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Kyla Ross was born on October 24, 1996 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Jason and Kiana Ross. Her father is of black and Japanese ancestry, and her mother is of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent.[3] She has two younger siblings, and she attends Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, California.[4]
Ross's mother has said that her daughter was always very strong with a lot of energy. "She was born with muscles. We would go to the park and everybody would say 'Whose baby is on top of that jungle gym?' And I would say 'Oh, that's my baby. Don't worry about her, she's fine.'"[5] Her father added, "It would use all my effort to get her to sit in her car seat, and I'm a pretty big guy, a strong guy. When she was born, we were like, 'Oh my goodness, she has triceps, she has quads hanging off her. What the heck's going on?’ And she was just super strong. I mean, at an early age, she was able to walk across the monkey bars, just hanging herself."[3]
Ross began gymnastics when she was three years old at Greenville Gymnastics Training Center in Greenville, South Carolina. She later trained at Richmond Olympiad in Virginia and National Gymnastics Training Center in Aliso Viejo, CA before she moved to Gym-Max Gymnastics in Costa Mesa, California in 2005.[6] Her coach, Jenny Zhang, was skeptical about Ross's future in gymnastics. She has said, "She had this square body, no legs, square shoulders. Howie (Liang) said 'Don't worry about her. She will have long legs.'"[5]
[edit]Junior career
[edit]2009
In April, Ross competed at the American Classic in San Diego, California. She placed second behind McKenzie Wofford in the all-around competition with a score of 55.316.[7]
In July, Ross competed at the Cover Girl Classic in Des Moines, Iowa. She placed first in the all-around competition with a score of 57.000. In the event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 15.200, fifth on balance beam scoring 13.950, and fifth on floor scoring 14.250.[8]
In August, Ross competed at the Visa Championships in Dallas, Texas. She placed first in the all-around competition with a two-day combined score of 114.00.[9] In the event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 30.350, first on balance beam scoring 29.000 and third on floor scoring 28.200.[10] She said, "It's a dream come true to compete in the Visas. I've watched it since I was 7."[11]
In November, Ross competed at the Pan American Championships in Aracaju, Brazil. She helped the American team place first in the team competition. Individually, she placed first in the all-around competition with a score of 57.400.[12] In the event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 14.150, first on balance beam scoring 15.000, and second on floor scoring 13.800.[13]
[edit]2010
In March, Ross competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She placed second behind Russian Anastasia Grishina in the all-around competition with a score of 56.700.[14]
In April, Ross competed at the 2010 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia. She helped the American team win first place in the team final.[15] Individually, she placed second behind fellow American Jordyn Wieber in the all-around competition with a score of 58.000.[16] In the event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 15.100, second on uneven bars scoring 14.250, and second on floor scoring 14.200.[17]
In July, Ross competed at the Cover Girl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed third behind Jordyn Wieber and Katelyn Ohashi in the all-around competition with a score of 58.700. In the event finals, she placed fourth on vault scoring 15.200, fourth on uneven bars scoring 14.550, first on balance beam scoring 15.250, and eighth on floor scoring 13.700.[18]
In August, Ross competed at the Visa Championships in Hartford, Connecticut. She placed first in the all-around competition with a two-day combined score of 116.450.[19] In the event finals, she placed third on vault scoring 30.450, seventh on uneven bars scoring 27.600, first on balance beam scoring 29.900, and third on floor scoring 28.500.[20] She said, "It feels really great to win for my second time in a row. It's a great opportunity and I was very excited. I knew there was a lot of hard competition."[21]
In September, Ross competed at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. She helped the American team finish first in the team final.[22] Individually, she placed first in the all-around competition with a score of 57.998.[23] In the event finals, she placed sixth on uneven bars scoring 13.350[24] and second on floor scoring 14.075.[25]
[edit]2011
In March, Ross competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She won the all-around competition with a score of 58.750.[26]
In July, Ross competed at the Cover Girl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed first in the all-around competition with a score of 58.850.[27] In the event finals, she placed second on vault scoring 15.250, first on uneven bars scoring 15.000, fourth on balance beam scoring 14.650, and third on floor scoring 13.950.[28] When asked if she got nervous, she replied, "I still get nervous, but this isn’t as big as Pac Rims, so we’re not as much representing the US, but our own gym, but I still want to do my best."[29]
