold medal on the vault at the 2015 US National Championships and was selected for the junior national team.
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Jordan 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.
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Jordan Chiles then won the gold medal in the vault event final.
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Jordan Chiles then won the junior all-around title at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy.
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Jordan 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.
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Jordan Chiles placed tenth on uneven bars, fourteenth on balance beam, and twenty-first on floor exercise.
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Jordan Chiles was not named to the senior national team.
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Jordan Chiles received media recognition for competing in a Wonder Woman inspired leotard.
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At the 2019 US Classic in July, Jordan Chiles finished eleventh in the all-around with a score of 54.650.
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Jordan Chiles 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.
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At the 2019 US National Championships in August, Jordan Chiles performed all eight of her routines without a fall to place sixth in the all-around.
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Jordan Chiles finished seventh on uneven bars, tied with Riley McCusker, placed twelfth on balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise.
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In September, Jordan 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.
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Jordan Chiles did not compete at all during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
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Jordan Chiles finished first on vault and floor exercise, second on balance beam, and fourth on uneven bars.
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Jordan Chiles finished second on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and second on floor exercise.
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At the Olympic Trials, Jordan Chiles finished third, behind Biles and Lee, and was named to the Olympic team alongside Biles, Lee, and Grace McCallum.
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Jordan Chiles was the only US team member to hit every routine she competed during the season leading up to the Olympics; out of 24 total routines, she did not fall once.
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At the Olympic Games Jordan Chiles performed the all-around during qualifications.
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Jordan Chiles finished 40th after struggles on multiple events: on uneven bars she brushed her feet on the ground during a transition between the bars, incurring a deduction equivalent to that of a fall; on balance beam she fell on her acrobatic series and put her hands down on her dismount.
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Jordan Chiles's performance helped qualify the USA team to the team final in second place behind the Russian Olympic Committee.
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However, Simone Biles withdrew from the competition after the first rotation and Jordan Chiles replaced her on uneven bars and balance beam.
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Jordan Chiles hit both of those routines despite not having warmed up on either, but fell on her third pass on floor exercise.
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Jordan Chiles finished third in the all-around behind Konnor McClain and Shilese Jones.
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In October, Jordan Chiles was selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships alongside Skye Blakely, Jade Carey, Shilese Jones, and Leanne Wong.
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In September, Jordan Chiles was named to the team to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games alongside Kayla DiCello, Kaliya Lincoln, Zoe Miller, and Tiana Sumanasekera.
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Individually Jordan Chiles won bronze in the all-around behind DiCello and Flavia Saraiva and silver on vault behind Rebeca Andrade.
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Jordan Chiles began the season competing at the Core Hydration Classic, where she placed third in the all-around behind Simone Biles and Shilese Jones.
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At the National Championships Jordan Chiles placed fifth in the all-around and second on uneven bars behind Biles.
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At the Olympic trials, Jordan Chiles finished third in the all-around, as well on uneven bars and floor exercise, and second on vault.
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Jordan Chiles was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Biles, Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee, and Hezly Rivera.
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Jordan Chiles ended the day ranked fourth overall; however, she did not advance to the all-around final due to the limit of two athletes max from the same nation competing in the finals; Biles and Lee placed higher.
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Jordan Chiles did manage to qualify to the floor exercise final in third.
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Jordan Chiles went on to compete in the floor exercise final.
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The inquiry was accepted and Jordan Chiles' score was raised by a tenth.
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Jordan Chiles's revised score was the third highest of the event final, earning the bronze medal.
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The CAS ruled that Jordan Chiles' coach had made the inquiry at one minute and four seconds, which was four seconds over the allowed time.
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USA Gymnastics appealed the ruling later that day, saying they had video evidence that Jordan Chiles' coach had appealed her score at 47 seconds, within the one-minute deadline, and not four seconds late.
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Jordan Chiles was named one of Time's Women of the Year for 2025.
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Jordan Chiles made her NCAA debut on January 17,2022, in a meet against Iowa and Minnesota.
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Jordan Chiles only competed on the uneven bars and vault.
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Jordan Chiles won the all-around with a score of 39.700.