Madison Kocian

Madison Taylor Kocian (born June 15, 1997) is a retired American artistic gymnast.

Kocian made the U.S. Junior National Team in 2009, when she was 12.

At the National Championships, she placed sixth in the all-around.

Later that year, Kocian was selected to compete for Team USA at the Top Gym Junior competition in Charleroi, Belgium.

She won a bronze medal in the all-around competition, a gold on the uneven bars, and a silver on the balance beam.

In 2010, at age 13, Kocian placed fifth at the U.S. Classic in Chicago and qualified to compete at the U.S. National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut, where she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.

In 2011, Kocian competed in only two meets, the WOGA Classic and City of Jesolo Trophy, an international meet held in Venice, Italy.

In Italy, she won the gold in the Junior Division, scoring 57.750.

In 2012, Kocian missed the season due to an injury but earned a silver medal at the WOGA Classic.

On July 25, Kocian competed at the Secret U.S. Classic and finished first on uneven bars with a score of 15.600, ahead of 2012 Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars finalist Gabby Douglas and Bailie Key.

She also placed ninth on balance beam with a shaky routine with several wobbles, scoring a 13.850.

Kocian's senior career started in 2013 at the Secret U.S Classic, held in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, where she placed 7th all-around and earned a silver on the bars, scoring 14.450.

Qualifying to the U.S Nationals, Kocian started off well on the uneven bars and balance beam but on her third pass on the floor exercise, she twisted her ankle and was taken out of the competition, missing the vault rotation as well as Day Two.

She was not selected for the World Championship team, but she still was named to the National Team.

She started off her 2014 season competing at the WOGA Classic, an International meet hosted by her club.

Kocian competed on two events, bars and beam, at the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic, finishing second on bars and 12th overall.

At nationals, she competed on balance beam and uneven bars.

On bars, she won the silver.

She placed 5th on beam.

In August and September, Kocian competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

She helped the American team place first in the team competition.

In the event finals, she placed second on the uneven bars, scoring 14.825.

On September 17, Kocian was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China.

In qualifications, she competed in the all-around and qualified in 14th place with a score of 55.966, but did not make it into the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule and Simone Biles, Kyla Ross and MyKayla Skinner having higher scores.

She competed in the team final on the bars, and contributed a bars score of 14.900 to the U.S. team's gold-medal finish.

On the uneven bars, she is one of four 2015 world champions and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist.

She graduated from high school in 2015.

She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was a member of the first-place American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

She committed to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the fall of 2016 and competed for UCLA women's gymnastics.

On August 16, 2018, Kocian came forward as a survivor of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse alongside UCLA teammate Kyla Ross.

Kocian is a fan of the Texas Rangers baseball team.

She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020, where she was a member of its NCAA women's gymnastics team.

Kocian was born and raised in Dallas, Texas.

Her parents, Thomas and Cindy Kocian, put her in gymnastics at a young age.

At age five her parents began taking Kocian to World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, Texas for her gymnastics training.

WOGA is owned by Valeri Liukin and was the gym where Olympic All Around champions Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin trained.

Patterson and Liukin served as early inspirations for Kocian, particularly Liukin, who Kocian has likened to an older sister.

Kocian has one younger brother.

She was raised Catholic.

Kocian attended Spring Creek Academy in Plano, Texas, the same school that Patterson and Liukin attended.