In August, Ross competed at the Visa Championships in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She placed second in the all-around competition behind Katelyn Ohashi with a two day combined score of 117.650.[30] In the event finals, she placed second on uneven bars scoring 29.600, second on balance beam scoring 30.450, and sixth on floor scoring 27.650.[31]
[edit]Senior career
[edit]2012
In March, Ross competed at the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington. She helped the American team place first in the team competition.[32] Individually, she placed second in the all-around competition behind fellow American Jordyn Wieber with a score of 59.200.[33] In the event finals, she placed second on uneven bars scoring 15.050, first on balance beam scoring 15.375, and third on floor scoring 14.375.[34] Afterwards she said, "I don't really pay attention to anyone before I go up, so I wasn't really sure what happened before. I just did the beam routine as I always do it in practice. I think it was one of my better routines. I had a few bobbles, but it was pretty clean throughout, and it was better than the first one (in Friday's team finals)." When asked about the Olympics, she said, "There are very few spots, and it's a very slim chance, so you just have to go home and train as hard as you can every day and hope you make the team. I'm trying to get more experience as a senior and get out there and show my skills and show that I'm strong and a good competitor."[35]
At the end of March, Ross competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She won the all-around competition with a score of 59.850.[36]
In May, Ross competed at the Secret U.S. Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed second behind Aly Raisman in the all-around competition with a score of 59.800. In the event finals, she placed second on uneven bars scoring 15.450, fifth on balance beam scoring 14.700, and fifth on floor scoring 14.350.[37]
In June, Ross competed at the Visa Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. She placed fourth in the all-around competition with a two day combined score of 119.950.[38] In the event finals, she placed second on uneven bars scoring 30.850, fourth on balance beam scoring 30.100, and sixth on floor scoring 28.650.[39] Ross said, "I’m definitely working towards the Olympic team, which is my big goal. I really want to contribute in the All Around, but I think my strengths are vault, bars, and beam, so that’s what I want to show Marta here. It’s the same Visa Championships as every other year, but with the Olympics coming up it’s obviously more of a big deal. All I want to do is go out and have a solid meet. I’ve been training routines as usual with maybe a little more emphasis on cleaning them up, so hopefully that consistency will help me have a good meet."[40]
At the beginning of July, Ross competed at the Olympic Trials in San Jose, California. After the first day she said, "Oh my gosh, I love the crowd. I walked in and shock went right through me. There were so many people and the crowd was just so loud. I was so thrilled to have everyone there watching the meet, but especially my friends and family. I had huge support behind me and was so happy that all of my teammates could come, and that my family could come watch me. A lot of my family from all over the country came."[41] She placed fifth in the all-around competition with a two-day combined score of 120.000.[42] In the event finals, she tied for first on uneven bars scoring 31.150, and placed third on balance beam scoring 29.950.[43] Afterward, Ross was chosen as a member of the team that will be sent to the 2012 Summer Olympics. She said, "This is the most surreal feeling. Hearing my name called, I couldn't even believe it."[44]
Kyla Ross was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the rest of the USA Women's Olympic Gymnastics team on the July 18, 2012 issue of Olympic Preview. This event marked the first time an entire Olympic gymnastics team had been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.[45]
[edit]London Olympics
At the end of July, Ross competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. She helped the American team, nicknamed the "Fierce Five",[46] qualify first to the team final,[47] and individually, she qualified as the second reserve for the uneven bars final with a score of 14.866,[48] After qualifications, Ross said, "It was definitely exciting competing here today. I was surprised I wasn't too nervous. I thought we did well and hopefully we can come back in team finals and fix our little mistakes and do even better."[49] In the team final, she contributed scores of 14.933 on uneven bars and 15.133 on balance beam toward the American team's gold medal finish.[50] Ross said, "We all did our events the best that we could and hit our routines, and we are all really proud of each other. It was really fun watching floor. McKayla and I were together cheering as loud as we could. We were screaming so loud."[51]
[edit]2013
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