McKayla Maroney is the daughter of a former Purdue quarterback, Michael Maroney. Feb 3, 2013 - Explore gymnastics122's board "Mckayla Maroney", followed by 1035 people on Pinterest. The Americans have perfected this vault well beyond any other country. See more ideas about Mckayla maroney, Gymnastics, Usa gymnastics.

Feb 19, 2013 - Explore jannagymnast's board "McKayla Maroney", followed by 269 people on Pinterest. McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is a former American gymnast. Good technique, probably.

Famous Athlete: McKayla Maroney of the U.S. performs on the vault during the women's gymnastics team final in the North Greenwich Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games July 31, 2012 Simone Biles, the 2013 world all-around champ, and Elizabeth Price, a 2012 Olympic alternate, also can do the Amanar with ease. It is so much higher than any female gymnast had a right to be, higher than Ushimura’s by far, even though the women’s vault is lower, with perfect form and a stick to boot.

Her parents were involved in sports, which prompted her to take up gymnastics at an early age.

But she was one of those gymnasts with an "airy-ness" to her; she had pretty good height on her skills on other events as well.

The U.S. gymnast inadvertently turned social media sensation — “McKayla is not impressed” — with a face she made after receiving her vault silver medal.

Every member of the 2012 Olympic team was capable of performing the vault, with McKayla Maroney doing the highest version of it. She is 5 feet 2 and gets her size from her mother, Erin, not her 6-foot-2 dad.

The most impressive moment from the US Women's Gymnastics team's …

Superimposed on the same vault as Uchimura (one of the most perfect male gymnasts of all time) was McKayla Maroney’s team vault. On February 23rd, 2016 Olympic Gold medalist McKayla Maroney told the world she couldn’t do gymnastics anymore.

McKayla Maroney becomes the third straight American to win the world vault title as the event finals begin at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships.

McKayla Maroney managed a near perfect vault on Tuesday during the U.S. gymnastics team effort for gold; she did not however receive a perfect score. McKayla Maroney's Vault Was So Good It Literally Dropped A Judge's Jaw. Maroney was … In her exclusive interview with GymCastic Maroney shared details of the combination of injuries and mental strain that led to her deteriorating health. See more ideas about Mckayla maroney, Gymnastics, Female gymnast. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she was a member of the American women's gymnastics squad named the Powerful Five, where she won a gold medal in the team and an individual silver medal in the vault event.At the 2011 World Championships, Maroney was also a member of the gold-winning American team, where she … McKayla Rose Maroney, also known as ‘Mack Air Maroney’, is a famous American gymnast who won a gold medal with the US Olympics gymnastics team and an individual silver medal for the vault event at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.