MyKayla Skinner is an American artistic gymnast. She was previously the 2016 Olympic alternate on the women's gymnastics team. Skinner competed at the 2014 World Championships where she contributed to the U.S. team's gold medal, also winning an individual bronze medal on vault. She has won 11 total medals at the USA National Championships during her senior career and competed for the University of Utah's gymnastics team and is a 2x NCAA champion.

At the 2020 Olympic Games Skinner performed the all-around during qualifications, hitting all four of her routines. Despite finishing in eleventh place in the all-around and fourth place on the vault, she did not qualify to either final due to two-per-country limitations. Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, and Jade Carey finished ahead of her in the all-around and Biles and Carey did so again on vault. Skinner took Biles' place in the vault final when Biles dropped out and came in second, winning the silver medal.

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