MyKayla Skinner

Personal information
Full name	MyKayla Brooke Skinner Harmer
Born	(1996-12-09)December 9, 1996 (age 28) Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.
Height	5 ft 0 in (152 cm)
Spouse	Jonas Harmer ​ (m. 2019)​
Gymnastics career
Sport	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States (2011–2016, 2019–2021)
College team	Utah Red Rocks (2017–2019)
Gym	Desert Lights Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Lisa Spini Megan Marsden Tom Farden
Assistant coach	Bruce McGehee
Retired	August 1, 2021
Awards	Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year(2020)[1]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 3 0 1 NCAA Championships 2 2 0 Total 5 3 1 Women'sartistic gymnastics Representing United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Vault World Championships 2014 Nanning Team 2015 Glasgow Team 2019 Stuttgart Team 2014 Nanning Vault Pan American Championships 2014 Mississauga Team 2014 Mississauga All-Around 2014 Mississauga Floor Exercise 2014 Mississauga Vault FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd All-Around World Cup 1 1 0 RepresentingUtah Red Rocks NCAA Championships 2017 St Louis Floor Exercise 2018 St Louis Vault 2017 St Louis All-Around 2018 St Louis All-Around
YouTube information
Channel	Myk & Jonas
Genre	Vlog
Subscribers	124 thousand
Views	24.8 million
Last updated: October 27, 2025

MyKayla Brooke Skinner Harmer (/mɪˈkeɪlə/mi-KAY-lə; born December 9, 1996) is an American formerartistic gymnast. She was the2020 Olympicvault silver medalist, competing as an individual, and was an alternate for the2016 Olympic team. Skinner competed at the2014 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 theUSA National Championships during her senior career. She also competed for theUniversity of Utah's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA champion while also settingPac-12 records for conference honors.^[2]

Skinner was the junior individual all-around champion of the 2011 American Classic.^[3][4] She was named to thejunior U.S. national team after finishing 10th in the all-around and second on vault at the National Championships.^[5][6][7]

Skinner became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2012 and was added to theU.S. senior national team.^[8] She was a member of the winning U.S. squad at theCity of Jesolo Trophy in March. In June, she finished 15th all-around at theU.S. Nationals and third on vault.^[9][10]

Skinner competed at the Fiesta Bowl in 2013, winning every individual event except for the floor exercise, where she tied for eighth place.^[11] At the 2013P&G Championships, she placed third on vault and floor, and finished sixth in the all-around.

In 2014, Skinner competed at theCity of Jesolo Trophy, helping the U.S. win gold as a team. She won the gold medal for individual vault and floor exercises and placed fourth in the all-around. Skinner competed at thePan American Championships inMississauga, Canada. She helped the U.S. team place first in the team competition. She placed first in the individual all-around competition with a score of 56.850, including first on vault, scoring 15.037, seventh on balance beam, scoring 13.475, and first on floor exercise, scoring 14.750.^[12][13]

Skinner won a gold medal with the U.S. in the team competition at the2014 World Championships inNanning, China, contributing a score of 15.775 on the 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 a second bronze medal toAliya Mustafina, who had a score of 14.733.

Skinner placed second toSimone Biles at the2015 AT&T American Cup inArlington, Texas in 2015 with a score of 57.832.^[14]

At theU.S. Classic on July 25, 2015, Skinner finished 7th in the all-around, scoring 55.500. She finished 12th on the balance beam, scoring 12.800. ninth on the balance beam, scoring 13.500, second with a 15.100 on vault, and placed 10th on bars with a score of 14.100.^[15]

As a senior national team member, Skinner was invited to the 2015 Worlds Selection Camp in September and October. On October 8, she was named an alternate to the USA team for the2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[16]

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

At the Olympic Trials, Skinner finished fourth in the all-around and was named an alternate to the2016 Olympic team.^[16]

On April 25, 2019, Skinner returned to elite gymnastics to attempt to compete at the2020 Olympics.^[17] She was invited to attend the June national team training camp.^[18]

Skinner returned to elite competition at the2019 U.S. Classic. With a score of 14.900, she tied for second withCarey on vault behindBiles. She placed 11th on balance beam and 14th on floor exercise.^[19]

At the2019 U.S. National Championships, Skinner competed in all events and tied for ninth withGrace McCallum and was added to the national team.^[20][21]

