Occupation
Student
Spoken languages
English
Sporting relatives
Her father Jason Ross played baseball and American football at the University of Hawaii. (latimes.com, 02 Jun 2012)
International senior debut
2012 for United States, in Everett, WA, United States (latimes.com, 02 Jun 2012)
Injuries
She suffered a hip and hamstring injury in September 2014 and was forced to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China, with her hip and thigh taped. (olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 05 Oct 2014)
A bruised heel kept her out of the American Cup in February 2013. (AP, 26 Feb 2013)
Start sporting career
She participated in her first gymnastics class at age three in Greenville, South Carolina. (latimes.com, 02 Jun 2012)
Reason for taking up the sport
Her mother enrolled her in the class because Kyla had a lot of energy and always wanted to move around. (latimes.com, 02 Jun 2012)
Additional information
General
RETIREMENT
She retired from international competitive gymnastics in February 2016. "Pretty much the past year has been a little bit difficult. I know I have been thinking about it and just trying to understand and decide what I was going to do, so I thought coming into the new year I would see how my feelings were and if I still had the drive and passion to pursue the Olympics. I went to the first training camp of the year and I just did not feel like my mind was in the right spot and I know that I did not want to go for the Olympics and put myself through all of it if my heart just was not really there." (olympics.nbcsports.com, 22 Feb 2016)
Last update : 2016-04-04
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