Jordan Chiles introduced herself at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Competing alongside her teammate Simone Biles, the dynamic duo have been making history for years, including at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The besties returned to the competition with their own goals.
And after Team USA walked away with the gold medal, Simone and Jordan scored their own individual medals. However, Jordan ended up losing her bronze medal following the 2024 games. Learn more about the talented gymnast, below.
Jordan Chiles Is an American Gymnast Born Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles in Tualatin, Oregon, Jordan grew up in the Pacific Northwest. She lists Vancouver, Washington as her home, but lived in Spring, Texas, to train at the World Champions Centre Gym with coaches Coaches Laurent and Cecile Landi — the same coaching staff that works with Simone Biles. “My parents could not keep me from cartwheeling down the aisle of any open space or walking on my hands instead of my feet,” Jordan says on her official USA Gymnastics profile.
“People kept asking if I was in gymnastics. I had a lot of energy! So they put me in the gym.” She Is Named After Michael Jordan Jordan seemed destined to defy the laws of gravity from birth because her mother named her after an athlete who seemed to fly whenever he stepped on the basketball court: Michael Jordan .
Jordan – the gymnast – told KOIN 6 in 2018 that her name comes from “His Airness.” “She is literally in love with sports,” Chiles told the news.