How Tall Is the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team? Paris 2024 Heights for Women and Men
The U.S. women who won Olympic team gold in Paris have official listed heights from 4′8″ (Simone Biles) to 5′2″ (Jade Carey). The U.S. men who won team bronze run from 5′1″ (Asher Hong) to 5′5″ (Brody Malone and Fred Richard).
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Two team members, Hezly Rivera and Paul Juda, have no official height published anywhere we could find. We’ve left those cells empty rather than guess.
Every height below comes from an official listing, a college roster or a Team USA profile, named with its season where it has one. Ages are the gymnasts’ ages at the Games, and each team has a short summary of what it won in Paris.
U.S. Women’s Olympic Team Heights (Paris 2024)
The women’s team was Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee and Hezly Rivera. Leanne Wong and Joscelyn Roberson traveled to Paris as replacement athletes (USA Gymnastics team announcement).
| Gymnast | Listed height | Centimeters | Source used | Age at the Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simone Biles | 4′8″ | 142.2 | Team USA, 2021 team article | 27 |
| Jordan Chiles | 4′11″ | 149.9 | UCLA roster, 2025 season | 23 |
| Sunisa Lee | 5′0″ | 152.4 | Auburn roster, 2022 season | 21 |
| Jade Carey | 5′2″ | 157.5 | Oregon State roster profile, 2025 | 24 |
| Hezly Rivera | Not published | – | No height on her USA Gymnastics or Team USA profile | 16 |
| Leanne Wong (traveling replacement) | 5′1″ | 154.9 | Florida roster, 2025 season | 20 |
| Joscelyn Roberson (traveling replacement) | 4′8″ | 142.2 | Georgia roster, 2027 season | 18 |
Heights checked 6 October 2026. Centimeters use 2.54 cm per inch. Ages are on 30 July 2024, the day of the women’s team final.
Of the four team members with a listed height, Carey is the tallest and Biles the shortest, a spread of six inches (15.2 cm). Chiles is 4′11″, not 5′5″ as some websites, including an older version of this page, have claimed. Roberson’s 4′8″ comes from Georgia’s 2027 roster, after her transfer from Arkansas, whose roster listed no height.
What the U.S. women won in Paris
The U.S. won the team final with 171.296, ahead of Italy and Brazil (official team final results). Individual medals come from the Paris 2024 results book.
| Gymnast | Paris 2024 result |
|---|---|
| Simone Biles | Gold: team, all-around, vault. Silver: floor |
| Sunisa Lee | Gold: team. Bronze: all-around, uneven bars |
| Jade Carey | Gold: team. Bronze: vault |
| Jordan Chiles | Gold: team. Also reached the floor final |
| Hezly Rivera | Gold: team. Competed on bars and beam in qualification |
| Leanne Wong, Joscelyn Roberson | Traveling replacement athletes; did not compete |
Biles left Paris with 11 Olympic medals across her career, seven of them gold (Olympedia).
Rivera, at 16 the youngest on the team, scored 13.900 on bars and 12.633 on beam in qualification. She didn’t compete in the team final, where only three gymnasts per team compete on each event and all three scores count. She still received a gold medal as a team member. Our guide to how gymnastics team scores are calculated explains the format.
Chiles was first awarded floor bronze. After a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling, the IOC reassigned that medal to Romania’s Ana Bărbosu. In January 2026, Switzerland’s supreme court sent the case back to CAS for a new review, so the final result was still open at the time of writing (AP, via WTOP).
U.S. Men’s Olympic Team Heights (Paris 2024)
The men’s team was Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik and Fred (Frederick) Richard, with Khoi Young and Shane Wiskus as traveling alternates (Gymnastics Now). Yul Moldauer, listed in an earlier version of this page, was not on the Paris team.
| Gymnast | Listed height | Centimeters | Source used | Age at the Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brody Malone | 5′5″ | 165.1 | Team USA profile (Stanford’s roster also lists 5-5) | 24 |
| Fred Richard | 5′5″ | 165.1 | Team USA profile | 20 |
| Stephen Nedoroscik | 5′4″ | 162.6 | Team USA profile | 25 |
| Asher Hong | 5′1″ | 154.9 | Stanford roster, 2026 season | 20 |
| Paul Juda | Not published | – | No height on his Team USA profile or Michigan roster | 23 |
Heights checked 6 October 2026. Ages are on 29 July 2024, the day of the men’s team final, from the birth dates in the official entry list.
The four listed heights span four inches (10.2 cm). Hong, at 5′1″, is the shortest listed man, shorter than Carey on the women’s team.
