Jordan Chiles is an American artistic gymnast and is the 2018 Pacific Rim champion on vault
and floor exercise.
Named after Michael Jordan, she was born in Tualatin, Oregon, and has been a member of
the United States women's national gymnastics team since 2013.
She is set to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles was born April 15, 2001 to Timothy and Gina Chiles in Tualatin,
Oregon.
Brought up in Vancouver, Washington, she is the youngest of five siblings, Jazmin, Jade,
Tajmen and Tyrus.
Named after Michael Jordan by her mother, she is also referred to as Chick by her family.
Chiles currently resides in Spring, Texas, after her 2019 move from Vancouver to train
at World Champions Centre.
At the 2013 P&G National Championships, Chiles finished eleventh in the all-around with a
score of 108.050.
She finished sixth on vault She was selected to be a member of the Junior National Team.
Jordan Chiles made her international debut at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy.
She won a gold medal with the team and finished sixth in the all-around.
In the event finals, Chiles placed second on vault behind her teammate Bailie Key.
In the same year at the Secret U.S. Classic, Chiles won the all-around competition with
a score of 57.350.
Further, After a tough competition, Chiles placed eighth in the all-around at the 2015
U.S. Classic.
She won vault at the national championships and was selected for the national team.
On March 19, 2016, she won the all-around title at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy.
In August, 2017 Jordan competed at the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships where
she placed second in the all-around behind Ragan Smith, in addition to a fourth place
finish on beam.
During her balance beam performance she flubbed a wolf turn but saved it by connecting it
to an unplanned triple turn.
In September, Chiles was selected as the non-traveling alternate for the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships.
On March 18, 2018 Jordan made her senior international debut at the Stuttgart World Cup where she
placed third behind Jin Zhang of China and Elisabeth Seitz of Germany, posting the highest
scores of the competition on vault and floor.
On April 8, Chiles was named to the team to compete at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics
Championships.
There she won team gold as well as gold on vault and floor exercise and bronze on balance
beam.
In August Chiles competed at the National Championships where she placed 11th in the
all-around and second on vault behind Simone Biles.
She also placed 10th on uneven bars, 14th on balance beam, and 21st on floor exercise.
She was not named to the national team.
In October Chiles participated in the Worlds Team Selection Camp.
During the competition she placed third on vault behind Biles and Shilese Jones, seventh
in the all-around and on balance beam and sixth on uneven bars and floor exercise.
While she did not make the world team, she posted on Instagram that she was named to
the 2018-2019 national team.
In November Chiles signed her National Letter of Intent with UCLA, deferring until after
the 2020 Olympics and starting in the 2020–2021 school year.
In June it was revealed that Chiles had switched gyms, leaving Naydenov Gymnastics in her hometown
of Vancouver, Washington and moving to Spring, Texas to train at World Champions Centre,
the same gym at which Simone Biles trains.
Chiles was expected to compete at the 2019 American Classic.
However, days before the competition, she withdrew.
At the 2019 GK US Classic in July, Chiles finished eleventh in the all-around with a
score of 54.650.
She also tied for eighth on bars with Leanne Wong, placed twelfth on beam, and tied for
sixteenth on floor with Sloane Blakely.
At the 2019 U.S. National Championships in August Jordan performed all eight of her routines
without a fall to place sixth in the all-around.
She also finished seventh on uneven bars, tied with Riley McCusker, placed twelfth on
balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise.
As a result she was named to the national team.
In September Jordan Chiles competed at the World team selection camp and placed eleventh
with a score of 53.400 after falling on her Amanar vault and on floor exercise.
Despite being named to the nominative worlds team, she did not make the official roster.
In February Chiles became the first ever women's all-around Winter Cup champion, taking the
title ahead of silver and bronze medalists Shilese Jones and Emily Lee, respectively.
She also finished first on vault and floor, second on beam behind Skye Blakely, and fourth
on bars behind Sunisa Lee, Riley McCusker, and Jones.
In May 2021 Jordan placed second in the all-around at the GK US Classic behind teammate Simone
Biles.
She also finished second on uneven bars behind Kayla DiCello, fourth on balance beam behind
Biles, Leanne Wong, and Kara Eaker, and second on floor exercise behind Biles.
In June 2021 Chiles placed third in the all-around at the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships
behind Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee.
She also finished third on vault behind Biles and MyKayla Skinner; she placed fourth on
uneven bars, balance beam, and on floor exercise.
As a result Jordan Chiles was named to the national team and selected to compete at the
upcoming Olympic Trials.
At the Olympic Trials Chiles finished third, once again behind Biles and Lee, and was named
to the Olympic team alongside Biles, Lee, and Grace McCallum.
The Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
We wish her good luck and sporting success!
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