Founded | 1982 |
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Continental union | PAGU |
National federation | USA Gymnastics |
Head coach | Dan Baker Chellsie Memmel Alicia Sacramone-Quinn |
Training location | The Gymnastics Company |
Uniform supplier | GK Elite |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 19 |
Medals | Gold: 1996, 2012, 2016 Silver: 1984, 2004, 2008, 2020 Bronze: 1948, 1992, 2000 |
World Championships | |
Appearances | 26 |
Medals | Gold: 2003, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Silver: 1991, 1994, 2006, 2010 Bronze: 1995, 2001 |
Junior World Championships | |
Appearances | 2 |
Medals | Silver: 2023 Bronze: 2019 |
Pan American Games | |
Medals | Gold: 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 Silver: 1999 |
The United States women's national artistic gymnastics team represents the United States in FIG international competitions.
As of 2023, the U.S. team is the reigning World team champion and the reigning Olympic team silver medalists, with the four gymnasts nicknamed the "Fighting Four". [1]
The U.S. women won the team competition bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Afterwards, they did not win another Summer Olympics or World Championships medal until the 1984 when the Olympic team won silver. During that competition, Mary Lou Retton also became the first American to win the individual all-around gold medal. The Americans started consistently winning Olympic and World team medals in the early 1990s with future Hall of Famers Shannon Miller and Dominique Dawes. The 1996 Olympic team, known as the Magnificent Seven, was the first American team to win Olympic gold. An iconic moment in the sport's history came late in the competition, when an injured Kerri Strug stuck a vault to secure the title. After 1996, the team regressed for several years as their stars took breaks from competing.
Márta Károlyi headed the program after the 2000 Olympics, ushering in an era of success for the U.S. team as they became one of the most dominant countries in women's gymnastics. The U.S. team has medalled in every Olympics and Worlds since 2000. They won their first World gold medal in 2003. At the 2004 Olympics, they won the team silver, and Carly Patterson became the second American gymnast to win the individual all-around. The U.S. team continued their success in the next quad. They won another Olympic silver medal in 2008. Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson were two of the best gymnasts of their era and finished first and second in the 2008 individual all-around.
Since their second-place finish at the 2010 Worlds, the U.S. team has never lost an Olympic or World team competition. They won gold at the 2011 Worlds and then won gold at the 2012 Olympics by over five points. The 2012 team was nicknamed the Fierce Five and included Gabby Douglas, the first woman of color to win the Olympic individual all-around. In 2013, Simone Biles started her senior career and helped the U.S. team dominate the sport through 2016. In addition to the team gold medals, Biles won the individual all-around at the Worlds and Olympics for four straight years. The 2016 Olympic team, featuring Biles and veterans Douglas and Aly Raisman, was named the Final Five. They won the team competition by more than eight points.
The USA Gymnastics women have won the Olympic Gold three times, in 1996, 2012, and 2016. These successes led to the nicknames Magnificent Seven, Fierce Five, and Final Five, respectively. They won four silvers in 1984, 2004, 2008, and 2020 [2] and three bronzes in 1948, 1992 and 2000. [3] The 2016 team name alluded to Márta Károlyi's final team to coach and that the team structure will be changed to four members beginning with the 2020 Olympic Games. The 1988 Olympic Games was the only year in which the team did not medal since its formation in 1982; they missed the bronze medal by one deduction. Six American women have won the Olympic individual all-around title, including five consecutive titles from 2004–20: Mary Lou Retton (1984), Carly Patterson (2004), Nastia Liukin (2008), Gabby Douglas (2012), Simone Biles (2016), and Sunisa Lee (2020). The most decorated American gymnasts at the Olympics, with seven medals apiece, are Shannon Miller (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) and Simone Biles (4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).
The United States women team is currently third in the all-time medal count for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The first American gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships was Cathy Rigby who won silver on beam in 1970. [4] The first female American gymnast to win a world title was Marcia Frederick in 1978 on the uneven bars. [5] The most decorated American gymnast at the World Championships is Simone Biles, who won 25 medals (19 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze) from 2013 to 2019. [6] The United States won team gold in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019. [7] Additionally, eight American women have won the individual World all-around title: Kim Zmeskal (1991), Shannon Miller (1993-1994), Chellsie Memmel (2005), Shawn Johnson (2007), Bridget Sloan (2009), Jordyn Wieber (2011), Simone Biles (2013-2015, 2018-2019), and Morgan Hurd (2017). Biles is the only American gymnast to win both the Olympic and World all-around titles.