What the U.S. men won in Paris
The U.S. men won team bronze with 257.793, behind Japan and China (official team final results). It was their first Olympic team medal since 2008 (NPR).
| Gymnast | Paris 2024 result |
|---|---|
| Stephen Nedoroscik | Bronze: team, pommel horse |
| Paul Juda | Bronze: team. 14th in the all-around final (82.197) |
| Fred Richard | Bronze: team. 15th in the all-around final (82.166) |
| Brody Malone | Bronze: team |
| Asher Hong | Bronze: team |
Nedoroscik’s pommel horse bronze came behind Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan and Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov. Malone didn’t win an individual medal in Paris: the high bar medals went to Shinnosuke Oka, Ángel Barajas and Zhang Boheng (results book). The all-around places for Juda and Richard are from the official all-around final results, as USA Gymnastics reported.
Team Averages, and Why Some Sources Disagree
With one height missing on each team, an average can only use the four listed heights:
| Team | Listed heights used | Average |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. women (Biles, Chiles, Lee, Carey) | 4 of 5 | 4′11¼″ (150.5 cm) |
| U.S. men (Malone, Richard, Nedoroscik, Hong) | 4 of 5 | 5′3¾″ (161.9 cm) |
Dividing by five would treat the missing height as zero, so we divide by four. These are simple averages of roster listings, not measurements taken at the Games.
For context, a study of the whole Olympic field at Rio 2016 found average heights of 154.6 cm for women and 167.1 cm for men (Atiković, 2020, Table I). Four people from one country can’t show a trend, but both U.S. averages sit below those figures.
Listed heights also vary between sources. Olympedia, a reference site rather than an official one, gives Malone 168 cm where Team USA and Stanford list 5′5″ (165.1 cm), and Biles 143 cm against Team USA’s 4′8″ (142.2 cm). Roster heights are rounded to the inch, and a roster edition shows when it was published, not when the athlete was measured. We use the official listing and name it.
Heights of Other U.S. Elite Women
Several U.S. elite women who weren’t on the Paris competition team also have official listed heights:
| Gymnast | Listed height | Centimeters | Source used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiana Sumanasekera | 5′1″ | 154.9 | UCLA roster, 2027 season |
| Shilese Jones | 5′3″ | 160.0 | Team USA athlete profile |
| Skye Blakely | 5′4″ | 162.6 | Florida roster, 2026 season |
| Kayla DiCello | 5′4″ | 162.6 | Florida roster, 2026 season |
Heights checked 7 October 2026. Jones, Blakely and DiCello are all taller than every Paris team member with a listed height. Across these recent U.S. elite women, listed heights run from Biles’s 4′8″ to 5′4″, a spread of eight inches (20.3 cm).
Does Height Decide Which Events a Gymnast Does?
No rule links height to events, and none sets a height limit. The FIG Technical Regulations 2026 set age rules for senior competition, not size rules, and judges score the routine, not the athlete’s height.
The Paris teams show how loose the link is. The women’s vault gold and vault bronze went to the shortest and the tallest of the four team members with a listed height. On the men’s side, the pommel horse medalist sits in the middle of the team’s range. Event choice comes from a gymnast’s skills, training and team needs, which a height chart can’t capture.
Common Questions
How tall is Simone Biles?
4′8″ (142.2 cm), as Team USA listed her in 2021.
Who was the tallest on the 2024 U.S. women’s Olympic team?
Jade Carey, at 5′2″ on Oregon State’s roster, among the four team members with a published height. Hezly Rivera has no official height listed.
How tall is Hezly Rivera?
No official height has been published. Her USA Gymnastics and Team USA profiles don’t list one, as of October 2026. We’ll add it when a federation or college roster does.
How tall is Joscelyn Roberson?
Georgia’s 2027 roster lists her at 4′8″. She was a traveling replacement athlete in Paris and didn’t compete.
How tall is Asher Hong?
Stanford’s roster lists him at 5′1″, the shortest listed height on the 2024 U.S. men’s team.
Is there a height limit in Olympic gymnastics?
No. FIG eligibility rules set minimum ages, but there’s no minimum or maximum height.
The Short Version
By official listings, the 2024 U.S. Olympic women ran from 4′8″ to 5′2″, and the men from 5′1″ to 5′5″. Biles is 4′8″, Chiles 4′11″, Lee 5′0″ and Carey 5′2″; Malone and Richard are 5′5″, Nedoroscik 5′4″ and Hong 5′1″. Rivera and Juda have no published height. In Paris, the women won team gold and the men won team bronze, the men’s first Olympic team medal since 2008.