Riley Loos

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.

Riley Loos
Loos in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Riley Austin Loos
Country represented	United States
Born	(2000-10-06) October 6, 2000 (age 24) Folsom, California, USA
Hometown	El Dorado Hills, California
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior elite
Years on national team	2018–2024 (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  United States Pan American Championships 2018 Lima Team 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team 2022 Rio de Janeiro Floor Exercise 2022 Rio de Janeiro Rings FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Apparatus World Cup 0 0 1 World Challenge Cup 0 2 0 Total 0 2 1 Representing the Stanford Cardinal NCAA Championships 2021 Minneapolis Team 2022 Norman Team 2022 Norman Rings 2023 State College Team 2021 Minneapolis Rings

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

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty[lower-alpha 1]	Added to Code of Points
Pommel horse	Loos	Reverse Stockli with hop backwards through handstand on another end.	D, 0.4	Performed at the 2021 World Challenge Cup in Koper[28]

1. Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2018	RD761 International Junior Team Cup		7
	Winter Cup		14	8	20	16	15	22	14
	U.S. National Championships							6	4
	Pan American Championships
2019	Winter Cup		16		10	8	12	19	12
	Calgary International Cup		6
	U.S. National Championships		10	4	10	11	23	16	9
2020	Winter Cup		18
2021	Winter Cup
	NCAA Championships			4					6
	Pan American Championships		4
	Olympic Trials		9	11	14	6		14	9
	Koper Challenge Cup			4		4	8
2022	Winter Cup		8	7	5	4	4	4	15
	DTB Pokal Mixed Cup
	MPSF Championships			4
	NCAA Championships			5
	Koper Challenge Cup
	Pan American Championships
	U.S. Classic		7	11	17			12	27
	U.S. National Championships		10	12	18	5	4	25	20
2023	Winter Cup		6	8	11			8	5
	Baku World Cup					8
	MPSF Championships			4		5	11
	NCAA Championships			16		10
	U.S. Classic		5	4	43	4	15	8	6
	U.S. National Championships		10	9	12	7		12	17
2024	Winter Cup			5	18	5		15	7
	DTB Pokal Team Challenge
	DTB Pokal Mixed Cup
	U.S. National Championships		13	9	17	7		22	12

References

1. "Riley Loos USAG profile". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
2. "U.S. wins team bronze at 2018 RD761 Junior International Team Cup". USA Gymnastics. January 22, 2018. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
3. "Briones takes 17-18 division crown, with a trio finishing first for 15-16 division at 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. August 18, 2018. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
4. "USA Gymnastics names 2018-19 U.S. Men's National Team, World Championships Team squad, Senior Pan American Championships Team". USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2018. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
5. "U.S. men win team title at 2018 Senior Pan Am Championships". USA Gymnastics. September 16, 2018. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
6. "Mikulak wins five event medals, Walker takes junior all-around title at 2019 Winter Cup Challenge". USA Gymnastics. February 17, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
7. "Mikulak notches super six at U.S. Championships". USA Gymnastics. August 10, 2019. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
8. "Mikulak Wins Senior All-Around Title 2020 Winter Cup Challenge". USA Gymnastics. February 21, 2020. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
9. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA. March 13, 2020. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
10. "Cameron Bock takes 2021 Winter Cup men's all-around title, six athletes named to Men's National Team". USA Gymnastics. February 26, 2021. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
11. "Watch Brody Malone secure the all-around title at the 2021 NCAA men's gymnastics championship". National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 17, 2021. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
12. "USA Gymnastics names eight additional athletes to Men's Junior and Senior National Teams, introduces inaugural Senior Development Team lineup". USA Gymnastics. June 8, 2021. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
13. "Sam Mikulak, Yul Moldauer, Brody Malone highlight U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. June 26, 2021. Archived from the original on June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
14. "USA Gymnastics announces men's Olympic team roster for artistic gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. June 26, 2021. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
15. "Loos to represent U.S. at 2021 Koper World Challenge Cup in Slovenia". USA Gymnastics. September 2, 2021. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
16. "Loos posts top-four finishes on floor exercise and still rings at 2021 Koper World Challenge Cup". USA Gymnastics. September 5, 2021. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
17. "Guimaraes takes men's senior all-around title at 2022 Winter Cup Presented by OZONE and TURN; five gymnasts automatically qualify to National Team". USA Gymnastics. February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
18. "U.S. men announce lineups for upcoming FIG Apparatus World Cup in Egypt, DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup in Germany". USA Gymnastics. March 8, 2022. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
19. "2022 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Results". The Gymternet. March 21, 2022.
20. "Stanford three-peats, wins 2022 men's college gymnastics championship". National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 16, 2022.
21. "Three Olympians will lead U.S. men at Pan American Championships July 15-17". USA Gymnastics. June 7, 2022.
22. "U.S. seniors earn 14 medals, including five gold, on second day of Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. July 15, 2022.
23. "U.S. senior men win team title, women capture silver as Pan American Championships end". USA Gymnastics. July 17, 2022.
24. "Malone cruises to all-around title as men take over U.S. Classic". USA Gymnastics. July 31, 2022.
25. "Hong brothers crowned as junior and senior men's all-around champions at Core Hydration Classic". USA Gymnastics. August 6, 2023.
26. "Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. December 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
27. "Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. July 3, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
28. "Five new elements named for their creators in Men's Gymnastics in 2021". gymnastics.sport. December 14, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

External links

• Riley Loos at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Riley Loos at USA Gymnastics