Rose-Kaying Woo

Rose-Kaying Woo
Born (2000-01-12) January 12, 2000
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height145 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Canada Canada
(2011–present)
ClubGym-Richelieu
Head coach(es)Michel Charron
RetiredSeptember 16, 2025[1]
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pacific Rim Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Richmond Floor exercise
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 2 3

Rose-Kaying Woo (born January 12, 2000) is a Canadian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was a team alternate for the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 Pan American Championships, she won a team bronze medal. She also competed at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships, where she helped the Canadian team win a silver medal.

Gymnastics career

Junior

Woo won the junior all-around title at the 2014 International Gymnix and helped Canada win the team silver medal behind Russia. She also won gold medals in the balance beam and floor exercise event finals, and she won a bronze medal in the uneven bars final, behind Daria Skrypnik and Angelina Melnikova.[2] At the 2014 Junior Pan American Championships, she helped Canada win the team title,[3] and she won the all-around bronze medal behind Brazilians Flávia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade.[4] She then competed at the Pacific Rim Championships with Aleeza Yu, Maegan Chant, Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, and Megan Roberts, and they won the team silver medal behind the United States.[5] Individually, she won a bronze medal in the junior floor exercise final.[6] She won the junior all-around title at the 2014 Canadian Championships.[7] At the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Daria Spiridonova.[8]

Woo won the all-around title at the 2015 International Gymnix, and she also won gold medals in the balance beam and floor exercise finals.[9] At the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy, she won a silver medal in the team competition and placed fourth in the all-around.[10] In the event finals, she won bronze medals on both the uneven bars and the balance beam.[11]

Senior

Woo became a senior gymnast in 2016. At the 2016 Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won a bronze medal on the vault, behind Ellie Downie and Tjaša Kysselef.[12] She was selected for Canada's 2016 Olympics team alongside Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Isabela Onyshko, and Brittany Rogers;[13] the team finished ninth.[14]

At the 2017 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, Woo won a bronze medal on the uneven bars, behind Jonna Adlerteg and Zsófia Kovács.[15] She tore her Achilles tendon while warming up at the 2018 Stuttgart World Cup.[16][17]

Woo won a bronze medal with the Canadian team at the 2020 International Gymnix.[18] She was selected as an alternate for Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[16] She then competed at the 2021 World Championships and advanced into the all-around final, finishing 18th.[19] She helped Canada win a bronze medal in the team event at the 2022 Pan American Championships.[20] She missed the 2022 World Championships with a back injury.[21]

Woo won silver medals on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the 2023 Mersin World Challenge Cup, both behind Anna Lashchevska.[22] She competed with the Canadian team that finished 12th in the qualifications at the 2023 World Championships.[23] She won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2024 Varna World Challenge Cup.[24] She was once again an alternate for Canada's Olympic team.[25]

On September 16, 2025 Woo announced her retirement from the sport via Instagram.[1]

Personal life

In September 2021, Woo and her sister Victoria-Kayen launched Elegant Woo's, a gymnastics leotard brand.[16]

Competitive history

Junior competitive history of Rose-Kaying Woo[26]
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2012 Elite Canada 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Gymnix (Challenge) 13
2013 Elite Canada 7 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7
Nadia Comaneci Invitational 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
International Gymnix 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8
Canadian Championships 6 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
Elite Gym Massilia 5 18
2014 Elite Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
International Gymnix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pacific Rim Championships 6 6 5 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Canadian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elite Gym Massilia 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015 Elite Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Canada Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Gymnix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Canadian Championships* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

*Woo competed as a junior in the senior category at the 2015 Canadian Championships.[27]

Senior competitive history of Rose-Kaying Woo[26]
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2016 Elite Canada 4 5 4 7
International Gymnix 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8
Osijek World Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 4
Canadian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9
Canadian Olympic Trials Day 1 6 7 8 7 7
Canadian Olympic Trials Day 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rio Olympic Games 9 52 55 38
2017 Elite Canada 28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
International Gymnix 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 16
Koper Challenge Cup 8 6 7
Canadian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Szombathely Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 8
Elite Gym Massilia 14 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup 7 8 4
2018 Elite Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
International Gymnix 64
2019 Elite Canada 32
International Gymnix 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 24
International GymSport 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Canadian Championships 8
FIT Challenge 4 29
Paris Challenge Cup 15 6 R1
Arthur Gander Memorial 10 7 8 6
Swiss Cup 9
2020 International Gymnix 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 25 6 4
2021 Elite Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
Canadian Technical Trial 1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canadian Technical Trial 2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canadian Championships 33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 18 25 33 30
2022 International GymSport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canadian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 5 4
2023 Canadian Worlds Trials 12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mersin Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 12 82 67
Gymnova Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Elite Canada 34
Cottbus World Cup R1 15
International Gymnix 15 8
Varna Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 29 R2
Canadian Championships 4 26 4 5 4
2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cairo World Cup 4 5

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