Kyla Briana 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. She has two younger siblings, and she attends Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, California.
On July 1, 2012, Ross was selected to represent the USA on the Women Gymnastics Olympic team. Ross is the youngest of the five team members and the Olympics will be her first major international competition. During the team competition she contributed scores of 15.133 in the balance beam and 14.933 on the uneven bars. Ross and her teammates won the team gold medal on July 31, 2012.
Ross retired from competive gymnastics in early 2015. Ross plans to competed for the UCLA Bruins in 2017.
Major Results
Summer Olympics
- 2012 Team - 1st
National Championships
- 2012 Uneven Bars - 2nd
- 2013 All-Around - 2nd
- 2013 Balance Beam - 1st
- 2013 Uneven Bars - 1st
- 2013 Floor - 7th
- 2014 All-Around - 2nd
- 2014 Uneven Bars - 1st
- 2014 Balance Beam - 6th
- 2014 Floor - 5th
- 2015 All-Around - 10th
- 2015 Uneven Bars - 3rd
- 2015 Balance Beam - 12th
- 2015 Floor - 12th
World Championships
- 2013 All-Around - 2nd
- 2013 Balance Beam - 2nd
- 2013 Uneven Bars - 2nd
- 2013 Floor - 5th
- 2014 Team - 1st
- 2014 All-Around - 3rd
- 2014 Uneven Bars - 6th
