Annual Report

This event took place in Medellín, Colombia from May 26–29, 2023. Canada’s senior team included Jenna Lalonde, Cassie Lee, Aurélie Tran, Sydney Turner, Evandra Zlobec. They took home the bronze medal in the team final.

Individual results:

All-Around Competition

• Aurelie Tran: Bronze
• Sydney Turner: 9th

Bars

• Aurelie Tran: 4th
• Sydney Turner: 6th

Beam

• Aurelie Tran: Bronze
• Cassie Lee: 5th

Floor

• Aurelie Tran: 4th
• Evandra Zlobec: 7th

Men’s Artistic All-Around Winners

• Senior: Kenji Tamane (Qc)
• Senior Next-Gen: Patrick Talbot (NB)
• Junior 16-17: Xavier Olasz (ON)
• Junior 14-15: Thomas Tittley (Qc)
• Open: Thomas Gautreau (Qc)
• Aspire: Olivier Lapointe (Qc)

 
Women’s Artistic All-Around Winners

• Seniors All-Around Winner – Aurelie Tran (Qc)
• Juniors All-Around Winner – Lia Monica Fontaine (Qc)
• Novice All-Around Winner – Maryam Saber (Qc)

Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Winners

• Senior FIG: Tatiana Cocsanova (Questo RG, QC)
• Junior FIG: Veronika Drevylo (Trillium Rhythmic, ON)
• Novice : Milana Sholkavich (Kalev Estienne, ON)
• Senior Open: Serena Nie (KRSG Club, ON)
• Junior Open: Olivia Nguyen (Jusco RGC, ON)

Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Winners

• Senior FIG: Glimmer Athletic (ON)
• Junior FIG: Trillium/Kalev (ON)
• Novice: Trillium RG (ON)
• Open: Kalev Estienne RG (ON)

• Gabriella Flynn, Double-Mini Trampoline – Gold
• Gavin Dodd, Double-Mini Trampoline – Silver
• Jérémy Chartier, Trampoline – 4th
• Rémi Aubin & Nathan Shuh , Synchro – 4th
• Justin Thompson, Tumbling – 4th

• Rachel Tam & Samantha Smith, Synchro – Bronze
• Gavin Dodd, Double-Mini Trampoline – 4th

RGG team competition: Ekaterina Aleksandrova (ON), Cindy He (ON), Julianna Kaminsky (ON), Emily Liu (ON), Veronika Sobolevskaia (ON) and Alice Tarassov (ON) finished in 31st position.

All-Around winners

Senior TRA

• Gabriella Flynn
• Rémi Aubin

Senior SYN

• Rémi Aubin/Keegan Soehn
• Gabriella Flynn/Maja Bonham

Junior TRA

• Mélina Corriveau
• Cody Cyman

Senior DMT

• Gabriella Flynn
• Gavin Dodd

Junior DMT

• Brooklyn Lee-McMeeken
• Owen Harbo

Senior TUM

• Abby Thompson
• Justin Thompson

Junior TUM

• Rachel Peck
• Hector Loiselle

• From July 25 to August 7, 2023, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Gymnastics Canada sent a delegation of 670 participants ranging from ages 8 to 76 to participate in World Gymnaestrada.
• Provinces represented: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario.
• During the Pan American Gymnastics Union National Evening, Canada’s participation included 3 distinct performances from Ad Astra Athletic Academy Cosmic Stars (AB), Calgary Acro (AB), and Pirouette Gymnaestrada Team (ON)
• Performances from CAPTivate Gymnastics (AB) and Delta Gymnastics Society (BC) were also featured in 2 mass choreographies.
• During the FIG Gala, Canada also had performance from Momentum Aerial and Acrobatic Troupe (MB)
• The Team Canada Large Group Performance were held at the Olympic Stadium Amsterdam and included 230 participants across 9 groups (Alpha Performing Team, Avatar, CAPTivate Gymnastics, Gymnation, Island Rhythmic Gymnastics Club, Sea to Sky Performance, Team Lightning, Team Regina Rhythmic Gymnastics Club, Team Saskatchewan Gymnaestrada).
• In a first-time collaboration, GymCan proudly partnered with True Sport, prominently featuring their logo on the official Team Canada gear. 2023 World Gymnaestrada became GymCan’s first Team Canada True Sport declared team. This meaningful partnership emphasized the importance of positive sports experiences and the role each individual plays in fostering a supportive environment.
• Uniting People through Gymnaestrada. The collaboration between Gymnastics Saskatchewan and an Indigenous group did not just produce a unique routine for World Gymnaestrada audiences but also offered a heartening example of sport’s capacity to bring people together. Their performance was titled ‘(Re)Creating Community’ and the involvement of the Indigenous group was sparked by an invitation they received to open the Provincial Gymnaestrada in Regina in 2021. The two coaches see it as their way of responding to the Calls of Action laid down by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
• Manitoba Fusion offered a nod to the Indigenous peoples by performing to the music of Jerry Cans – a group who mix traditional Inuit throat singing and folk rock sung in the Indigenous language of Inuktitut.
• Thank you to the Management and medical team for all your hard work during this amazing event. Denise Alivantov (GymCan), Kacey Neely (GymCan), Alyssa Scalera (GymCan), Mary Degrasse & John Degrasse (GymCan), Bobby Kriangkum (AGF), Laura Payne (RGManitoba), Lauren Cohen (GymOntario), Sang-Hee Robinson (BCRGSF), Dalena Juarez (GymSask), Jennifer Charters (NBGA), Dr. Alykhan Abdulla, Dr. Isabelle Lavallée-Bourget, Maria Asimakis (Athletic Therapist), Taylor Dalgleish (Athletic Therapist)

