1. Kyla Briana Ross Rittman is an American retired artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team.
90 Facts About Kyla Ross
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Kyla Ross is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.
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Kyla Ross was the 2013 World all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam silver medalist.
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Kyla Ross won the uneven bars and balance beam titles at the 2017 NCAA Championships and then helped UCLA win the team title at the 2018 NCAA Championships.
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Kyla Ross then won the vault and floor exercise titles at the 2019 NCAA Championships.
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Kyla Ross joined the UCLA coaching staff as an Undergraduate Assistant Coach for one year while finishing her degree, and she joined the Arkansas coaching staff for the 2022 season.
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Kyla Briana Ross was born on October 24,1996, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Kiana and Jason Ross.
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Kyla Ross's mother is of Filipino, German, and Puerto Rican descent and her father is of African American and Japanese descent.
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Kyla Ross's father was a minor league outfielder for six years.
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Kyla Ross's parents said their daughter was always very strong and had a lot of energy, leading them to enroll her in gymnastics classes.
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Kyla Ross began gymnastics when she was three years old in Greenville, South Carolina, and trained in Richmond, Virginia, before the family settled in Aliso Viejo, California.
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Kyla Ross began competing as a junior elite gymnast in 2009.
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Kyla Ross then won the all-around title at the US Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Kyla Ross had the lead in the all-around competition after the first day of competition.
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Kyla Ross was then selected to compete at the Junior Pan American Championships in Aracaju, Brazil, alongside Bridgette Caquatto, Aly Raisman, and Sabrina Vega.
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At the US Classic in Chicago, Kyla Ross placed third behind Wieber and Katelyn Ohashi in the all-around and had the highest score on the balance beam.
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Kyla Ross then fell off the uneven bars on day two, but she finished strong on the balance beam to win her second straight junior all-around title.
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Kyla Ross won the national title on the balance beam and placed third on the vault and floor exercise.
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Kyla Ross won the all-around competition with a score of 58.750, a point ahead of Kocian who won the silver medal.
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Additionally, Kyla Ross won the gold medal on the balance beam and the silver medals on the vault behind Priessman and on the uneven bars behind Anastasia Grishina.
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Kyla Ross struggled on the first day of competition, falling on a double pike on floor exercise and her Amanar vault was devalued to a double-twisting Yurchenko.
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Individually, Kyla Ross placed second in the all-around behind Wieber, the reigning World all-around champion.
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Later that month, Kyla Ross competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy for the third straight year.
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Kyla Ross won the all-around competition ahead of teammates Aly Raisman and Sarah Finnegan.
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Kyla Ross claimed titles on uneven bars and balance beam and a bronze medal on vault.
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At the US Classic, Kyla Ross placed second in the all-around behind Raisman despite struggling with her Amanar vault.
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Kyla Ross performed well on the uneven bars to finish second to Douglas on that apparatus.
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Kyla Ross placed fourth in the all-around on the first day of competition and earned the highest score of the day on uneven bars.
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Kyla Ross improved her all-around total score on the second day, but she remained in fourth place behind Weiber, Douglas, and Raisman.
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Kyla Ross placed fifth in the all-around and tied with Douglas for first on the uneven bars.
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Kyla Ross was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the rest of the team in the July 18,2012, "Olympic Preview" issue.
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Kyla Ross helped the American team, nicknamed the "Fierce Five", qualify first to the team final by competing on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise in the qualification round.
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Kyla Ross finished 11th on the uneven bars, making her the second reserve for the event final.
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Kyla Ross performed on the 40-city Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions before returning home to train full-time for the upcoming season.
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Kyla Ross was slated to compete at the 2013 American Cup but withdrew because of a bruised heal.
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Kyla Ross was then selected to compete at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Kyla Ross was selected to compete at the American Cup but withdrew because of a back injury.
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Kyla Ross won silver medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise.
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Kyla Ross won gold medals with the team and on the balance beam and took silver in the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise.
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Kyla Ross had the highest execution score total of the competition.
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On September 17, Kyla Ross was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China, alongside Biles, Alyssa Baumann, Madison Kocian, Ashton Locklear, and MyKayla Skinner.
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Kyla Ross competed at the competition despite a minor hip and hamstring injury.
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Kyla Ross competed on all four events in the team final, including being the lead off on three events, helping the United States easily win the World title.
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Kyla Ross then won the all-around bronze medal behind Biles and Romanian Larisa Iordache.
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On February 22,2015, Kyla Ross announced on Twitter that she had committed to the University of California, Los Angeles's gymnastics team where her former Fierce Five teammate, Jordyn Wieber, was team manager.
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Kyla Ross began the 2015 season at the City of Jesolo Trophy and helped the United States win a team gold medal despite her falling on the floor exercise.