In September, Skinner competed at the U.S. World Championships trials, where she placed fourth all-around behindBiles,Sunisa Lee, andKara Eaker. She placed fourth on the balance beam behind Biles, Eaker, andMorgan Hurd. She was named as an alternate for the2019 World Championships inStuttgart, Germany.^[22]

Skinner competed at theInternational Gymnix meet inMontreal in March 2020 withEmily Lee,Lilly Lippeatt, andFaith Torrez.^[23] She placed second in the all-around behind Lee and won gold medals in the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise titles to help the U.S.A team win gold.^[24][25]

In January 2021, Skinner revealed that she was hospitalized withpneumonia that resulted fromCOVID-19.^[26] In March, Skinner attended at a national team camp and was named to the national team.^[27]

Skinner competed at theU.S. Classic in May 2021, where she finished first on vault and 10th in the all-around.^[28] Skinner was one of five gymnasts featured on thePeacock docuseriesGolden: The Journey of USA's Elite Gymnasts.^[29]

At theNational Championships, Skinner won silver on vault. She was added to the national team and qualified to compete at theOlympic Trials.^[30]

Skinner finished fifth in the all-around at the Olympic Trials and was selected to represent the U.S. in the non-nominative spot at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, meaning she would compete as an individual instead of on the four-member U.S. team.^[31]

The decision to include Skinner was controversial because Carey's strengths in vault and floor exercise matched those of Skinner, instead of having the second gymnast be proficient on bars and beam. As a result of the decision, Carey and Skinner would compete against each other and cause the U.S. to be eligible for fewer medals.^[32]

At theOlympic Games, Skinner performed the all-around during qualifications, hitting all four of her routines. Despite finishing 11th place in the all-around and fourth place on the vault, she did not qualify for either final due to two-per-country limitations.Biles,Lee, andCarey finished ahead of her in the all-around and on vault.^[33]

Skinner took Biles' place in the vault final when Biles dropped out due to mental health issues. Skinner finished second, winning the silver medal with an average score for her, Cheng and Amanar vaults of 14.916.^[34]

On July 3, Skinner announced that she would retire from competitive gymnastics after the Olympics. She returned to the University of Utah to complete her degree in broadcast journalism.^[35]

In November 2014, Skinner signed a National Letter of Intent for theUniversity of Utah and theUtah Red Rocks program.^[36] Utah coachGreg Marsden said that Skinner was "one of the top gymnasts in the world" with "the potential to get even better as a result of her passion for the sport. She loves to flip and twist."^[37] In April 2015, Skinner announced that she would defer enrolling at Utah by a year to concentrate on making the 2016 Olympic team.^[38]

Skinner enrolled at the University of Utah in 2016 as an NCAA women's gymnastics team member and competed in the all-around.^[39] During her freshman season Skinner won 43 total events. She was the PAC-12 champion in the individual all-around and on vault and floor exercises. At theNCAA Championships, Skinner finished second in the individual all-around with a score of 39.6125, behindAlex McMurtry ofFlorida. She was a national champion on floor exercise with a 9.9625 alongsideAshleigh Gnat ofLSU and was also fifth on vault and eighth on balance beam.^[40] The following day, she led Utah to fifth place in the team competition finals. She is one of the only gymnasts in NCAA history to do aSilivas, which is a Double Twisting Double Back.

In the 2018 season, Skinner hit all 54 of her routines without a fall. At the PAC-12 Championships, she helped Utah finish in second place. Individually, Skinner tied for first in the all-around withKyla Ross of UCLA and tied for first on floor exercise withKatelyn Ohashi of UCLA andElizabeth Price of Stanford.^[41] At the2018 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship Skinner won silver in the all-around and tied for first on vault withBrenna Dowell of Oklahoma and Alex McMurtry of Florida.^[42]

At the PAC-12 Championships, Skinner scored her third career perfect 10 on floor exercise. She finished second in the all-around and the team finals and won gold on floor and vault.^[43] During the regional finals, Skinner fell on her uneven bars routine, ending her 161 routine streak without a fall, but setting a new record.^[44] At theNCAA Championships Skinner placed seventh in the all-around after a subpar beam routine. She recorded the second-highest vault and floor exercise scores but placed fifth due to four gymnasts tying for the title. Utah finished fourth in their semifinal and did not advance to the finals.^[45]

