Brody Malone

John Brody Malone (born January 7, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

He is the 2021 and 2022 U.S. National All-Around Champion.

On horizontal bar, he is the 2021 World Championships bronze medalist and the 2022 World Champion.

He is a ten-time NCAA National Champion.

Malone was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, on January 7, 2000, to John and Tracy Malone.

He has two brothers and one sister.

Malone's parents enrolled him in gymnastics at age three because he was a very Active Child.

During qualification at the Olympic Games Malone qualified for the all-around final in 11th place and additionally qualified for the horizontal bar final in fourth.

During the team final Malone helped the United States place fifth.

During the all-around final Malone finished tenth; however he successfully competed his new skill on the parallel bars, a shoot up to handstand and fall back to support with ¾ turn mount, which will bear his name in the code of points.

In October Malone competed at the 2021 World Championships where he opted to only compete on the horizontal bar.

Malone's mother died of cancer in 2012, and his step-mother died in 2019 after suffering a brain aneurysm.

Throughout middle school and high school Malone competed in rodeo events such as team roping and jackpots, similar to his father, who competed in rodeo at Georgia Southern University.

Malone graduated from Stanford University with a degree in management science and engineering.

On December 31, 2023 Malone announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend Serena Ortiz.

Malone competed at the Junior Olympic level.

At the 2015 National Championships he placed seventh.

He placed 15th in the all-around but won bronze on horizontal bar in the 15–16 age division.

At the 2016 National Championships he placed second behind Vitaliy Guimaraes.

Additionally Malone won silver on vault and parallel bars and bronze on rings.

Malone competed at his first elite National Championships in 2016.

Malone competed at the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships where he won silver in the all-around behind Bennet Huang.

He next competed at the 2017 U.S. National Championships.

After two days of competition Malone won the all-around competition.

He also won gold on floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.

Malone was later selected to represent the US at the International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Japan.

While there he placed fourth in the all-around but won silver on horizontal bar.

In January 2018 Malone competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup where he helped USA finish third in the team competition.

Individually he finished sixth in the all-around and won silver on horizontal bar and third on rings.

Malone began competing for the Stanford Cardinal gymnastics team in 2019.

At the NCAA National Championships Malone helped Stanford win the team title and individually he won the all-around, floor exercise, and horizontal bar titles.

Malone was selected to represent the US at the 2019 Pan American Games where he helped the USA finish second as a team behind Brazil.

In early 2020 Malone competed at the Winter Cup where he finished third in the all-around.

The NCAA season was cut short due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Malone returned to competition at the 2021 NCAA Championships where he helped Stanford defend their team title.

He additionally defended his all-around and horizontal bar titles and won silver on rings.

At the 2021 U.S. National Championships he won his first senior all-around title, defeating six-time national champion Sam Mikulak.

As a result, he qualified to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials.

Malone clinched his spot on the Olympic team by finishing first in the all-around at the Olympic Trials.

Malone was joined by Yul Moldauer, Sam Mikulak, and Shane Wiskus to form the United States men's Olympic gymnastics team.