When something comes to an end, there are always mixed emotions. By Jordyn Wieber. Early Life Jordyn Wieber was born on July 12, 1995, Deciding to end that part of my life was one of the … U.S. Olympic team champion Jordyn Wieber announced her elite gymnastics retirement Friday, writing she’s been away from the gym for about a year and confirming a December report she would not try to make the 2016 Olympic team. Since the age of four, gymnastics was the center of my entire life. Jordyn Wieber won gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games with the US team Fierce Five. Mar 6 2015. Jordyn Wieber is an American Olympic Gymnast. Wieber was a team gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Whether it’s the end of high school, the end of college or the end of a career, there is the sadness that something is over but the excitement of new beginnings. At this point in the Olympic cycle, "healthy" is a relative term. “Since the age of four, gymnastics was the center of my entire life,” Wieber wrote. Jordyn Wieber is an American retired artistic gymnast and the current head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team, assuming the position in April 2019 following the retirement of long-time head coach Mark Cook. She is also the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics program. Jordyn Wieber announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics on March 6 in an essay “A New Routine” at www.theplayerstribune.com. Wieber was the first member of the Fierce Five to retire from elite gymnastics. On March 6, 2015, Wieber announced her retirement from elite gymnastics. Jordyn Wieber. Mar 6 2015. Jordyn Wieber was born on the 12th July 1995, in DeWitt, Michigan USA, of part-Lebanese descent, and is a retired artistic gymnast, who represented the United States at World Championships and Olympic Games, having won the gold medal in the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and two gold medals at the World Championships in Tokyo 2011.