1. Kayla Kecia DiCello was born on January 25,2004 and is an American artistic gymnast.
41 Facts About Kayla DiCello
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Kayla DiCello is the 2021 World bronze medalist and the 2023 Pan American Games champion in the all-around.
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Kayla DiCello was an alternate for the 2020 Olympic team and the gold medal-winning 2023 World Championships team.
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Kayla DiCello competes for the University of Florida women's gymnastics team.
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Kayla DiCello is of Italian descent on her father's side and German on her mother's.
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Kayla DiCello is a 2022 graduate of Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland.
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Kayla DiCello was a HOPES gymnast in 2016 and became junior elite in 2017 after qualifying at the Brestyan's National Qualifier.
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Kayla DiCello was officially added to the junior national team after she was named to the team to compete at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.
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Kayla DiCello finished first on vault and balance beam, second on floor, and third on uneven bars.
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On July 28, Kayla DiCello competed at the 2018 US Classic where she finished second behind Leanne Wong after falling off the balance beam.
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Kayla DiCello performed well on both days of the competition and was the only junior gymnast to score in the top four on all four individual events: fourth on balance beam, third on uneven bars and floor exercise, and first on vault, where she stuck her double-twisting Yurchenko vault on the second day of competition to edge out Wong, the defending champion on the event.
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Kayla DiCello won the Junior All-Around title with a score of 55.700, outscoring the senior field as well.
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Later that month Kayla DiCello was named to the team to compete at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy.
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Kayla DiCello placed second behind Skye Blakely and was named to the team to compete at the 2019 Junior World Championships alongside Blakely and Sydney Barros.
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Kayla DiCello was the only competitor that qualified to all four event finals.
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Kayla DiCello won bronze on uneven bars behind Olivia Greaves and Sydney Morris and placed seventh on vault.
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At this competition, Kayla DiCello increased her floor difficulty by debuting a full-twisting double layout, or Chusovitina as her first tumbling pass.
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Kayla DiCello finished in second place behind compatriot Morgan Hurd, with a score of 55.132 in the all-around.
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Kayla DiCello posted the second highest score on vault behind Great Britain's Jennifer Gadirova and the third highest on floor behind Gadirova and Hurd.
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Kayla DiCello only competed on the uneven bars and on balance beam where she placed second behind Sunisa Lee and fifth respectively.
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Kayla DiCello placed first on the uneven bars, tied for ninth on balance beam with Emma Malabuyo, and placed third on floor exercise behind Biles and Chiles.
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At the National Championships Kayla DiCello finished 11th in the all-around after errors on uneven bars and balance beam on both days of the competition.
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Kayla DiCello won silver on floor exercise behind Simone Biles.
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At the Olympic Trials Kayla DiCello finished sixth in the all-around and was named as an alternate for the Olympic team alongside Leanne Wong, Kara Eaker, and Emma Malabuyo.
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In October Kayla DiCello was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships alongside Leanne Wong, Konnor McClain, and eMjae Frazier.
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Kayla DiCello won third in the all-around final behind Angelina Melnikova and Leanne Wong.
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Kayla DiCello finished in only fifth place in the all-around due to downgrading on vault and falling on balance beam.
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Kayla DiCello finished fourth in the all-around and third on balance beam, earning a spot on the national team.
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In late April, Kayla DiCello announced that she would take a gap year from the University of Florida and return to elite-level training with coach Kelli Hill in order to pursue her goal of making the 2024 Olympic team.
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Kayla DiCello placed eighth at the 2023 National Championships, earning an automatic spot on the national team for the sixth straight year.
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In September Kayla DiCello was named to the team for the 2023 World Championships alongside Simone Biles, Shilese Jones, Leanne Wong, Skye Blakely, and Joscelyn Roberson; Kayla DiCello was designated as the traveling alternate.
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At the World Championships, Kayla DiCello was on the competition floor supporting the team during team finals as the United States won their record-breaking seventh consecutive World team title.
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Kayla DiCello earned the highest scores of the day on uneven bars and floor exercise.
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In event finals, Kayla DiCello placed fourth on balance beam and won silver on floor exercise behind Lincoln, tying with reigning World bronze medalist Saraiva.
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Kayla DiCello made her Olympic season debut in late February at the 2024 Winter Cup.
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Kayla DiCello hit all four routines, debuting new upgrades on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, to take the all-around title with a score of 56.850, more than two points ahead of World Championships teammate Skye Blakely and reigning US junior national champion Hezly Rivera.
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Kayla DiCello won the gold medals on uneven bars, ahead of University of Florida NCAA teammate Trinity Thomas in her return to elite competition, and on floor exercise, ahead of reigning Pan American Games champion Kaliya Lincoln, and Rivera.
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Kayla DiCello placed third on balance beam behind Blakely and Rivera, and tied with Blakely for the highest vault score.
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At the National Championships Kayla DiCello placed third in the all-around and second on uneven bars behind Simone Biles and Skye Blakely.
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Kayla DiCello made her collegiate debut for the Florida Gators on January 6,2023, in a meet against West Virginia, Ball State, and Lindenwood University.
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Kayla DiCello competed in the all-around, earning the highest all-around score of the night with a 39.475.