As of April 3, 2024:
Name | Birth date and age | Current residence | Club | Head coach(es) | College team |
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Simone Biles | March 14, 1997 | Spring, Texas | World Champions Centre | Laurent Landi | Professional |
Skye Blakely | February 4, 2005 | Frisco, Texas | WOGA | Tatyana Shadenko | Florida Gators (2025–2028) |
Ly Bui | February 19, 2008 | Swisher, Iowa | GAGE | Al Fong | |
Jade Carey | May 27, 2000 | Philomath, Oregon | Oregon State University | Brian Carey | Oregon State Beavers (2022–2025) |
Dulcy Caylor | December 9, 2007 | Spring, Texas | World Champions Centre | Laurent Landi | |
Jordan Chiles | April 15, 2001 | Spring, Texas | World Champions Centre | Laurent Landi | UCLA Bruins (2022–2023, 2025–2026) |
Kayla DiCello | January 25, 2004 | Boyds, Maryland | Hill's Gymnastics | Kelli Hill | Florida Gators (2023, 2025–2027) |
Amelia Disidore | September 19, 2006 | Overland Park, Kansas | GAGE | Al Fong | Florida Gators (2026–2029) |
Reese Esponda | October 28, 2008 | Missoula, Montana | World Champions Centre | Laurent Landi | |
Addison Fatta | November 23, 2004 | Wrightsville, Pennsylvania | Prestige Gymnastics | Tony Fatta | Oklahoma Sooners (2025–2028) |
Kieryn Finnell | April 9, 2008 | Rochester, New York | RGA | Barry Coss | |
Jayla Hang | January 9, 2008 | Bellevue, Washington | Pacific Reign Gymnastics | Cale Robinson | |
Madray Johnson | July 17, 2007 | Dallas, Texas | WOGA | ||
Shilese Jones | July 26, 2002 | Westerville, Ohio | Ascend Gymnastics | Sarah Korngold | |
Katelyn Jong | July 28, 2006 | Allen, Texas | Metroplex Gymnastics | Marnie Futch | Auburn Tigers (2025–2028) |
Kaliya Lincoln | April 23, 2006 | Frisco, Texas | WOGA | Louisiana State Tigers (2025–2028) | |
Eveylynn Lowe | December 27, 2007 | Blue Springs, Missouri | GAGE | Al Fong | |
Nola Matthews | September 20, 2006 | Gilroy, California | Airbourne Gymnastics | Cleo Washington | UCLA Bruins (2026–2029) |
Zoe Miller | November 11, 2005 | Spring, Texas | World Champions Centre | Laurent Landi | Louisiana State Tigers (2025–2028) |
Joscelyn Roberson | February 8, 2006 | Spring, Texas | World Champions Centre | Laurent Landi | Arkansas Razorbacks (2025–2028) |
Hezly Rivera | June 4, 2008 | Plano, Texas | WOGA | Valeri Liukin | |
Simone Rose | July 9, 2008 | Sammamish, Washington | Pacific Reign | Cale Robinson | |
Izzy Stassi | September 21, 2008 | Delaware, Ohio | Buckeye Gymnastics | Kittia Carpenter | |
Tiana Sumanasekera | September 15, 2007 | Pleasanton, California | World Champions Centre | Laurent Landi | UCLA Bruins (2026–2029) |
Trinity Thomas | April 7, 2001 | York, Pennsylvania | University of Florida | Jenny Rowland | Florida Gators (2019–2023) |
Leanne Wong | September 20, 2003 | Overland Park, Kansas | University of Florida | Jenny Rowland | Florida Gators (2022–2025) |
Alicia Zhou | December 8, 2007 | San Antonio, Texas | Love Gymnastics |
Name | Birth date and age | Current residence | Club | Head coach(es) |
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Lavi Crain | December 9, 2010 | Blue Springs, Missouri | GAGE | Al Fong |
Addy Fulcher | October 18, 2010 | Gastonia, North Carolina | Bull City Gymnastics | Elke Williams |
Gabby Hardie | November 19, 2009 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Twin City Twisters | Sarah Jantzi |
Jaysha McClendon | March 1, 2011 | Scottsdale, Arizona | Rebound Gymnastics West | |
Claire Pease | January 5, 2009 | Sunnyvale, Texas | WOGA | Valeri Liukin |
Tyler Turner | January 15, 2009 | San Jose, California | WOGA | Yevgeny Marchenko |
Names in italics are alternates who received a team medal.
