Victoria-Kayen Woo (born 15 October 1997 in LaSalle, Quebec) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 Pan American Games bronze medalist on balance beam and silver medalist with the team. She finished fourth with her team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and she competed at the 2014 World Championships and 2015 World Championships.
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| Country represented |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 15, 1997 LaSalle, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Brossard, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2012 - | |||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Gym-Richelieu | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Michel Charron | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life edit
Victoria-Kayen Woo was born in LaSalle, Quebec to parents Billy Woo and Maryse Ronda.[1] She has a younger sister, Rose-Kaying Woo, who is also a member of the Canadian National Gymnastics Team.[2] She began gymnastics at age three, and her favorite gymnast is Aliya Mustafina.[1]
Career edit
2014 edit
Woo competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games after being brought in to replace Victoria Moors.[3] The team finished in fourth behind England, Australia, and Wales.[4] She competed at the 2014 World Championships where she helped the Canadian team finish in twelfth and qualify for the 2015 World Championships.[5]
2015 edit
Woo competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. The team won a silver medal behind the United States.[6] She won the bronze medal on beam with teammate Ellie Black winning gold and American Megan Skaggs winning silver. After the competition Woo stated, "I was already surprised to qualify for the final on beam, because this apparatus is a little pet peeve of mine. It already felt like a gift to be there, so to win a medal was really the best reward!"[7]
2019 edit
In June Woo was named to the team to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games alongside Ana Padurariu (later replaced by Isabela Onyshko),[8] Brooklyn Moors, Shallon Olsen, and Ellie Black.[9] Together they won the silver medal in the team final behind the United States. On September 4 Woo was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Ana Padurariu, Shallon Olsen, Brooklyn Moors, and Ellie Black.[10]
Competitive history edit
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2011 | Junior National Championships | 7 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 2012 | Elite Canada |  |
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| Pacific Rim Championships | |
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| International Gymnix | 4 | |
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| Pan American Championships | |
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6 | 6 | |
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| 2013 | Elite Canada | 7 | |
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| Ljubljana World Cup | 7 | 6 | |||||
| National Championships | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Élite Gym Massilia | 5 | 15 | |
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| 2014 | Elite Canada | 5 | 4 | ||||
| International Gymnix | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| National Championships | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Commonwealth Games | 4 | ||||||
| Pan American Championships | 5 | 15 | |||||
| World Championships | 12 | ||||||
| 2015 | Elite Canada | 6 | |||||
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8 |
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| City of Jesolo Trophy | |
23 | |||||
| Ljubljana World Cup | 7 | 5 | |||||
| National Championships | 4 | |
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| Pan American Games | |
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| World Championships | 6 | ||||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 4 | ||||||
| 2016 | Elite Canada | 13 | |||||
| International Gymnix | |
5 | 7 | ||||
| Olympic Test Event | 40 | ||||||
| National Championships | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | ||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 8 | ||||||
| Élite Gym Massilia | 7 | 18 | |||||
| 2018 | Elite Canada | 5 | |
6 | 5 | ||
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10 |
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| Tokyo World Cup | 7 | ||||||
| Pacific Rim Championships | |
7 | 5 | 4 | |||
| National Championships | 6 | 15 | 6 |
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| 2019 | Elite Canada | 4 | 7 |
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8 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Birmingham World Cup | 5 | ||||||
| National Championships | 5 | ||||||
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| World Championships | 7 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Victoria-Kayen Woo". Canadian Olympic Team. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Woo sisters wow at L'International Gymnix in Montreal". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (26 July 2014). "Victoria Moors out of Commonwealths". The Gymternet. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (6 October 2014). "2014 World Championships Qualification Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (12 July 2015). "2015 Pan American Games Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Ellie Black goes 5 for 5 at Pan Am Games – wins 2 more gold; Woo wins bronze, Lytwyn Silver on last day of artistic gymnastics action". Gymnastics Canada. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ @FloGymnastics (July 23, 2019). "Team Canada in Lima!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Canadian gymnastics teams named for 2019 Pan American Games in Lima". Canadian Olympic Committee. June 17, 2019.
- ^ "Canadian team announced for 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". GymCan. September 4, 2019.
