USA Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States, overseeing national teams, competitions, and athlete development.

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee: The federally chartered organization that coordinates and supports United States Olympic and Paralympic sport. USA Gymnastics belongs to this national Olympic and Paralympic structure.
United States Gymnastics Federation: The former name of the national organization that governed gymnastics in the United States before becoming USA Gymnastics. The federation adopted the USA Gymnastics name in 1993.
The Whyte Report: A 2018 independent investigation into how USA Gymnastics handled allegations against Larry Nassar. It documented organizational failures to protect athletes and report allegations.
Artistic gymnastics: A gymnastics discipline featuring floor and apparatus routines judged for execution and difficulty. It is the best-known discipline governed and represented by USA Gymnastics.
Athletes' Rights and Empowerment: A nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights and interests of Olympic and Paralympic athletes in the United States. It represents athletes’ interests independently rather than governing gymnastics competitions.
U.S. Olympic Trials: The competitions used by United States national governing bodies to select athletes for Olympic teams. USA Gymnastics uses trials and related selection procedures to determine Olympic team members.
Larry Nassar: Former U.S. national team physician convicted of sexually abusing gymnasts and other patients. His abuse, enabled over years, became the defining crisis in the organization’s recent history.
Rachael Denhollander: American attorney and former gymnast who was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. Her public accusation helped bring Nassar’s abuse and institutional failures to wider attention.
Rhythmic gymnastics: A gymnastics discipline combining dance and apparatus handling with rope, hoop, ball, clubs, or ribbon. USA Gymnastics governs the U.S. national program in this Olympic discipline.
International Gymnastics Federation: The international governing body responsible for rules and world-level governance across gymnastics disciplines. It sets international rules that USA Gymnastics applies in domestic programs.

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