Jason Hao entered 2026 with an international résumé that already included three medals from the Junior Pan American Games. He followed that international success with his strongest documented domestic season, winning the Elite Team Cup all-around and capturing three titles at the Men’s Development Program National Championships.
Hao’s gymnastics career is best understood through that progression. His results stretch from Level 8 national competition in 2021 to all-around championships and international apparatus medals in 2026. Although pommel horse has remained one of his leading events, his record also includes significant results on floor, high bar, parallel bars, and vault.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Men’s artistic gymnastics |
| Competitive level | Level 10 junior |
| Club | Capital Gymnastics National Training Center |
| Head coach | Renato Araujo |
| Preferred events | Floor, pommel horse, and high bar |
| National status | U.S. junior national-team member |
| Stated goal | Competing at the Olympic Games |
Jason Hao Competes in the U.S. Junior Gymnastics Program
USA Gymnastics lists Hao as a Level 10 junior athlete representing Capital Gymnastics National Training Center. Renato Araujo is listed as his head coach, and Oakton, Virginia, as his current residence. His hometown is Clarksville, Maryland, and his birthplace is recorded as Silver Spring.
According to his official athlete profile, he began gymnastics in 2014. The same profile names floor exercise, pommel horse, and high bar as his favorite events. Those preferences match much of his competitive record, which includes national titles on all three apparatus.
Hao also lists the Olympic Games as his long-term goal. It remains a future ambition, while Hao currently competes within the U.S. junior program rather than as an Olympian or senior national-team athlete.
His current affiliation is Capital Gymnastics, but earlier competition records document other stages in his development. USA Gymnastics associated him with All Pro Gymnastics and Cheer Academy in 2022 and Columbia Gymnastics in 2023. Public records do not explain the timing or reasons for those changes, so his competitive results best reflect his progression.
His Development Program Results Built a National Foundation
Hao’s USA Gymnastics results begin at the 2021 Men’s Development Program National Championships. Competing at Level 8, he tied for fifth on pommel horse, placed sixth on parallel bars, finished eighth all-around, and tied for eighth on vault in his division.
He won his first national apparatus title in 2022. He won pommel horse, placed second on vault, finished third on floor, and added sixth place on parallel bars and seventh in the all-around. USA Gymnastics subsequently included him in its Level 8/9 junior national-team pathway.
The following season brought a broader collection of results. At the 2023 national championships, Hao won both floor and pommel horse while placing third all-around. He also tied for fourth on rings and finished fourth on vault. Another junior national-team selection followed.
In 2024, he moved into Level 9 competition and earned silver on pommel horse. He also finished seventh on floor and seventh in the all-around. The results were not as medal-heavy as the previous year, but they kept him among the leading athletes in his age-group competition.
That four-season record established a consistent pattern before he entered international events. Pommel horse was a recurring strength, but his floor, vault, parallel bars, and all-around placements demonstrated that his development was already extending across the full men’s program.
The 2025 Season Prepared Hao for International Competition
Hao returned to the Development Program National Championships in 2025 and produced his strongest Level 9 showing. He placed third in the all-around and earned three apparatus medals: silver on floor and bronze on both pommel horse and parallel bars. A fourth-place vault finish added another top result.
Those performances led to selection for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay. USA Gymnastics named him to the men’s team alongside Dominick Camarena, William McCrea, and Nixon Miles.
The assignment gave Hao the opportunity to compete across all six apparatus in an international all-around field. It also followed several years of national-team pathway recognition, making the trip part of an established competitive progression rather than an isolated appearance.
Three Junior Pan Am Medals Marked His International Arrival
The U.S. men won team gold at the Junior Pan American Games on August 19, 2025, scoring 225.000 and finishing half a point ahead of Colombia. Hao contributed scores on all six apparatus as part of the four-member American team.
Individually, he recorded 74.750 to claim the all-around bronze medal. Thomas Mejia of Colombia won with 75.350, while Brazil’s Pedro Silvestre placed second with 75.250. Only six-tenths separated Hao from the champion, and he finished three-tenths ahead of fourth-placed Camilo Vera.
Hao reached several apparatus finals later in the competition. His strongest result came on pommel horse, where he scored 12.100 to earn another bronze medal. He also placed sixth on high bar and eighth on floor.
A Panam Sports report said he recovered from a fall before securing the pommel-horse medal. His brother, speaking to the event organizer, described his ability to refocus after the error and said he trained every day. That observation came from a family member rather than Hao himself, but it supplies limited first-hand context around the performance.
The same report described Hao as 12 years old, creating a clear conflict with USA Gymnastics records. The national governing body placed him in its 12-year division in 2022, 15-year division in 2025, and 16-year division in 2026. No exact birth date resolves the discrepancy, leaving the Panam Sports age claim unreliable.
Hao Opened 2026 With an Elite Team Cup Breakthrough
Hao’s 2026 results moved beyond podium finishes into major all-around victories. At the Elite Team Cup in Louisville on February 21, he won the junior all-around with a total of 77.491.
His biggest individual score came on floor, where a 14.511 secured the apparatus title. He also placed third on pommel horse and eighth on rings. Region 4 won the team championship with 455.245, finishing nearly five points ahead of defending champion Region 3 (450.688).
The result carried several layers of significance within his competitive record. It was an all-around victory, an individual floor title, and a team championship at the same event. It also expanded the picture created by his earlier pommel-horse medals.
His success across the program makes “pommel-horse specialist” too narrow a description. By this point, his record included national floor titles, an international all-around medal, and a major domestic all-around championship.
National and International Medals Extended His 2026 Success
One month after the Elite Team Cup, Hao competed for the United States at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart, Germany. The junior men’s competition ran from March 19 through March 22.
The American lineup of Hao, Andres Aranda, Jakson Kurecki, Bo McCrea, and Nixon Miles scored 233.400 to win team silver behind China. Belgium finished third with 225.000.
Hao also reached three individual apparatus finals. He won silver medals on parallel bars and high bar, scoring 12.933 in the high-bar final, and tied for fourth on pommel horse. These results extended his international medal record beyond the two events on which he had medaled in Asunción.
His domestic season continued at the Men’s Development Program National Championships in Oklahoma City from May 7 through May 10. Competing in the Level 10 junior elite division, he won the all-around title as well as gold medals on pommel horse and high bar.
He reached the podium in two additional events, taking silver on floor and bronze on vault. Fourth-place finishes on rings and parallel bars completed a set of top-four results across all six apparatus.
The Oklahoma City performance reinforced the breadth of his 2026 season. His leading results were no longer concentrated on one apparatus: he had collected national titles on pommel horse and high bar, international silver medals on parallel bars and high bar, and all-around championships at two major domestic competitions.
The U.S. Championships Continued His National-Team Path
USA Gymnastics listed Hao among the qualifiers for the 2026 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, held in Phoenix from August 6 through August 9. Officially published footage documents his Day 1 routines on pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar.
USA Gymnastics confirms that he competed at the championships, but his athlete profile does not list a final overall placement. His appearance nevertheless extended a season that had already included domestic all-around championships and international medals.
As of September 5, 2026, USA Gymnastics still listed Hao on the junior men’s national team. That designation keeps him in the national development system as he works toward the Olympic ambition stated on his athlete profile.
Hao’s Results Show Sustained All-Around Development
Hao’s 2025 Junior Pan American medals were followed by a 2026 season featuring two domestic all-around championships and further international podium finishes. His titles and medals across floor, pommel horse, high bar, parallel bars, and team competition also make clear that his record extends beyond one apparatus.
His career remains at the junior level, but his progression is already well documented: repeated national-level results, U.S. team selection, international medals, and all-around championships.