New Members of Trampoline Gymnastics National Team Announced
Gymnastics Canada – OTTAWA, ON (September 1, 2016) – Gymnastics Canada is pleased to announce the athletes who have been named to the trampoline gymnastics national team following a selection process that included results from the 2016 Canada Cup competition and the 2016 Canadian Championships.
“We have a set of bright newcomers that we are proud to name to our national team, along with many of our seasoned veterans, including newly minted two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan,” said Stephan Duchesne, High Performance Director for trampoline gymnastics at Gymnastics Canada. “Many of these athletes will represent Canada at the Senior Pan American Championships in December in Bogota, Colombia. We then look forward to having our top athletes in tumbling and double mini-trampoline representing Canada at the World Games set to take place in July 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland.”
SENIOR TEAM
Trampoline
|
Name |
Gender |
Club |
Hometown |
Province |
Coach(es) |
|
Jason Burnett |
Male |
Skyriders Trampoline Place |
Toronto |
ON |
Dave Ross |
|
Keegan Soehn |
Male |
Thunder Country Trampoline |
Red Deer |
AB |
Ken Soehn |
|
Trevor Stirling |
Male |
Okanagan Gymnastics |
Kelowna |
BC |
Curt De Wolff, Jamie Gardner |
|
Kyle Soehn |
Male |
Thunder Country Trampoline |
Red Deer |
AB |
Ken Soehn |
|
Rosie MacLennan |
Female |
Skyriders Trampoline Place |
King City |
ON |
Dave Ross |
|
Samantha Smith |
Female |
Skyriders Trampoline Place |
Richmond Hill |
ON |
Dave Ross |
|
Samantha Sendel |
Female |
Skyriders Trampoline Place |
Aurora |
ON |
Dave Ross |
|
Sophiane Méthot |
Female |
Quadrotramp |
La Prairie |
QC |
Karina Kosko, Alain Duchesne |
|
Sarah Milette |
Female |
Quadrotramp |
Longueuil |
QC |
Karina Kosko, Alain Duchesne |
|
Tumbling |
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|
Jonathon Schwaiger |
Male |
Dynamo Gymnastics |
Ancaster |
ON |
Denis Vachon |
|
Michael Chaves |
Male |
Oakville Gymnastics Club |
Mississauga |
ON |
Don Holmes, Niki Lavoie |
|
Jordan Sugrim |
Female |
Dynamo Gymnastics |
Mississauga |
ON |
Denis Vachon |
|
Double Mini-Trampoline |
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|
Jonathon Schwaiger |
Male |
Dynamo Gymnastics |
Ancaster |
ON |
Denis Vachon |
|
Kyle Carragher |
Male |
Shasta Trampoline Club |
Port Coquitlam |
BC |
Curt De Wolff |
|
Tamara O’Brien |
Female |
Shasta Trampoline Club |
Coquitlam |
BC |
Curt De Wolff |
|
Jordyn Miller-Burko |
Female |
Dynamo Gymnastics |
Toronto |
ON |
Denis Vachon |
|
Arden Oh |
Female |
Calgary Gymnastics Centre |
Calgary |
AB |
Brett MacAulay |
|
Sarah Wheatley |
Female |
Burlington BG’s |
Toronto |
ON |
Teresa Mikola |
JUNIOR TEAM
Trampoline
|
Name |
Gender |
Club |
Hometown |
Province |
Coach(es) |
|
Jérémy Chartier |
Male |
Quadrotramp |
Montréal |
QC |
Karina Kosko, Alain Duchesne |
|
Zachary Lavallée |
Male |
Viagym |
Terrebonne |
QC |
Christine Paquin |
|
Zachary Blakely |
Male |
Thunder Country Trampoline |
Red Deer |
AB |
Ken Soehn |
|
Benjamin Lagacé |
Male |
Impulsion |
Saint-Basile-le-Grand |
QC |
Antoine Vallières |
|
Rachel Tam |
Female |
Skyriders Trampoline Place |
Toronto |
ON |
Dave Ross |
|
Domenica Cirone |
Female |
Skyriders Trampoline Place |
Toronto |
ON |
Dave Ross |
|
Kalena Soehn |
Female |
Thunder Country Trampoline |
Red Deer |
AB |
Ken Soehn |
|
Laurence Roux |
Female |
Acrosport Barani |
Blainville |
QC |
Julie Dionne, François Leblanc |
|
Tumbling |
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|
Damian Redillas |
Male |
Futures Gymnastics |
Mississauga |
ON |
Nadia Bruno |
|
Naomi Suzuki |
Female |
Dynamo Gymnastics |
Burlington |
ON |
Denis Vachon |
|
Alexandra Jubenville |
Female |
Winstars Gymnastics |
Bell River |
ON |
Rob Laudenbach |
|
Double Mini-Trampoline |
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|
Kalena Soehn |
Female |
Thunder Country Trampoline |
Red Deer |
AB |
Ken Soehn |
|
Laurence Roux |
Female |
Acrosport Barani |
Blainville |
QC |
Julie Dionne, François Leblanc |
|
Emily Schmidt |
Female |
Kamloops Gymnastics |
Kamloops |
BC |
Matt Wheele |
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