1. Jordyn Marie Wieber was born on July 12,1995 and is an American former artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach.
55 Facts About Jordyn Wieber
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Jordyn Wieber won the first junior national all-around title the following year and then won the 2009 American Cup, defeating senior competitors.
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Jordyn Wieber won the junior all-around title at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships.
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Jordyn Wieber became age-eligible for senior competition in 2011 and won her first senior national all-around title.
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Jordyn Wieber then helped the US team win the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, where she won the individual all-around title and was the bronze medalist on the balance beam.
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Jordyn Wieber successfully defended her national all-around title in 2012, and she was selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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The US team, dubbed the Fierce Five, won the gold medal, but Jordyn Wieber missed the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule.
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Jordyn Wieber did not compete again after the 2012 Summer Olympics and announced her retirement in 2015.
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Jordyn Wieber was then named the head coach for Arkansas, and in 2024, she led the team to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships, their best result since 2012.
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Jordyn Wieber was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Jordyn Wieber is the third oldest of four children, and her family attended the St Jude Catholic Church in DeWitt.
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Jordyn Wieber started gymnastics at a young age because her parents noticed she had an athletic build and great balance.
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Jordyn Wieber joined Gedderts Twistars USA, run by John Geddert and his wife Kathryn, at age four.
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In 2007, Jordyn Wieber competed at the US Classic, where she placed fifth in the all-around and won silver medals on the balance beam and vault.
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Jordyn Wieber was later named to the team to compete at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships alongside Olivia Courtney, Mattie Larson, and Chelsea Davis.
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In March 2008, Jordyn Wieber was named to the team to compete at a USA-Canada-Italy-Netherlands Friendly Competition.
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Jordyn Wieber was named to the team to compete at the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships but had to withdraw due to injury.
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Jordyn Wieber placed first on vault and floor exercise, second on balance beam, and third on uneven bars.
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Jordyn Wieber then traveled to Charleroi, Belgium, for the Top Gym competition, where she won the all-around title by nearly four points.
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In February 2009, Jordyn Wieber competed against senior gymnasts at the American Cup in Chicago, Illinois.
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Jordyn Wieber was only 13 years old when she won the event, making her the second youngest American Cup champion after Tracee Talavera, who won in 1980.
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Later that year, Jordyn Wieber competed at the International Gymnix, where she helped the team win gold, and individually, she placed first in the all-around and on all four apparatuses.
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Jordyn Wieber missed the rest of the 2009 season due to a torn hamstring, including the US National Championships.
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Jordyn Wieber won gold medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise and won a silver medal on vault behind future Olympic teammate Ross.
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Later that year, Jordyn Wieber competed at the US Classic in Chicago, Illinois.
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Jordyn Wieber won the all-around competition with a score of 59.950.
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Jordyn Wieber won gold medals on the vault and uneven bars, a silver medal on floor exercise behind Katelyn Ohashi, and placed sixth on balance beam.
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Jordyn Wieber participated in her first senior elite competition at the American Cup in Jacksonville, Florida, where she filled in for British gymnast Nicole Hibbert, who was injured.
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Jordyn Wieber placed second behind teammate McKayla Maroney in the all-around competition.
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Jordyn Wieber had the lead in the all-around competition after the first day despite struggles on the uneven bars and balance beam.
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Jordyn Wieber had a much better competition on the second day, and she won the all-around title by over six points ahead of runner-up Maroney.
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Jordyn Wieber won the national titles on the uneven bars and floor exercise and a bronze medal on the balance beam.
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Jordyn Wieber was selected to compete at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo alongside Maroney, Sabrina Vega, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, and Alicia Sacramone.
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Jordyn Wieber contributed on all four apparatuses toward the American team's gold medal win by over four points ahead of Russia.
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Jordyn Wieber went on to win the bronze medal in the balance beam final, behind Chinese gymnasts Sui Lu and Yao Jinnan, and she placed fourth on the uneven bars and sixth on the floor exercise.
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Jordyn Wieber successfully defended her all-around title, although Gabby Douglas outscored her but was not officially part of the competition.
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Jordyn Wieber helped the American team place first by nearly 20 points ahead of China, and individually, she won the all-around competition.
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Jordyn Wieber only competed on two apparatuses at the US Classic, tying with Aly Raisman for the balance beam title and placing eighth on the uneven bars.
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Jordyn Wieber then competed at the US National Championships in St Louis, Missouri as the defending all-around champion.
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However, Jordyn Wieber pulled ahead on the second day to successfully defend her national title.
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Jordyn Wieber had a strong performance on the first day of competition and was in the lead for the all-around.
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Jordyn Wieber finished second on the floor exercise to Raisman and tied with Kyla Ross for the bronze medal on the balance beam.
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Jordyn Wieber was selected to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics alongside Douglas, Raisman, Ross, and McKayla Maroney.
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However, Jordyn Wieber finished fourth in the qualification for the all-around final, behind Viktoria Komova, Raisman, and Douglas.
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Jordyn Wieber did advance to the floor exercise final in sixth place.
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Jordyn Wieber described feeling disappointed after failing to qualify for the all-around final but knew she had to "put it together mentally" to help the team win the gold medal.
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Jordyn Wieber accepted the offer and enrolled at UCLA in the fall of 2013 to study psychology.
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On March 6,2015, Jordyn Wieber announced her retirement from elite gymnastics, stating that she "felt fulfilled" with her career.
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Jordyn Wieber served as the floor exercise coach for the Bruins, helping them finish the 2018 and 2019 regular seasons ranked number 1 on the event.
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At the age of 23, Jordyn Wieber was the youngest NCAA gymnastics head coach.
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Jordyn Wieber was named the USOPC Athlete of the Month for both October 2011 and June 2012.
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Jordyn Wieber was inducted into the Greater Lansing Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 after they changed the criteria to allow her to be inducted less than four years after her career ended.
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Jordyn Wieber was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
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In January 2012, Jordyn Wieber appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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Jordyn Wieber voluntarily withdrew from the competition in the third episode.