McKayla Maroney

McKayla Maroney
Maroney in 2012
Personal information
Full nameMcKayla Rose Maroney
Born (1995-12-09) December 9, 1995
Aliso Viejo, California, U.S.
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
GymAll Olympia Gymnastics Center (AOGC)
Head coach(es)Artur Akopyan
Assistant coach(es)Galina Marinova
Former coach(es)Jenny Zhang, Howie Liang
RetiredFebruary 24, 2016
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
2012 LondonVault
World Championships
2011 TokyoTeam
2011 TokyoVault
2013 AntwerpVault
Pan American Championships
2010 GuadalajaraTeam
2010 GuadalajaraVault
2010 GuadalajaraFloor exercise

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.