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About Jordyn Wieber
Wieber began competing in elite gymnastics in 2006, at the age of 11, and made her international debut at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships. She won the first junior national all-around title the following year and then won the 2009 American Cup, defeating senior competitors. She won the junior all-around title at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships. She became age-eligible for senior competition in 2011 and won her first senior national all-around title. She then helped the U.S. team win the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, where she also won the individual all-around title and was the bronze medalist on the balance beam. She successfully defended her national all-around title in 2012, and she was selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The U.S. team, dubbed the Fierce Five, won the gold medal, but Wieber missed the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule.
Wieber did not compete again after the 2012 Summer Olympics and announced her retirement in 2015. Because she accepted sponsorship money during her elite career, she was ineligible to compete in NCAA gymnastics, but she still attended UCLA and became a manager for the gymnastics team. During her senior year, she became the volunteer assistant coach, a role she held for three seasons. She was then named the head coach for Arkansas, and in 2024, she led the team to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships, their best result since 2012. She was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2020.