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 has been a United States men's national gymnastics team member and competed in collegiate gymnastics for Stanford.

Early life and education Loos was born in Folsom, California, on October 6, 2000, to Greg and Stephanie Loos. He has two sisters. He attended Oak Ridge High School and later enrolled at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.

Gymnastics career 2018 In January 2018, Loos competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup, where he helped the 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. 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. Loos was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Cameron Bock, Spencer Goodell, Kanji Oyama, and Genki Suzuki. Loos helped the United States win gold as a team.

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. In August Loos competed at the U.S. National Championships where he finished 10th in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise.

2020–21 In early 2020, Loos competed at the Winter Cup and finished 18th in the all-around. 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.

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

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.

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

2022 Loos placed eighth in the all-around at the 2022 Winter Cup. 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. He competed on floor exercise and horizontal bar, helping the USA win. At the NCAA Championship Loos helped Stanford defend their national title. Additionally, he placed first on rings, winning his first individual national title.

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. 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. 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.

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.

2023 to present 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.

Loos was injured in 2024, but was still able to compete at the 2024 National Championships. He failed to make the team and considered retirement.

On May 11, 2026, Loos was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 Pan American Championships. At the competition he helped the USA win bronze as a team and individually he qualified to the floor exercise and rings event finals.

Eponymous skills Loos has one named element on the pommel horse. +Gymnastics elements named after Riley Loos Apparatus Name Description Difficulty 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

Competitive history +Competitive history of Riley LoosYearEvent 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 2025 Winter Cup 14 12 4 DTB Pokal Team Challenge DTB Pokal Mixed Cup 2026 Winter Cup 9 5 Pan American Championships 6