Latina gymnast Laurie Hernandez [1] has won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as part of Team USA's gymnastics squad [2]. The 16-year-old second-generation Puerto Rican athlete participated in the vault, floor, and beam, contributing to the team's landslide win over Russia and China, who scored silver and bronze. As the first US-born Latina to make the team [3] since Tracee Talavera in 1984, this is a historic win for Laurie, who will surely inspire many more Latinas to join the sport.