Jordan Chiles

CTL-E-6054 · Person · other · 2001–present

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Combined Graph record U-07277 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6054.

Jordan Chiles, born 15 April 2001 in Tualatin, Oregon, is an American artistic gymnast. Her father is Black and her mother is Latina, and she was named after basketball player Michael Jordan. A member of the United States national team for a USA Gymnastics-record 11 years, she won team silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and team gold at Paris 2024, and at the 2022 World Championships took team gold and silver on vault and floor exercise. In 2019 she moved to Spring, Texas, to train alongside Simone Biles at the World Champions Centre. At UCLA (2021–26) she became a 23-time All-American, a seven-time conference champion and a 19-time perfect-10 scorer, won NCAA titles on uneven bars (2023, 2025) and floor exercise (2026), and as a senior in 2026 won the AAI Award as the nation's top senior gymnast. She is finishing a degree in African American Studies, authored the New York Times best-seller I'm That Girl, and was a TIME Woman of the Year in 2025. In 2026 she joined UCLA's 2027 staff as a student coach and announced an elite return aimed at Los Angeles 2028.

The record

• Also known as: Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 5 — 747 Program, Wave 11; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Jordan Chiles entity in the live graph at 3,763 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-6054 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1232 (Gymnasts list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — African American gymnast; parentage documented (Black father, Latina mother, Wikipedia) and she is completing a UCLA degree in African American Studies (UCLA Athletics). Built as a full record on the coordinator's Wave 5 directive for this rank. Vital status: LIVING — completed her senior UCLA season in 2026 (AAI Award, NCAA floor exercise title), named to UCLA's 2027 staff as a student coach (UCLA Athletics, 2 Sep 2026), and announced an elite return for LA 2028 (Olympics.com interview reported Oct 2026). MEDAL STATUS (adjudicated, neutral): her Paris 2024 floor exercise bronze was reassigned to Ana Barbosu after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled the U.S. inquiry late; Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court remanded the dispute to CAS for review of video and timing evidence (Particle News, 2026) — the record asserts the team gold and silver, not the disputed individual bronze. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): UCLA career 2021–26 — 23-time All-American, seven-time conference champion, 19 perfect 10s (UCLA Athletics, 2 Sep 2026); Olympic team silver (Tokyo 2020) and team gold (Paris 2024); 2022 Worlds team gold, vault and floor silver. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons photograph of Jordan Chiles competing for UCLA in 2025; no file page was read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-temp-1232-jordan-chiles.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked by name and variants — no matching-entity CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• Simone Biles — collaborated with
  Chiles moved to Spring, Texas in 2019 to train alongside Simone Biles (CTL-E-6053) at the World Champions Centre, and the two were U.S. teammates at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics.
• University of California, Los Angeles — affiliated with
  Jordan Chiles competed for UCLA (CTL-E-4176, School) from 2021 to 2026 and joins the 2027 UCLA Gymnastics coaching staff as a student coach.

Referenced by

• Hezly Rivera — related to → this record

Sources

• UCLA Athletics, uclabruins.com, 'Jordan Chiles to Remain with UCLA Gymnastics as Student Coach' (2 Sep 2026) — completed her UCLA career (2021–26) as a 23-time All-American, seven-time conference champion and 19-time perfect 10 scorer; 2026 AAI Award winner and NCAA floor exercise champion; Tokyo team silver and Paris team gold; U.S. National Team for a USA Gymnastics-record 11 years; finishing her studies in African American Studies; joins the 2027 UCLA staff as a student coach — https://uclabruins.com/news/2026/09/2/jordan-chiles-to-remain-with-ucla-gymnastics-as-student-coach (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, 'Jordan Chiles' — Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles, born 15 April 2001 in Tualatin, Oregon, to Timothy and Gina Chiles; her father is Black and her mother is Latina; named after Michael Jordan; moved to Spring, Texas in 2019 to train alongside Simone Biles at the World Champions Centre; 2022 World Championships team gold and vault and floor silver — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Chiles (build store)
• EssentiallySports, 'Jordan Chiles Makes it Clear Why She's Back to Challenge for LA Olympics Spot' (Oct 2026), reporting her Olympics.com interview — after Paris her floor exercise bronze was revoked following an appeal; she completed her UCLA career in 2026 and announced a return to elite gymnastics aimed at the LA28 Olympics — https://www.essentiallysports.com/olympics-news-gymnastics-news-jordan-chiles-makes-it-clear-why-shes-back-to-challenge-for-la-olympics-spot/ (build store)
• Particle News, 'Jordan Chiles Wins All-Around in UCLA Home Farewell as Bruins Defeat Utah' (2026) — her Paris floor bronze was reassigned to Ana Barbosu after CAS ruled the U.S. inquiry late; Switzerland's top court remanded the dispute to CAS for review of the video and timing evidence — https://particle.news/story/jordan-chiles-wins-all-around-in-ucla-home-farewell-as-bruins-defeat-utah (build store)

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