The Most Famous

GYMNASTS from Canada

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This page contains a list of the greatest Canadian Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 4 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 18th most number of Gymnasts behind France, and Spain.

Top 9

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Canadian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Ellie Black (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 30.30, Ellie Black is the most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Elsabeth Ann Black (born September 8, 1995) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is a four-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic games. She is the 2017 World all-around silver medallist, 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 (2015, 2019), and a six-time Canadian national all-around champion (2013-2015, 2017–2019). At the 2020 Olympic Games, Black placed fourth in the balance beam final, the highest placement in the Olympics for a female Canadian gymnast. Black began competing internationally in 2012 and helped the 2012 Canadian Olympic team qualify for their first Olympic team final where they finished fifth. In 2013, she became the first Canadian female artistic gymnast to win a medal at the Universiade since 1983 by winning a silver medal on the floor exercise and a bronze medal on the balance beam. She competed at her first Commonwealth Games in 2014 and won the gold medal on the balance beam. She won five medals at the 2015 Pan American Games and was the most decorated Canadian athlete at the Games. At the 2016 Olympic Games, Black finished fifth in the individual all-around final, Canada's best-ever result in the Olympic all-around. She won her first World medal in 2017 and won team and all-around gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019, she became the first female gymnast to win back-to-back all-around titles at the Pan American Games and became Canada's most decorated gymnast ever at the Pan American Games. She made her third Olympic appearance in 2020 and won two medals at the 2022 World Championships. Black is the most decorated Canadian to ever compete in women's gymnastics.

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2. Karen Cockburn (b. 1980)

With an HPI of 24.86, Karen Cockburn is the 2nd most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Karen Cockburn (born October 2, 1980) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the individual event. She won a gold medal at the 2003 Trampoline World Championships in Hannover, Germany in the same event and a bronze in the team event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the individual event.

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3. Rosie MacLennan (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 21.36, Rosie MacLennan is the 3rd most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Rosannagh "Rosie" MacLennan (born August 28, 1988) is a Canadian retired trampoline gymnast. She is the 2013 and 2018 World Trampoline champion, 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, and 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games champion in the individual trampoline event. MacLennan was the Canadian National Women's champion in 2005, 2009 and 2011, and in 2007 was the World Champion in synchronized trampoline with Karen Cockburn. She has also won five silver and four bronze medals in World Championship competition in both the individual and synchro events. MacLennan trains at Skyrider's Trampoline Place in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with coach David Ross, who has coached all of Canada's Olympic trampolinists.

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4. Jason Burnett (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 20.84, Jason Burnett is the 4th most famous Canadian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Jason Nicholas Burnett (born December 16, 1986) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast from Etobicoke, Ontario. He is noted for having completed, in training, the world's most difficult trampoline routine with a degree of difficulty of 20.6 and holding the former world record of 18.8 for a routine performed in a competition. He has placed first in the Canadian National Championships eight times in individual trampoline. In the 2008 Olympic Games he won a silver medal.

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5. Shallon Olsen (b. 2000)

With an HPI of 0.00, Shallon Olsen is the 5th most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Shallon Jade Olsen (born 10 July 2000) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 World silver medallist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion on vault. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games floor exercise bronze medallist and the 2019 Pan American Games vault bronze medallist. 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 medallist, and floor exercise bronze medallist. 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.

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6. Sophiane Méthot (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 0.00, Sophiane Méthot is the 6th most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Sophiane Méthot (born August 3, 1998) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. She won the bronze medal in the women's individual event at the 2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the 2019 Trampoline World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan, she won, alongside Samantha Smith, Sarah Milette and Rosie MacLennan, the bronze medal in the women's team event with a score of 133.745. She represented Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she won the bronze medal.

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7. Ana Đerek (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ana Đerek is the 7th most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Ana Đerek (born 4 September 1998) is a Croatian artistic gymnast, representing her nation in international competitions. She participated at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, and eventually qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics through the test event, held four months earlier in Rio de Janeiro.

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8. Brooklyn Moors (b. 2001)

With an HPI of 0.00, Brooklyn Moors is the 8th most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Brooklyn Chloe Moors (born February 23, 2001) is a Canadian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and 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.

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9. Ana Padurariu (b. 2002)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ana Padurariu is the 9th most famous Canadian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Anne-Marie "Ana" Padurariu (Romanian: Ana Pădurariu; born August 1, 2002) is a Canadian artistic gymnast and the 2018 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam.

People

Pantheon has 9 people classified as Canadian gymnasts born between 1980 and 2002. Of these 9, 9 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Canadian gymnasts include Ellie Black, Karen Cockburn, and Rosie MacLennan. As of April 2024, 5 new Canadian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Shallon Olsen, Sophiane Méthot, and Ana Đerek.

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