McKayla Maroney
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Maroney mimicking her "not impressed" look, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | McKayla Rose Maroney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 9, 1995 Aliso Viejo, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | All Olympia Gymnastics Center (AOGC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Artur Akopyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Galina Marinova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Jenny Zhang, Howie Liang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | February 24, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team, dubbed the Fierce Five, that won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. There, she also won an individual silver medal on the vault. Maroney was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she also won the vault title. She then became the first U.S. female gymnast to defend a World Championship vault title at the 2013 World Championships. Earlier in her career, she won three gold medals at the 2010 Pan American Championships.
A photograph of Maroney with a "not impressed" expression, taken after winning the vault silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, became an Internet meme. In 2016, she retired from gymnastics after not competing since the 2013 World Championships.