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Kyla Ross did qualify for the uneven bars final and won the gold medal.
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Kyla Ross struggled to train consistently over the summer due to an ankle injury.
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Kyla Ross struggled on the uneven bars and attempted a full twisting Pak salto for the first time but fell.
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Kyla Ross received the final automatic spot for the US National team and an invitation to the 2015 World Championships selection camp.
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Kyla Ross withdrew from the selection camp, removing herself from contention for the 2015 World Championships team.
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On February 22,2016, Kyla Ross announced on her social medal that she was retiring from elite gymnastics.
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Kyla Ross had decided not to pursue the Olympic Games, and would instead focus on competing in collegiate gymnastics for the UCLA Bruins.
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Kyla Ross began attending the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall of 2016 and joined the UCLA Bruins gymnastics program.
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Kyla Ross scored her first perfect 10 on January 28,2017, at Oregon State on the uneven bars to help UCLA win the meet.
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Kyla Ross finished the regular season ranked first in the country on the uneven bars.
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At the Pac-12 Championships, Kyla Ross captured the balance beam title by scoring the first-ever perfect 10 on balance beam at the Pac-12 Championships.
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Kyla Ross was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, UCLA's first gymnast to win the award since 2011.
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Kyla Ross earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors on vault, uneven bars and balance beam and first-team regular season All-American honors on uneven bars and balance beam.
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Kyla Ross helped UCLA place fourth in the Super Six.
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Kyla Ross scored a career-high 39.700 in the all-around to help UCLA win the Metroplex Challenge against LSU, Washington, and North Carolina State.
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Kyla Ross scored her first perfect 10 of the season at Stanford on the uneven bars on March 11,2018.
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Kyla Ross received first-team All-Pac-12 and All-American honors in the all-around and on the uneven bars.
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At the Pac-12 Championships, Kyla Ross won the all-around and uneven bars titles to help UCLA win the team title.
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Kyla Ross then finished fourth in the all-around at the NCAA Championships to help UCLA qualify for the Super Six.
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Kyla Ross finished second on the balance beam behind teammate Peng-Peng Lee and third on the uneven bars.
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Kyla Ross helped UCLA win its first meet of the season, the Collegiate Challenge, by tying her career-high all-around score 39.700 and receiving a perfect 10 on the uneven bars.
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Kyla Ross scored her second perfect 10 of the season on the uneven bars to help UCLA defeat Oregon State.
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Kyla Ross earned a perfect 10 for the third consecutive week, this time on the uneven bars, in a win against Utah.
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UCLA then lost its first meet of the year to Oklahoma, but Kyla Ross recorded perfect 10s on the vault and uneven bars.
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Kyla Ross then earned her first perfect 10 on the balance beam of the season in a win against Stanford.
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Kyla Ross was named Pac-12 Gymnast of Week for six consecutive weeks.
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Kyla Ross finished the regular season ranked first in the country in the all-around, vault, and uneven bars, and she was the only gymnast in the country to earn first-team All-American honors in the all-around and on all four events.
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At the Pac-12 Championships, Kyla Ross scored a perfect 10 on both the uneven bars and floor exercise to win both event titles.
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Kyla Ross defended her all-around title and led UCLA to the team title.
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Kyla Ross was then named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year.
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Kyla Ross set the NCAA record for most consecutive meets with a perfect 10 with 10 straight meets.
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At the NCAA Championships, Kyla Ross scored a 9.950 on both vault and floor, making her co-champion in each event.
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Kyla Ross became the second NCAA gymnast to be a national champion in each event after Courtney Kupets.
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Kyla Ross's scores contributed to a third-place finish for UCLA after the team struggled on beam and floor.
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Kyla Ross was named a finalist for the Honda Sports Award, losing to Nichols.
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Kyla Ross helped UCLA finish second to Oklahoma in the opening meet of the season, the Collegiate Challenge.
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Individually, Kyla Ross finished first in the all-around, beating the reigning NCAA all-around champion Maggie Nichols.
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On January 12, at a meet against Boise State, Kyla Ross earned a perfect 10 on uneven bars, her first of the 2020 season and her first perfect 10 on the apparatus at Pauley Pavilion.
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Furthermore, Kyla Ross finished first in the all-around for the second week in a row; she won the meet titles for the uneven bars and floor exercise.
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Additionally, Kyla Ross was named Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year for the second season in a row and finished the season undefeated in the all-around for the eight appearances she made.
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Kyla Ross was named the Daily Bruin UCLA Athlete of the Year.
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Additionally, Ross was nominated for both the AAI Award and the James E Sullivan Award.
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Kyla Ross joined the UCLA coaching staff as an Undergraduate Assistant Coach.
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On June 29,2024, Kyla Ross married former UCLA Bruins football player Justin Rittman.