The men’s artistic gymnastics national team engaged in the Designing the Team Alliance workshops with Sport Law ahead of 2023 Artistic World Championships.

Men’s Results

• The 2023 Artistic World Championships took place from September 30th to October 8th, 2023 in Antwerp, BEL.
• The men’s artistic team placed 4th in Qualifications thereby qualifying a Team to the Paris Olympic Games. The last time a men’s team qualified was in 2008. The team was composed of Félix Dolci (QC), Jayson Rampersad (QC), René Counoyer (QC), William Émard (QC), Zach Clay (BC) and alternate Ioannis Chronopoulos (ON).
• Team coaches were Adrian Balan (Laval Excellence), Jean-Sébastien Tougas (Gymnika), and Ed Van Hoof (NTHC).
• Personal coaches were John Robinson (Nebraska) and Richard Ikeda (Twisters)
• Judges: Bruno Martin (QC) and Kader Mecellem (QC).
• IST: Rachel Gauthier

Results:

• Félix Dolci (QC) 5th on Floor and 8th on Horizontal Bar.
• René Cournoyer (QC) finished 12th All-Around.

Women’s Results

• The women’s team placed 12th. The team was composed of Ellie Black (NS), Cassie Lee (ON), Ava Stewart (ON), Aurélie Tran (ON), Rose Woo (ON).
• Ellie Black finished 16th in the all-around competition, 5th on vault and 8th on bars.

National Coaches Week was held from September 16–22, 2023 to celebrate the positive impact coaches have on our gymnastics community by saying #ThanksCoach. Through seven days of social media campaigns the GymCan accounts saw a 233% content interaction increase on Facebook, 180% increase reach on Facebook and 95% increase reach on Instagram.

The 2023 Pan American Games were held from October 20th to November 5th in Santiago, Chile.

Trampoline Results

• Keegan Soehn & Rémi Aubin, SYN M – Silver

Rhythmic Results

• RGI All-Around – Carmel Kallemaa (ON), 8th
• RGI All-Around – Tatiana Cocsanova (QC), 9th
• RGG All-Around – Katherina Bakhmutova (ON), Emily Huseynov (ON), Karin Kamenetsky (ON), Christina Savchenko (ON) and Maria Smolianova (ON), 6th 

• Double-Mini Trampoline Women’s Team – Bronze
• Gavin Dodd, Double-Mini Trampoline – 4th
• Sophiane Méthot, Trampoline – 5th; Qualified a quota for Canada for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
• Double-Mini Trampoline Men’s Team – 5th
• Trampoline Women’s Team – 5th
• Combined team – 5th
• Kalena Sohen & Rachel Tam, Synchro – 5th

• Sienna Kuznak, Double-Mini Trampoline – Silver

• Brooklyn Lee-McMeeken, Double-Mini Trampoline 13–14 – Gold
• Jordyn Schmidt, Double-Mini Trampoline 15–16 – Silver
• Rielle Bonne, Trampoline 17–21 – Bronze

From November 12 – 18, 2023, the gymnastics community united through a social media campaign to celebrate gymnastics and True Sport.

Dr. Gretchen Kerr presented on the topic “Achieving the Gymnastics We Want: Safe Sport and Beyond”. To listen to the webinar, click here.

The FIG Gymnastics for All Colloquium was held in Aracaju, Brazil from March 20-22, 2024. Delegates attended from 39 countries and Canada’s Safeguarding presentation was featured.