56 Facts About MyKayla Skinner

MyKayla Brooke Skinner Harmer is an American former artistic gymnast.

MyKayla Skinner was the 2020 Olympic vault silver medalist, competing as an individual, and was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team.

MyKayla Skinner won 11 total medals at the USA National Championships during her senior career.

MyKayla Skinner competed for the University of Utah's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA champion while setting Pac-12 records for conference honors.

MyKayla Skinner was the junior individual all-around champion of the 2011 American Classic.

MyKayla Skinner was named to the junior US national team after finishing 10th in the all-around and second on vault at the National Championships.

MyKayla Skinner became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2012 and was added to the US senior national team.

MyKayla Skinner competed in the Olympic Trials to attend the 2012 USwomen's Olympic team, but was not selected.

MyKayla Skinner competed at the Fiesta Bowl in 2013, winning every individual event except for the floor exercise, where she tied for eighth place.

In 2014, MyKayla Skinner competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy, helping the US win gold as a team.

MyKayla Skinner won the gold medal for individual vault and floor exercises and placed fourth in the all-around.

MyKayla Skinner competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Canada.

MyKayla Skinner helped the US team place first in the team competition.

MyKayla Skinner placed first in the individual all-around competition with a score of 56.850, including first on vault, scoring 15.037, seventh on balance beam, scoring 13.475, and first on floor exercise, scoring 14.750.

MyKayla Skinner won a gold medal with the US in the team competition at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China, contributing a score of 15.775 on the vault and 14.666 on the floor.

At the US Classic on July 25,2015, MyKayla Skinner finished 7th in the all-around, scoring 55.500.

MyKayla Skinner finished 12th on the balance beam, scoring 12.800.

MyKayla Skinner finished 10th in the all-around and won a silver medal on vault and a bronze medal on floor exercise at the 2016 US National Championships, earning her an invitation to the US Olympic Trials.

At the Olympic Trials, MyKayla Skinner finished fourth in the all-around and was named an alternate to the 2016 Olympic team.

MyKayla Skinner returned to elite competition at the 2019 US Classic.

MyKayla Skinner placed 11th on balance beam and 14th on floor exercise.

At the 2019 US National Championships, MyKayla Skinner competed in all events and tied for ninth with Grace McCallum and was added to the national team.

MyKayla Skinner placed fourth on the balance beam behind Biles, Eaker, and Morgan Hurd.

MyKayla Skinner was named as an alternate for the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

MyKayla Skinner competed at the International Gymnix meet in Montreal in March 2020 with Emily Lee, Lilly Lippeatt, and Faith Torrez.

MyKayla Skinner placed second in the all-around behind Lee and won gold medals in the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise titles to help the USAteam win gold.

In January 2021, MyKayla Skinner revealed that she was hospitalized with pneumonia that resulted from COVID-19.

MyKayla Skinner competed at the US Classic in May 2021, where she finished first on vault and 10th in the all-around.

MyKayla Skinner was one of five gymnasts featured on the Peacock docuseries Golden: The Journey of USA's Elite Gymnasts.

MyKayla Skinner was added to the national team and qualified to compete at the Olympic Trials.

MyKayla Skinner finished fifth in the all-around at the Olympic Trials and was selected to represent the US in the non-nominative spot at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, meaning she would compete as an individual instead of on the four-member US team.

The decision to include MyKayla Skinner was controversial because Carey's strengths in vault and floor exercise matched those of MyKayla Skinner, instead of having the second gymnast be proficient on bars and beam.

At the Olympic Games, MyKayla Skinner performed the all-around during qualifications, hitting all four of her routines.

MyKayla Skinner took Biles' place in the vault final when Biles dropped out due to mental health issues.

MyKayla Skinner finished second, winning the silver medal with an average score for her, Cheng and Amanar vaults of 14.916.

MyKayla Skinner returned to the University of Utah to complete her degree in broadcast journalism.

In November 2014, MyKayla Skinner signed a National Letter of Intent for the University of Utah and the Utah Red Rocks program.

MyKayla Skinner enrolled at the University of Utah in 2016 as an NCAA women's gymnastics team member and competed in the all-around.

MyKayla Skinner was the PAC-12 champion in the individual all-around and on vault and floor exercises.

At the NCAA Championships, MyKayla Skinner finished second in the individual all-around with a score of 39.6125, behind Alex McMurtry of Florida.

MyKayla Skinner was a national champion on floor exercise with a 9.9625 alongside Ashleigh Gnat of LSU and was fifth on vault and eighth on balance beam.

MyKayla Skinner is one of the only gymnasts in NCAA history to do a Silivas, which is a Double Twisting Double Back.

Individually, MyKayla Skinner tied for first in the all-around with Kyla Ross of UCLA and tied for first on floor exercise with Katelyn Ohashi of UCLA and Elizabeth Price of Stanford.

At the 2018 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship MyKayla Skinner won silver in the all-around and tied for first on vault with Brenna Dowell of Oklahoma and Alex McMurtry of Florida.

At the PAC-12 Championships, MyKayla Skinner scored her third career perfect 10 on floor exercise.

MyKayla Skinner finished second in the all-around and the team finals and won gold on floor and vault.

At the NCAA Championships MyKayla Skinner placed seventh in the all-around after a subpar beam routine.

MyKayla Skinner recorded the second-highest vault and floor exercise scores but placed fifth due to four gymnasts tying for the title.

MyKayla Skinner was born to Cris and Kym Skinner on December 9,1996, in Gilbert, Arizona.

MyKayla Skinner has three older siblings, Jeremy, Chelsea and Katie, two former gymnasts.

MyKayla Skinner is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

MyKayla Skinner grew up in Gilbert, Arizona, and said that her role model was Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson.

MyKayla Skinner trained at Desert Lights Gymnastics in Chandler, Arizona, under head coach Lisa Spini.

MyKayla Skinner attended Higley High School in 2011 as a freshman and was homeschooled starting in 2012.

On October 16,2019, MyKayla Skinner announced on Instagram that she was engaged to Jonas Harmer, whom she met while studying at the University of Utah.

MyKayla Skinner stated that Sunisa Lee did not have a gymnast body and mispronounced Hezly Rivera's name.