Kyla Ross

Kyla Ross
Ross in February 2018
Personal information
Full nameKyla Briana Ross
Nickname(s)Mighty Mouse, Silver Princess, Kyla Boss
Born (1996-10-24) October 24, 1996
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 United States
(2009–2016 (USA))
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 LondonTeam
World Championships
2014 NanningTeam
2013 AntwerpAll-around
2013 AntwerpUneven bars
2013 AntwerpBalance beam
2014 NanningAll-around
Pacific Rim Championships
2010 MelbourneTeam
2012 SeattleTeam
2012 SeattleBalance beam
2014 RichmondTeam
2014 RichmondBalance beam
2012 SeattleAll-around
2012 SeattleUneven bars
2014 RichmondAll-around
2014 RichmondUneven bars
2014 RichmondFloor exercise
2012 SeattleFloor exercise
Pan American Championships
2010 GuadalajaraTeam
2010 GuadalajaraAll-around
2010 GuadalajaraFloor exercise
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
2017 St LouisUneven bars
2017 St LouisBalance beam
2018 St LouisTeam
2019 Fort WorthVault
2019 Fort WorthFloor exercise
2018 St LouisBalance beam
2019 Fort WorthAll-around
2018 St LouisUneven bars
2019 Fort WorthTeam
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.