MyKayla Skinner

On July 25, at the U.S. Classic, competing on a recently injured ankle, Skinner finished 7th in the all-around with a score of 55.500.

On beam, she had a fall on her back-handspring tuck full series.

MyKayla Brooke Skinner Harmer (born December 9, 1996) is an American former artistic gymnast.

Skinner was the junior individual all-around champion of the 2011 American Classic.

She was named to the junior US national team after finishing tenth in the all-around and second on vault at the National Championships.

Skinner became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2012.

Early in the year she was added to the U.S. senior national team.

She was a member of the winning U.S. squad at the City of Jesolo Trophy in March.

She had hoped to make the 2012 US women's Olympic team but was not selected to compete at the Olympic Trials.

She had a stable routine the rest of the way and scored a 12.800, placing 12th on the event.

On floor exercise, one of her best events, she threw in her Moors (double twisting double layout) and her Silivas (double twisting double tuck), but she watered down her last two tumbling passes to protect her ankle from further injury.

Skinner competed at the Fiesta Bowl in early 2013, winning every individual event except for the floor exercise where she tied for eighth place.

At the 2013 P&G Championships she placed third on vault and floor.

She finished sixth in the all-around.

She fell on her double tuck and scored a low 13.500 from a 6.3 start value, placing 9th on the event.

She scored a 15.100 on her Cheng vault and a 14.800 on her double-twisting Yurchenko, for an average of 14.950 and placed second.

Skinner competed at the 2014 World Championships where she contributed to the U.S. team's gold medal, also winning an individual bronze medal on vault.

She won 11 total medals at the USA National Championships during her senior career.

She also competed for the University of Utah's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA champion.

In early 2014 Skinner competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy, helping the US win gold as a team.

Individually she won the gold on vault and floor exercise and placed fourth in the all-around.

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

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

Individually, she placed first in the all-around competition with a score of 56.850.

In the event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 15.037, seventh on balance beam scoring 13.475, and first on floor scoring 14.750.

Skinner was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China.

She won a gold medal with the U.S. in the team competition, contributing a score of 15.775 on vault and 14.666 on the floor.

In the event finals, Skinner won a bronze medal in the vault, with a score of 15.366, and placed fourth in the floor exercise final, scoring a 14.700, losing out on a second bronze medal to Aliya Mustafina who had a score of 14.733.

She ended on bars with a more difficult routine and scored a respectable 14.100, placing her 10th.

In June, she finished 15th all around at the U.S. Nationals and third on vault.

Skinner competed at the 2015 AT&T American Cup, held in Arlington, Texas, on March 7, 2015.

She placed second to Simone Biles in that event with a score of 57.832.

Skinner was named to the senior national team once again and was invited to the 2015 Worlds Selection Camp in September, followed by another camp in early October.

On October 8, she was named an alternate to the USA team for the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and she did not compete or participate in qualifications.

At the 2016 U.S. National Championships, Skinner finished 10th in the all-around and won a silver medal on vault and a bronze medal on floor exercise, earning her an invitation to the U.S. Olympic Trials.

At the Olympic Trials, Skinner finished fourth in the all-around.

On July 10, Skinner was named an alternate to the 2016 Olympic team alongside Ashton Locklear and Ragan Smith.

Following the Olympic Trials, Skinner retweeted a photograph of the U.S. team with her picture edited over that of Gabby Douglas.

This generated a significant amount of controversy and accusations of bad sportsmanship; many fans believed it to indicate that Skinner was bitter Douglas had been selected for the Olympic team over her, as Douglas finished seventh in the all-around to Skinner's fourth.

She was the 2020 Olympic vault silver medalist and was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team.