Skip to content
USA · WAG · 2016 – 2016

Laurie Hernandez

Laurie Hernandez competed for USA in women's artistic gymnastics, 2016. Career medals: 1 gold, 1 silver.

2
career medals

Career, in brief

Laurie Hernandez competed for USA in women's artistic gymnastics, with her sole Olympic appearance at the 2016 Games. She won two Olympic medals — one gold and one silver.

Timeline

Career arc, year by year.

Olympic — 1 appearance

Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Aug 6 → 16 · Rio de Janeiro
Team Qual 15.200 Final United StatesUSA 184.897 · RUS 176.688 · CHN 176.003 GOLD
Balance Beam Qual 15.366 — 2nd, advanced Final 15.333 SILVER
Floor Exercise Qual 14.800 — did not advance 4th

Team affiliations

Keep exploring

More from USA

See all from USA
USA · WAG · 2013 – present

Simone Biles

11 olympic medals5 named elements
USA · WAG · 2011 – 2016

Aly Raisman

6 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

Anton Heida

6 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

George Eyser

6 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 2019 – present

Sunisa Lee

6 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 2005 – 2008

Nastia Liukin

5 olympic medals4 named elements
USA · WAG · 1992 – 1996

Shannon Miller

5 olympic medals1 named element
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

William Merz

5 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 1984 – 1984

Mary-Lou Retton

4 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 2007 – 2008

Shawn Johnson

4 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 2012 – 2016

Danell Leyva

3 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

Emil Voigt

3 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 2012 – 2016

Gabby Douglas

3 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 2017 – present

Jade Carey

3 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

Julius Lenhart

3 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1984 – 1984

Mitchell Jay Gaylord

3 olympic medals1 named element
USA · MAG · 1924 – 1936

Al Jochim

2 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 2004 – 2007

Carly Patterson

2 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

Charles Krause

2 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

Ed Hennig

2 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1928 – 1936

Frank Haubold

2 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

John Duha

2 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 1904 – 1904

John Grieb

2 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 2008 – 2012

Jonathan Horton

2 olympic medals

Competing in the 2010s — women's artistic gymnastics

See all 2010s women's artistic gymnastics
Russia · WAG · 2010 – 2016

Aliya Mustafina

7 olympic medals2 named elements
Brazil · WAG · 2016 – present

Rebeca Andrade

6 olympic medals
Russia · WAG · 2012 – 2016

Mariya Paseka

4 olympic medals
Russian Olympic Committee · WAG · 2016 – 2020

Angelina Melnikova

3 olympic medals
Romania · WAG · 2004 – 2017

Catalina Ponor

2 olympic medals
USA · WAG · 2014 – 2019

Madison Kocian

2 olympic medals
USA · MAG · 2017 – present

Stephen Nedoroscik

2 olympic medals
Great Britain · WAG · 2017 – present

Alice Kinsella

1 olympic medal
Great Britain · WAG · 2015 – 2017

Amy Tinkler

1 olympic medal
Russia · WAG · 2016 – present

Angelina Melnikova

1 olympic medal
USA · WAG · 2008 – 2016

Bridget Sloan

1 olympic medal
Russia · WAG · 2016 – 2016

Darya Spiridonova

1 olympic medal
China · WAG · 2016 – 2020

Fan Yilin

1 olympic medal
Brazil · WAG · 2016 – present

Flávia Saraiva

1 olympic medal
Switzerland · WAG · 2012 – 2021

Giulia Steingruber

1 olympic medal
North Korea · WAG · 2008 – 2016

Hong Un-jong

1 olympic medal
Brazil · WAG · 2008 – present

Jade Barbosa

1 olympic medal
USA · WAG · 2012 – 2019

Kyla Ross

1 olympic medal
Romania · WAG · 2012 – 2021

Larisa Iordache

1 olympic medal
Brazil · WAG · 2015 – present

Lorrane Oliveira

1 olympic medal
Japan · WAG · 2013 – 2021

Mai Murakami

1 olympic medal
China · WAG · 2016 – 2016

Mao Yi

1 olympic medal
USA · WAG · 2014 – 2020

MyKayla Skinner

1 olympic medal

Sources

Sources olympedia.org (Rio de Janeiro 2016) · olympics.com
Last verified 2026-05-26 · corrections welcome at hello@gleaminggymnast.com