Names in italics are alternates who received a team medal.
This list includes all American female artistic gymnasts who have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined.
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Junior World Championships | 4 | 4 | ||||
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Junior Pan American Championships |
Nine national team gymnasts, one national team coach, and one official have been inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame:
Shannon Lee Miller is an American former artistic gymnast. She was the 1993 and 1994 world all-around champion, the 1992 Summer Olympics all-around silver medallist, the 1996 Olympic balance beam champion, the 1995 Pan American Games all-around champion, and a member of the gold medal-winning Magnificent Seven team at the 1996 Olympics.
Jana Lyn Bieger is an American former gymnast of German descent. She was raised in the U.S. and is a citizen, and competed only for the U.S. At the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won three silver medals. Bieger was an alternate on the 2008 Olympic team.
The Magnificent Seven was the 1996 United States Olympic women's gymnastics team that won the first ever gold medal for the United States in the women's team competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The seven members of the team were Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Jaycie Phelps, and team captain Amanda Borden. Miller, Dawes and Chow also won an individual gold, silver and bronze medal respectively in Atlanta. The team is perhaps best known for Strug sticking the landing of a vault to clinch the gold medal while injured.
Chellsie Marie Memmel is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2005 world all-around champion and the 2003 world champion on the uneven bars. She was a member of the United States women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin is a Russian-born American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, the 2005 and 2007 World champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World champion on the uneven bars. She is also a four-time all-around U.S. national champion, winning twice as a junior and twice as a senior. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller for the third-highest tally of World Championship medals among U.S. gymnasts. Liukin also tied Miller's record as the American gymnast having won the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic Games. In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to gymnastics with the hopes of making a second Olympic team. Liukin did not make the 2012 Olympic team and retired from the sport on July 2, 2012.
The World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) is a two-facility gymnastics club located in Frisco and Plano.
Suzanne Helena Johanna Harmes is a Dutch gymnast.
Natasha Kelley is a former American artistic gymnast. Kelley was a member of the silver-medal-winning U.S. team at the 2006 World Championships, along with Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, Jana Bieger, Nastia Liukin, and Ashley Priess.
Alicia Marie Sacramone Quinn is a retired American artistic gymnast. She won a silver medal with the United States team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and is the 2005 World Champion on floor exercise and the 2010 World Champion on the vault. With a total of eleven World Championship and Olympic medals, Sacramone is the fourth most decorated U.S. female gymnast, behind Simone Biles (30), Shannon Miller (16), and Nastia Liukin (14).
The Tour of Gymnastics Superstars was a 2008 nationwide concert tour featuring 17 American gymnasts plus recording artists Jordan Pruitt, Carly Patterson, and KSM. The tour visited 34 cities in more than 20 U.S. states.
Alexandra Rose Raisman is an American retired artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective team competitions.
Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, dubbed the "Fierce Five" and the "Final Five" by the media, respectively. She was also a member of the gold-winning American teams at the 2011 and the 2015 World Championships.
The USA Gymnastics National Championships is the annual artistic gymnastics national competition held in the United States for elite-level competition. It is currently organized by USA Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United States. The national championships have been held since 1963.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens is an American artistic gymnast. With a total of 37 Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in history, and she is widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. Her seven Olympic gymnastics medals are ninth-most of all time and tied with Shannon Miller for the most by a U.S. gymnast.
The Final Five was the United States women's team in artistic gymnastics that won the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It was the United States' third gold medal in the event and second outside the United States. The five members of the team were Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman, with MyKayla Skinner, Ragan Smith, and Ashton Locklear serving as the three alternates. After the team event, Biles won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, the vault, and on floor exercise and won a bronze on the balance beam, while Raisman won silver medals in the individual all-around, and on the floor exercise, where she was the defending champion, Hernandez won silver on the balance beam, and Kocian won a silver in the uneven bars. The previous team to medal in every event, including the team and individual all-around, was the Unified Team at the 1992 Games; the only previous U.S. team to do so was at the 1984 Games.
The 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials were held from June 19 to 22, 2008, at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.
The 2012 Visa U.S. National Gymnastics Championships was the 49th edition of the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held from June 7–10, 2012 at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.
The 2011 Visa U.S. National Gymnastics Championships was the 48th edition of the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held from August 17–20, 2011 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.