She placed seventh in the all-around competition with a score of 55.650. In July, Maroney competed at the CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. But I just did it, and I was just very happy that I landed on my feet." 2010 I was just really little and I didn't really know what was going on. When asked about the first time she performed an Amanar in competition, Maroney said, "The first time I did it was at Visa Championships and I was just thirteen years old. She placed twenty-seventh in the all-around with a two-day combined score of 104.800 and third in the vault final with a score of 29.900. In August, Maroney competed at the Visa Championships in Dallas, Texas. I thought, how am I going to stay this little? I was worried that I was going to be really tall because my dad is 6'3" and my mom is 5'2", so I didn't know which one I was going to be." Junior career 2009 I thought they were so little and so amazing. I remember seeing the gymnasts on the floor and I loved all of their leotards. I went to Olympic Trials that year (2004) with Kyla.
I thought I should probably move to a new gym and start thinking about the Olympics." Ībout her first Olympic memory, Maroney said, "I remember watching Carly Patterson. In 2012, she said, "I realized that I had a dream that I wanted to go to the Olympics and I wanted to go as far as I could go. She's crazy.' I was technically in gymnastics at the age of two and always felt comfortable in the gym." When she was nine years old, she started training at Gym-Max in Costa Mesa, California. My mom was like, 'I need to put this child in gymnastics.
Maroney said, "When I was younger, I would be watching Tarzan and running around on all fours. She has two siblings, Tarynn and Kav, and was homeschooled in order to train as an elite gymnast. Her father was a quarterback at Purdue University, and her mother was involved in figure skating and high school sports. McKayla Rose Maroney was born in Aliso Viejo, California, on December 9, 1995, the daughter of Erin and Mike Maroney (died 2019). In 2016, she retired from competitive gymnastics. female gymnast to defend a World Championship vault title.Ī photograph of her with a "not impressed" expression, taken after winning silver in the 2012 Olympics, became an Internet meme. She defended her World title and won the gold medal on vault at the 2013 World Championships, becoming the first U.S. Maroney was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she won gold medals in the team and vault competitions. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team dubbed the Fierce Five at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team and an individual silver medal in the vault event. McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is a retired American artistic gymnast and singer.
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