Kyla Ross

Kyla Ross
Ross in 2018
Personal information
Full nameKyla Briana Ross
Nickname(s)Mighty Mouse, Silver Princess, Kyla Boss
Born (1996-10-24) October 24, 1996
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
United States
(2009–2016)
College teamUCLA Bruins
ClubGym-Max Gymnastics
Former coach(es)Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang, Valorie Kondos Field, Randy Lane, Chris Waller and Jordyn Wieber, Kristina Comforte, Dom Palange, and BJ Das
RetiredMarch 12, 2020
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 1 3 1
Pacific Rim Championships 5 5 1
Pan American Championships 2 1 0
Women's gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
World Championships
2014 Nanning Team
2013 Antwerp All-around
2013 Antwerp Uneven bars
2013 Antwerp Balance beam
2014 Nanning All-around
Pacific Rim Championships
2010 Melbourne Team
2012 Seattle Team
2012 Seattle Balance beam
2014 Richmond Team
2014 Richmond Balance beam
2012 Seattle All-around
2012 Seattle Uneven bars
2014 Richmond All-around
2014 Richmond Uneven bars
2014 Richmond Floor exercise
2012 Seattle Floor exercise
Pan American Championships
2010 Guadalajara Team
2010 Guadalajara All-around
2010 Guadalajara Floor exercise
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
2017 St Louis Uneven bars
2017 St Louis Balance beam
2018 St Louis Team
2019 Fort Worth Vault
2019 Fort Worth Floor exercise
2018 St Louis Balance beam
2019 Fort Worth All-around
2018 St Louis Uneven bars
2019 Fort Worth Team
AwardsSee awards
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
TeamArkansas Razorbacks
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Alma materUCLA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2021UCLA (Undergrad Asst.)
2022Arkansas (Volunteer Asst.)
2023–PresentArkansas (Asst.)

Kyla Briana Ross Rittman (née Ross, born October 24, 1996) is an American retired artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.

Ross was an international elite gymnast from 2009 to 2016. During her junior elite career, she won two national all-around titles (2009, 2010) and the 2010 Pan American all-around title. In her first year as a senior gymnast, she was the youngest member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics; dubbed the Fierce Five, the squad won the gold medal in the team competition. Ross was the 2013 World all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam silver medalist. At the 2014 World Championships, she was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team and the all-around bronze medalist.

In February 2016, she retired from elite gymnastics to attend college. That fall, she enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and joined the university's NCAA gymnastics team. She won the uneven bars and balance beam titles at the 2017 NCAA Championships and then helped UCLA win the team title at the 2018 NCAA Championships. On March 16, 2019, she became the 11th NCAA gymnast to achieve a "Gym Slam", having earned a perfect 10 score on all four apparatuses. One week later, she became the second NCAA gymnast, after Maggie Nichols, to achieve a second Gym Slam. She then won the vault and floor exercise titles at the 2019 NCAA Championships. Her senior season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading her to retire from gymnastics. She joined the UCLA coaching staff as an Undergraduate Assistant Coach for one year while finishing her degree, and she joined the Arkansas coaching staff for the 2022 season.