Canada at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
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IOC code | CAN |
Website | gymcan |
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Canada first participated at the 1962 World Championships. It wasn't until 1987 when a Canadian gymnast, Curtis Hibbert, won Canada's first medal. [1] In 2006 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs became the first female artistic gymnast to win a medal for Canada. [2] In 2022 the Canadian women's team won their first team medal, a bronze. [3]
Medal | Name | Year | Event |
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Silver | Curtis Hibbert | 1987 Rotterdam | Men's horizontal bar |
Bronze | Curtis Hibbert | 1992 Paris | Men's vault |
Silver | Alexander Jeltkov | 1999 Tianjin | Men's horizontal bar |
Bronze | Kyle Shewfelt | 2003 Anaheim | Men's floor exercise |
Bronze | Kyle Shewfelt | Men's vault | |
Silver | Brandon O'Neill | 2005 Melbourne | Men's floor exercise |
Bronze | Kyle Shewfelt | 2006 Aarhus | Men's floor exercise |
Bronze | Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs | Women's balance beam | |
Silver | Ellie Black | 2017 Montreal | Women's all-around |
Silver | Shallon Olsen | 2018 Doha | Women's vault |
Silver | Ana Padurariu | Women's balance beam | |
Bronze | Ellie Black, Laurie Denommée, Denelle Pedrick, Emma Spence, Sydney Turner, Shallon Olsen | 2022 Liverpool | Women's team |
Silver | Ellie Black | Women's balance beam |
Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Women | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Men | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Medal | Name | Year | Event |
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Silver | Félix Dolci | 2019 Győr | Boys' floor exercise |
Gold | Félix Dolci | Boy's rings | |
Silver | Victor Canuel | 2023 Antalya | Boys' vault |
Bronze | Cristella Brunetti-Burns | Girls' balance beam |
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