Jordan Chiles Is ‘Locked In’ for 2026 After Monumental Career Feats Last Year

The Olympian reflected on a few of her 2025 accomplishments before ringing in the new year.

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If her 2025 year was any indication, Jordan Chiles is primed for success in 2026. The two-time Olympic medalist and NCAA gymnast soared to new heights throughout the previous calendar year, and she just commented on some of her awe-inspiring feats in a wholesome Instagram reel.

“Wow wow wow!!! 2025 you did your big one🥹," the 24-year-old penned began her post’s caption. The nearly 20-second clip showed brief moments from Chiles’s plethora of adventures, ranging from her 11-week stint on Dancing With the Stars to her summertime photo shoot with Nike.

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“words can’t describe how my year went from multiple different magazine covers, to being big 10 champs, to making new memories with amazing teammates to gaining an amazing partner on DWTS!!” The athlete continued.

She notched the collegiate honor in March with her University of California, Los Angeles squad, and roughly one month before starring on the long-time ABC competition show—where she and her partner, Ezra Sosa, ultimately placed third—she revealed that she would be returning to campus for her senior season with the team. “2025 you were good to me, thank you 🙏🏽,” her caption concluded. “Now 2026 let’s see what you can bring!! We Locked In 🔒.”

Fans of Chiles gushed in the post’s comments to cheer her on before she headed into the new year, including one of her biggest fans—her mother, Gina—who wrote, “Best YEAR!!”

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While January may have just begun, the athlete already has a lot on her agenda. In fact, her 2026 gymnastics season begins tomorrow, Jan. 3, as the Bruins travel north to Seattle to face the University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley and Oregon State University in their first meet of the year.

Chiles’s team will travel to West Valley City, Utah, the week after for the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad before heading back to Los Angeles for their inaugural home meet of the season, where they will face the University of Nebraska.

If you missed Chiles in the ballroom, she’ll also be breaking down her dancing shoes again in 2026 on the Dancing With the Stars Tour. Her west-coast run on the road will begin on April 21 in Sacramento, Calif., before making stops in San Diego (April 22), Costa Mesa (April 23), Las Vegas (April 24), Hollywood, Calif. (April 25-26) and Phoenix, Ariz. (April 29-30). She will be joined by fellow celebrity contestants Andy Richter and Robert Irwin for all seven shows.

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