Caitlin Rooskrantz

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Caitlin Rooskrantz
Full nameCaitlin Aileen Rooskrantz
Nickname(s)Caits
Country representedFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 22)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015–present
ClubJohannesburg Gymnastics Centre
Head coach(es)Ilse Roets-Pelser
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Uneven bars
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Swakopmund Uneven bars
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Cairo All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 CairoUneven bars
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Pretoria Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 SwakopmundTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 CairoTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 PretoriaAll-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 CairoBalance beam
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Apparatus World Cup100
World Challenge Cup100
Total200

Caitlin Aileen Rooskrantz (born 5 November 2001) [1] is a South African artistic gymnast. She represented South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics and was the first South African gymnast to qualify for the Olympics without a continental quota. Rooskrantz and teammate Naveen Daries became the first female gymnasts of color to represent South Africa and the Olympics. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games uneven bars bronze medalist, South Africa's first gymnastics medal at the Commonwealth Games since 2010. She is the 2022 African all-around champion and a two-time African uneven bars champion (2018, 2022). She is a two-time uneven bars gold medalist on the FIG World Cup series. She represented South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer of her country along with the male sprinter Akani Simbine. [2]

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Career

Rooskrantz trains at the Johannesburg Gymnastics Centre, and started gymnastics at the age of eight. [3] [4]

Junior

At the 2015 South African Championships, Rooskrantz won gold on uneven bars, silver on balance beam and floor exercise, and bronze in the all-around. [5] She made her international debut at the 2015 Top Gym Tournament in Belgium, placing ninth in the all-around and sixth on the uneven bars and balance beam. [6]

Rooskrantz began the 2016 season at the Austrian Team Open where she helped the South African team finish seventh. [7] She came second in the junior all-around event at the African Championships. [8] She nearly swept the gold medals at the 2016 South African Championships but finished second on the balance beam to Naveen Daries. [9] At the 2016 Junior Commonwealth Games in Namibia, she won silver medals in the all-around, uneven bars, and team events and a bronze medal on the balance beam. [10]

Senior

2017–2018

Rooskrantz became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2017. She made her senior debut at the 2017 Koper Challenge Cup, finishing fifth on the uneven bars. [6] She missed the rest of the season due to a knee dislocation that required surgery. [3] She was not selected for the 2018 Commonwealth Games due to fitness concerns. [3]

Rooskrantz returned to competition at the 2018 African Championships and won the uneven bars title while helping the South African team finish second to Egypt. [11] At the Africa Safari International, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars. [12] She then won the all-around title at the South African Championships. [13] As a result of her national championship win, she qualified for the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar. [13] There, she finished 59th in the all-around during the qualification round. [14]

2019–2021

Rooskrantz began the 2019 season by winning the uneven bars title at the South African Championships. [15] She then won the uneven bars gold medal Szombathely World Challenge Cup. [16] [3] This made her the first South African to win a medal at an international gymnastics competition. [4] [17] At the 2019 World Championship, she finished 68th in the all-around and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [18] She was the fourth South African artistic gymnast to qualify for the Olympics since South African re-introduction in 1992 and the first since Zandre Labuschagne in 2004. [18] [3] Rooskrantz was one of the first person of colour artistic gymnasts to represent South Africa, [3] along with Naveen Daries, who also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. [19]

Rooskrantz finished seventh on the uneven bars during the qualification round of the 2020 Baku World Cup. [20] However, the event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] As the 2020 Summer Olympics were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rooskrantz livestreamed the routine that she would have performed at the Games in August 2020. [22] She finished 61st in the qualifying stage of 2020 Olympic Games and did not qualify for any finals. [23] Her score at the Games was a personal best. [19]

2022

Rooskrantz won a gold medal on the uneven bars at the Cairo World Cup. [24] She also won the uneven bars event at the African Championships. [25] She also won the African all-around title and qualified for the upcoming World Championships. [26] Then at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars. She was the second South African female gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. [27] She finished ninth in the all-around final, and she was part of the South African team that finished fourth. [28] She finished 47th in the all-around during the qualification round of the World Championships. [29]

2023

Rooskrantz won the all-around and uneven bars titles at the South African Championships. [30] She then helped South Africa win the African Championships team title for the first time since 2006 and qualify for the World Championships, and she finished second in the all-around to Kaylia Nemour. [31] At the Paris World Challenge Cup, she finished fourth in the uneven bars final. [32] Then at the World Championships, she finished 46th in the all-around during the qualification round, securing qualification for her second Olympic Games. [33] [34]

2024

Rooskrantz began the season at the South African Championships and finished second in the all-around. In the event finals, she won gold on the uneven bars and balance beam and silver on the floor exercise. [35] She then finished eighth on the uneven bars at the Antalya World Challenge Cup. [36] At the 2024 Olympics, she placed 25th on uneven bars, and 73rd on both balance beam and floor exercise.She however had to withdraw without finishing due to an ankle injury she suffered during her floor exercise routine. [37]

Personal life

Rooskrantz attended Parktown High School for Girls. [38] She had planned to have a gap year to focus on competing at the Olympics, though those plans were changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [39] In 2022, she enrolled in the University of Johannesburg and began studying marketing management. [37] She comes from an athletic family: her father played football, and her older brother was involved in field hockey and cricket. Her father died when she was eight. [3] Her mother gave up working full-time as a nurse to support Rooskrantz's gymnastics career. [6]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2015 South African ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Top Gym Tournament966
2016 Austrian Team Open719
African Championships Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
South African ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Junior Commonwealth ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg65
Senior
2017 Koper World Challenge Cup 5
2018
African Championships Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Africa Safari InternationalBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg5
South African ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg4
World Championships 59
2019 South African ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
Szombathely World Challenge Cup Gold medal icon.svg
World Championships 68
2020 Baku World Cup 7
2021
Olympic Games 61
2022 Cairo World Cup Gold medal icon.svg6
African Championships Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Commonwealth Games 49Bronze medal icon.svg
World Championships 47
2023 South African ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
African Championships Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Paris World Challenge Cup 4
World Championships 1946
2024 South African ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Antalya World Challenge Cup 8
Olympic Games 257373

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