| Kirsten Peterman | |||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 February 1998 Cambridge, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Maryland Terrapins | ||||||||||||||
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Kirsten Peterman (born 22 February 1998) is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast. Currently Academic Advisor for Football at the Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA.
She was born on 22 February 1998 in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, to Tim Griffin and Karyn Peterman. [1] Peterman won the vault event at the 2013 International Gymnix and placed third next year at the 2014 International Gymnix. [2] A former member of the Canada women's national artistic gymnastics team, [3] [4] she won a silver medal with her national team at the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, where she was the third best Canadian. [5] In March of the same year she was the 10th all-around gymnast at the International Gymnix. [5]
Christine Jennifer Peng-Peng Lee is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Canadian team that qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, though a knee injury prevented her from competing in the Games. She attended UCLA and led the gymnastics team to the 2018 NCAA National Championship. Lee prefers to use her Chinese name Peng Peng when doing gymnastics, saying it makes her feel like "someone completely different."
Elsabeth Ann Black is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is a three-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. She is the 2017 World all-around silver medalist, making her the first Canadian gymnast to win a world all-around medal, and she led the Canadian women's gymnastics team to a bronze medal in the 2022 World Championships team final, the first world team medal won by a Canadian gymnastics team. She won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2022 World Championships. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games all-around champion, a two-time Pan American Games all-around champion, and a six-time Canadian national all-around champion. At the 2020 Olympic Games, Black placed fourth in the balance beam final, the highest placement in the Olympics for a female Canadian gymnast.
The 2014 International Gymnix competition was a competition held in Montreal, Canada in early March 2014. It was the 23rd edition of the International Gymnix. The nations that had placed in the top 16 places in the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were invited to the tournament, with Belgium, Italy, Romania and Russia joining it. The Junior International Cup was open to athletes born between 1999 and 2001. Russia won the team event. Kirsten Peterman placed third on vault after her 2013 win, while Angelina Melnikova won her first international medal, placing second on all-around in the Junior Cup.
Anastasia Andreyevna Ilyankova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist, the 2019 European champion, and the 2019 and 2020 Russian champion on the uneven bars. She is a four-time FIG World Cup, and she finished fourth on the uneven bars at the 2017 World Championships.
Andreea Eugenia Munteanu is a Romanian retired artistic gymnast. She is a two-time European champion, with a team title in 2014 and a balance beam gold in 2015. She competed at the 2014 World Championships.
Iosra Abdelaziz is a retired Italian artistic gymnast. She represented Italy at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and won the silver medal on the uneven bars.
Nina Derwael is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a two-time European champion on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam, as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion.
Gabrielle "Gabby" Perea is an American artistic gymnast. An elite gymnast since 2013, she was named to the National Team in March 2016; she received her inaugural international assignment at that time also, at the 2016 L'International Gymnix competition where she won the all-around title. Later in March, she attended the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy competition with Emma Malabuyo, Jordan Chiles and Trinity Thomas, where she placed third in the all-around.
Shallon Jade Olsen is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 World silver medalist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion on vault. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games floor exercise bronze medalist and the 2019 Pan American Games vault bronze medalist. She was a member of the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games. She is also the 2016 Pacific Rim vault champion, team silver medalist, and floor exercise bronze medalist. She represented Canada at the 2016 Olympics where she was the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team and at the 2020 Olympic Games. Additionally, she currently competes for the University of Alabama gymnastics team, and she helped the Crimson Tide win the 2021 SEC Championships.
Maile O'Keefe is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. National Team and is the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Junior National Champion. She is the 2023 NCAA all-around champion as well as a 4x NCAA event champion.
Brooklyn Chloe Moors is a Canadian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. She has also represented Canada at the 2017, 2018, and 2019 World Championships. At the 2017 World Championships she became the first Canadian to win the Longines Prize for Elegance. She is the 2019 Pan American Games champion on the floor exercise and the silver medalist with the team. She is also the 2017 Pan American champion on the floor exercise. She currently competes for the UCLA Bruins in collegiate gymnastics.
Maellyse Brassart is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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Zoé Allaire-Bourgie is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast and is the 2018 Junior Pan-American gold medalist on balance beam.
Skye Amiel Blakely is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the teams who won gold at the 2022 World Championships, silver at the 2022 Pan American Championships, and bronze at the inaugural Junior World Championships. She is the younger sister of gymnast Sloane Blakely.
Jutta Verkest is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics and was the youngest gymnast at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Ava Elizabeth Stewart is an American-born Canadian artistic gymnast. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics and is the 2021 Canadian National Champion on the uneven bars and the all-around silver medalist.
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