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| Born | September 27, 2009 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Canada (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | WimGym | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lia Monica Fontaine (born September 27, 2009) is a Canadian artistic gymnast from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que. She is the 2025 World silver medalist on vault and the 2025 Pan American champion on floor exercise. [1]
Fontaine competed at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge and helped Canada win the team silver. Individually she won silver on vault. In May, she then competed at the Canadian Junior Championships and won gold in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise, and bronze on balance beam. [2]
Fontaine competed at the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Canada win the team bronze. Individually she won bronze on uneven bars. In May, she competed at the 2024 Pan American Championships, where she helped Canada win team silver. She also won gold in the individual all-around, and vault, and bronze on uneven bars and balance beam. In June, she competed at the Canadian Junior Championships and won gold in the all-around, vault, balance beam and floor, and silver on uneven bars. [2]
Fontaine made her senior national team debut at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy where she won silver on vault. [3] In June, she competed at the Canadian Championships and won gold in the all-around, vault and floor exercise, and silver on uneven bars and balance beam. [4] [5] She was then selected to compete at the 2025 Pan American Championships. [6] During the Pan American Championships, she helped Canada win team silver. During the event finals, she won gold on floor exercise, silver in the all-around and vault, and bronze on uneven bars. [7]
Fontaine made her World Championships debut at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships. At the World Championships, she qualified in third place for the vault final with a score of 14.099. [8] During the event finals, she won a silver medal on vault with a score of 14.033 points. She became the second Canadian woman to win a World medal on the apparatus after Shallon Olsen in 2018. [9] [10]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2022 | Canadian Championships |  | |  | | ||
| 2023 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge |  | | ||||
| Canadian Championships | | | | ||||
| 2024 | City of Jesolo Trophy | | | ||||
| Pan American Championships | | | | | | ||
| Canadian Championships | | | | | |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2025 | City of Jesolo Trophy | | |||||
| Canadian Championships | | | | | | ||
| Pan American Championships | | | | | 7 | | |
| World Championships | — | |
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