Riley Loos

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Riley Loos
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Loos in 2022
Personal information
Full nameRiley Austin Loos
Country representedFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2000-10-06) October 6, 2000 (age 24)
Folsom, California, USA
Hometown El Dorado Hills, California
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior elite
Years on national team2018–2024 (USA)
College team Stanford Cardinal (2020–23)
Head coach(es) Thom Glielmi
Assistant coach(es)Mark Freeman
Eponymous skills Loos (Pommel horse)
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Lima Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Rio de Janeiro Floor Exercise
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Rio de Janeiro Rings
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Apparatus World Cup001
World Challenge Cup020
Total021
Representing the Stanford Cardinal
Stanford Cardinal logo.svg
NCAA Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Minneapolis Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Norman Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Norman Rings
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 State College Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Minneapolis Rings

Riley Austin Loos (born October 6, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the gold medal-winning team at both the 2018 and 2022 Pan American Championships. He is a member of the United States men's national gymnastics team and competed in collegiate gymnastics for Stanford.

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Early life

Loos was born in Folsom, California on October 6, 2000, to Greg and Stephanie Loos. He has two sisters. [1]

Gymnastics career

2018

In January 2018 Loos competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup where he helped USA finish third in the team competition. Individually he finished seventh in the all-around and won silver on floor exercise and bronze on vault. [2] In August Loos competed at the U.S. National Championships in the junior 17-18 division. He placed second in the all-around behind Brandon Briones. [3] Loos was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Cameron Bock, Spencer Goodell, Kanji Oyama, and Genki Suzuki. [4] Loos helped the United States win gold as a team. [5]

2019

Loos competed at the 2019 Winter Cup where he placed 16th in the all-around but won bronze on floor exercise behind Sam Mikulak and Jacob Moore. [6] In August Loos competed at the U.S. National Championships where he finished 10th in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise. [7]

2020–21

In early 2020 Loos competed at the Winter Cup and finished 18th in the all-around. [8] He also started competing for the Stanford Cardinal in collegiate gymnastics; however the NCAA season was cut short due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

Loos returned to competition at the 2021 Winter Cup where he finished second in the all-around behind Cameron Bock. [10] He next competed at the 2021 NCAA Championships where he helped Stanford defend their team title. Individually he won bronze on rings. [11]

Loos was selected to compete at the 2021 Pan American Championships; he helped the team win the silver medal behind Brazil and individually he finished fourth in the all-around. Due to competing at the Pan American Championships, Loos was invited to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials. [12]

Loos finished ninth in the all-around at the Olympic Trials and was not added to the team. [13] [14] In September Loos was selected to compete at the Koper Challenge Cup. [15] While there he finished fourth on floor exercise and rings and eighth on vault. [16]

2022

Loos placed eighth in the all-around at the 2022 Winter Cup. [17] He was selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup in Stuttgart alongside Colt Walker, Curran Phillips, Katelyn Jong, Karis German, and Levi Jung-Ruivivar. [18] He competed on floor exercise and horizontal bar, helping the USA win. [19] At the NCAA Championship Loos helped Stanford defend their national title. Additionally, he placed first on rings, winning his first individual national title. [20]

In June Loos was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Brody Malone, Yul Moldauer, Colt Walker, and Shane Wiskus. [21] On the first day of competition Loos competed on floor exercise, rings, vault, and horizontal bar to help qualify the United States in first place to the team final. Individually he won silver on floor exercise behind Moldauer and bronze on rings behind Brazilians Arthur Zanetti and Caio Souza. [22] During the team final Loos competed on floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, and horizontal bar to help the USA win gold ahead of the reigning team champion Brazil. [23]

In late July Loos competed at the U.S. Classic where he placed seventh in the all-around but recorded the third-highest vault and rings scores. [24]

2023

Loos competed at the 2023 Winter Cup and placed sixth in the all-around and second on rings. In March he competed at the Baku World Cup, winning bronze on floor exercise behind Milad Karimi and Illia Kovtun. In August Loos competed at the Core Hydration Classic where he placed fifth in the all-around. [25]

Eponymous skills

Loos has one named element on the pommel horse. [26] [27]

Gymnastics elements named after Riley Loos
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty [lower-alpha 1] Added to Code of Points
Pommel horseLoosReverse Stockli with hop backwards through handstand on another end.D, 0.4Performed at the 2021 World Challenge Cup in Koper [28]
  1. ↑ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2018 RD761 International Junior Team CupBronze medal icon.svg7Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Winter Cup 1482016152214
U.S. National Championships Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg64
Pan American Championships Gold medal icon.svg
2019 Winter Cup 16Bronze medal icon.svg108121912
Calgary International CupGold medal icon.svg6Gold medal icon.svg
U.S. National Championships 104101123169
2020 Winter Cup 18
2021 Winter Cup Silver medal icon.svg
NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg4Bronze medal icon.svg6
Pan American Championships Silver medal icon.svg4
Olympic Trials 911146Silver medal icon.svg149
Koper Challenge Cup 448
2022 Winter Cup 87544415
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Gold medal icon.svg
MPSF ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg4
NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg5Gold medal icon.svg
Koper Challenge Cup Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Pan American Championships Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
U.S. Classic 71117Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg1227
U.S. National Championships 101218542520
2023 Winter Cup 6811Silver medal icon.svg85
Baku World Cup Bronze medal icon.svg8
MPSF ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg4511
NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg1610
U.S. Classic 544341586
U.S. National Championships 1091271217
2024 Winter Cup Bronze medal icon.svg5185157
DTB Pokal Team Challenge Gold medal icon.svg
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Gold medal icon.svg
U.S. National Championships 1391772212

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