MyKayla Skinner was born to Cris and Kym Skinner on December 9, 1996, inGilbert, Arizona.^[46][47] She has three older siblings, Jeremy, Chelsea and Katie, two former gymnasts.^[48] Skinner is a member ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[49] She grew up in Gilbert, Arizona, and said that her role model was Olympic gold medalistShawn Johnson.^[50]

Skinner trained at Desert Lights Gymnastics in Chandler, Arizona, under head coach Lisa Spini.^[51] She attendedHigley High School in 2011 as a freshman and was homeschooled starting in 2012.^[51][8]

On October 16, 2019, Skinner announced onInstagram that she was engaged to Jonas Harmer, whom she met while studying at the University of Utah.^[52] Skinner and Harmer were married on November 14, 2019.^[53] On September 22, 2023, Skinner and Harmer announced the arrival of their daughter, Charlotte Jane, throughInstagram.^[54]

Following being named an alternate to the2016 Olympic team, Skinner retweeted a photograph of the U.S. team with her picture edited over that ofGabby Douglas and included monkey emojis, which are widely viewed as "racist tropes."^[55][56] She later apologized; "I'm so sorry if I offended anyone. I was in the wrong by retweeting that tweet! I'm so grateful to be part of the team! Go USA."^[57][58][59]

In a since-deleted YouTube video, Skinner criticized the 2024 Olympic team, stating that the talent and work ethic was lacking compared to previous teams. She attributed this reduced work ethic to theU.S. Center for SafeSport, an organization set up to reduce sexual abuse in Olympic sports in the wake of theUSA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, and to the retirement of controversial women's team coordinator,Márta Károlyi.^[60] Skinner also stated thatSunisa Lee did not have a gymnast body and mispronouncedHezly Rivera's name.^[61] These comments resulted in many members of the gymnastics community speaking out against Skinner.^[62] After the2024 U.S. Olympic team won the team gold medal,Simone Biles referenced Skinner's comments in an Instagram post. Skinner subsequently blocked Biles on social media.^[63] Several prominent current and past American gymnasts expressed support for Biles's post and criticized Skinner's comments.^[64]

In June 2025 Skinner released a statement viaOne America News claiming she "endured being belittled, dismissed, and ostracized behind the scenes by Simone [Biles]."^[65] During an interview withWill Cain onFox News, she was prompted to describe instances where Biles had bullied her in the past and Skinner only cited Biles' reaction to Skinner's YouTube commentary on the 2024 Olympic Trials where she claimed that the gymnasts competing "don't work as hard" and "don't have the work ethic."^[66][67][68]

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior elite
2010	U.S. National Championships		25	8	30	22	33
2011	WOGA Classic
	Nastia Liukin Cup		5
	U.S. National Championships		10		20	15	15
Senior elite
2012	City of Jesolo Trophy		10
	US National Championships		15		20	17	11
2013	U.S. Classic		10		13	9	13
	U.S. National Championships		6		9	11
2014	City of Jesolo Trophy		4
	U.S. Classic		5		10	6	6
	U.S. National Championships		5		11	6
	Pan American Championships					7
	World Championships						4
2015	American Cup
	U.S. Classic		7		10	12	9
	U.S. National Championships		7		16	7
	World Championships	[a]
2016	Glasgow World Cup
	City of Jesolo Trophy		5
	U.S. Classic				16	8
	U.S. National Championships		10		17	18
	U.S. Olympic Trials		4		12	5	5
	Olympic Games	[a]
NCAA
2017	PAC-12 Championships				6	7
	NCAA Championships	5		5		8
2018	PAC-12 Championships
	NCAA Championships	5			7	4	5
2019	PAC-12 Championships					9
	NCAA Championships	SF	7	5	6		5
	Senior elite
	U.S. Classic					11	14
	U.S. National Championships		8		9	14	5
	Worlds Team Selection Camp		4		6	8	5
	World Championships	[a]
2020	International Gymnix
2021	U.S. Classic		10		13	25	10
	U.S. National Championships		9		9	16	10
	Olympic Trials		5		9	7	7
	Olympic Games

• MyKayla Skinner at theInternational Gymnastics Federation
• MyKayla Skinner atUSA Gymnastics
• MyKayla Skinner atTeam USA (archive February 4, 2022)
• MyKayla Skinner atOlympedia
• MyKayla Skinner atOlympics.com

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