Canada men's national artistic gymnastics team

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Canada men's national gymnastics team
Continental unionPAGU
National federation Gymnastics Canada
Olympic Games
Appearances5
World Championships
Appearances3
Junior World Championships
Appearances2
Commonwealth Games
Appearances10
MedalsCommonwealth Games Gold medal blank.svgGold: 1978, 1990, 1994, 2006
Commonwealth Games Silver medal blank.svgSilver: 2002, 2018, 2022
Commonwealth Games Bronze medal blank.svgBronze: 1998, 2010, 2014

The Canada men's national artistic gymnastics team represents Canada in FIG international competitions.

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History

Canada has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 5 times, finishing as high as seventh place in 1984. [1] [2] The team has also made 3 appearances at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, finishing as high as tenth place.

Current roster

NameBirthdate and ageHometown
Félix Blaquière 2001 Repentigny, Quebec
Zachary Clay 5 July 1995 (age 28) Chilliwack, British Columbia
René Cournoyer 23 April 1997 (age 26) Repentigny, Quebec
Félix Dolci 5 May 2002 (age 21) Laval, Quebec
William Émard 17 March 2000 (age 23) Laval, Quebec
Kai Iwaasa 2004 Vancouver, British Columbia
Mathys Jalbert 2003 Laval, Quebec
Chris Kaji January 31, 2000 (age 23) Oakville, Ontario
Jayson Rampersad July 31, 2003 (age 20) Mississauga, Ontario
Léandre Sauvé 2003 Montreal, Quebec
Kenji Tamane November 25, 2001 (age 22) Laval, Quebec
Sam Zakutney 1998 Montreal, Quebec

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Team competition results

Olympic Games

World Championships

Junior World Championships

Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all Canadian male artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

RankGymnastTeamAA FX PH SR VT PB HB Olympic Total World TotalTotal
1 Kyle Shewfelt Gold medal olympic.svg 2004
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2003
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2006
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2003 134
2 Curtis Hibbert Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1992 Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1987 022
3 Alexander Jeltkov Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1999 011
Brandon O'Neill Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2005 011

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References

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  2. "Canada in Artistic Gymnastics". Olympedia.
  3. "National Teams - Men's Artistic Gymnastics - Senior Team". GymCan.