Jordan Chiles will compete in the 2024 Olympics.Nikolas Liepins/Anadolu via Getty ImagesJordan Chiles is competing for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics.The 23-year-old gymnast rose to fame after replacing Simone Biles in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Chiles has an Olympic silver medal and World Championship gold and silver medals.Jordan Chiles, the 23-year-old American gymnast, is competing in the Paris Olympics with the motto "do it for yourself."After a rocky mid-career parting ways with critical coaches and taking over for Simone Biles after she withdrew from the Toyko 2020 games, Chiles' mindset going into the Paris Olympics is to focus on herself, she previously told Business Insider in 2023."I'm going to put myself out there; I'm going to go do this and have an amazing time," Chiles said, adding she "didn't want to regret anything."Chiles is a Olympic silver medalist — she took home the award for the team event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — and has two World Championship silver medals in floor and vault, and a gold in the team event.Outside of gymnastics, Chiles is known for her social media presence and her sense of style — she has several tattoos on her arms, including the Olympic rings, and several meaningful quotes, one of which was inspired by her grandfather, who died in 2023: "Where you are I have been, where I am you will be."Jordan Chiles' career and road to the 2024 OlympicsChiles once considered quitting gymnastics, but had a change of heart and moved to Texas to ramp up her training.Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesChiles grew up in Vancouver, Washington, and was named after Michael Jordan.
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