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Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 U.S. junior national champion and the 2009 American Cup champion.

Personal life
Wieber was born in DeWitt, Michigan, to Rita and David Wieber.

Gymnastics
As well as being a USA National Team member from 2006–2009, Wieber was also a member of the 2002, 2004 and 2005 National TOP teams.

In 2006 she placed second at the JO Nationals. She then became elite and got 11th in the AA at her first national championships.

In 2007 she placed 3rd all around at the US Championships in San Jose. In November she was named to the 2007 Jr. Pan American team and she traveled to Guatemala where team USA took first. She also earned a silver in the all around, gold on bars, gold on beam, and bronze on floor.

In February 2008 she earned a spot to compete at the Grand Prix Competition in Italy where helped earn Team USA a gold and also earned an AA gold. In March she was named to the Pacific Rim Competition, but scratched due to a mild ankle sprain. In May she swept the 2008 US Classic winning all events. In June Jordyn traveled to Boston, MA for the 2008 US Championships where she became the US Jr. National Champion! In November she traveled to Belgium and competed in the Top Gym Competition where she earned gold medals in the AA, Bars, and Beam.

In 2009 she made what is probably her biggest accomplishment yet, she won the Tyson American beating Olympian and World Champion Bridget Sloan. She sustained a hamstring injury but was named to the 2009-2010 Junior National Team.

In 2010, Wieber returned at the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Her scores on all four events in the team competition (first among juniors for 3 events, second on one) contributed to the USA's team victory and the highest AA score out of junior and seniors at the competition. In addition, her scores gave her the junior AA gold with a 59.55, despite not throwing full difficulty because of rules precluding Gs from counting for juniors. In the followup event finals, Wieber earned golds on floor and bars and a silver on vault. A fall on beam, reduced her to fourth on that event.

In July 2010, Wieber won the junior all around at the Cover Girl Classic Championships. Showing an Amanar, among a field with two other juniors doing so, she finished first on vault. She was also first on bars and second on floor exercise. She was sixth on the balance beam. During Day 1 of the 2010 VISA National Championships, Jordyn performed well on vault but fell on her tkatchev release on bars. Warming up for beam, she injured her ankle but tried competing on it anyway but with poor results. She fell three times and was very shaky, scoring a 10.3. She was not able to compete floor or for the duration of the rest of the two days of competition. Updates have said that it is not a serious injury and she should recover soon.

Notable Skills On vault she performs a 2 1/2 twisting yurchenko, on bars her dismount is a G: a double twisting double layout, on beam she performs a standing tucked full (F), and on floor she performs a difficult double twisting double back.