Rin Keys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Japan | 23 September 2008|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Porter Ranch, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2021–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Burlo Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rin Keys (born 23 September 2008) is an American rhythmic gymnast of Japanese descent. [1] She won bronze in clubs at the 2023 Junior World Championships, becoming the first American to win a World Championships medal. [2]
At the national level, she is the 2024 USA National all-around champion and 2023 USA Junior National all-around champion. [3]
In 2021, Keys joined the junior national team. She competed at the 2021 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, where she won team gold and bronze in the all-around, with ball and with clubs. [4]
The following year she won team gold, gold in the all-around, with ball and with ribbon as well as silver with hoop at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. [5] [6] [7]
In 2023 at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, she won team gold, gold in the all-around, with hoop and with ball, silver with clubs and bronze with ribbon. [8] [9] [10] In July she was selected for the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca along with Megan Chu and the junior group. She won an historic bronze medal in the clubs final, becoming the first rhythmic gymnast from the United States to win a World Championships medal at either the junior or senior level. [11] [12]
In 2024, she began competing in the senior category. She made her international debut in March at World Cup in Palaio Faliro, Greece, where she placed 7th in the All-Around. In her very first World Cup, she qualified for two finals: she finished 4th with the ball and 6th with the clubs. [13] In April, she competed at the World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she placed 12th in All-around, but did not qualify for any finals. [14] She represented United States at the 2024 Pan American Championships and won silver medal in Team competition together with Jaelyn Chin, Megan Chu and Alexandria Kautzman. She also won silver medal in All-around behind Bárbara Domingos from Brazil, gold medal in Clubs and silver medal in Ball final. She placed 4th in Hoop and Ribbon finals. She won gold medal in All-around at the 2024 USA National Championships, gold in Hoop, silver in Ribbon and bronze in Clubs. At the end of September, Keys, along with her teammates Megan Chu and Natalia de la Rosa, participated in the international club competition Aeon Cup in Japan, where they won a historic gold medal ahead of the Ukrainian and Italian teams. She placed 5th in the All-Around. [15]
Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
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2024 | Hoop | Whole Lotta Love by Beth Hart |
Ball | Not About Angels by Birdy | |
Clubs | Check it out by Oh the Larceny | |
Ribbon | Theory of Light by Eternal Eclipse | |
2023 | Hoop | Whole Lotta Love by Beth Hart |
Ball | Black Horse and the Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall | |
Clubs | Days Pass by Adrian Berenguer | |
Ribbon | Footloose by Kenny Loggins | |
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