Rose-Kaying Woo

Rose-Kaying Woo (born January 12, 2000) is a Canadian 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.

Rose-Kaying Woo
Born	(2000-01-12) January 12, 2000 (age 25) LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height	145 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Canada (2011–present)
Club	Gym-Richelieu
Head coach(es)	Michel Charron
Medal record Representing  Canada Pan American Championships 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team Pacific Rim Championships 2014 Richmond Team 2014 Richmond Floor exercise FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Challenge Cup 0 2 3

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.^[1] At the 2014 Junior Pan American Championships, she helped Canada win the team title,^[2] and she won the all-around bronze medal behind Brazilians Flávia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade.^[3] 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.^[4] Individually, she won a bronze medal in the junior floor exercise final.^[5] She won the junior all-around title at the 2014 Canadian Championships.^[6] At the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Daria Spiridonova.^[7]

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.^[8] At the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy, she won a silver medal in the team competition and placed fourth in the all-around.^[9] In the event finals, she won bronze medals on both the uneven bars and the balance beam.^[10]

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.^[11] She was selected for Canada's 2016 Olympics team alongside Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Isabela Onyshko, and Brittany Rogers;^[12] the team finished ninth.^[13]

At the 2017 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, Woo won a bronze medal on the uneven bars, behind Jonna Adlerteg and Zsófia Kovács.^[14] She tore her Achilles tendon while warming up at the 2018 Stuttgart World Cup.^[15][16]

Woo won a bronze medal with the Canadian team at the 2020 International Gymnix.^[17] She was selected as an alternate for Canada's 2020 Olympic team.^[15] She then competed at the 2021 World Championships and advanced into the all-around final, finishing 18th.^[18] She helped Canada win a bronze medal in the team event at the 2022 Pan American Championships.^[19] She missed the 2022 World Championships with a back injury.^[20]

Woo won silver medals on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the 2023 Mersin World Challenge Cup, both behind Anna Lashchevska.^[21] She competed with the Canadian team that finished 12th in the qualifications at the 2023 World Championships.^[22] She won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2024 Varna World Challenge Cup.^[23] She was once again an alternate for Canada's Olympic team.^[24]

Personal life

In September 2021, Woo and her sister Victoria-Kayen launched Elegant Woo's, a gymnastics leotard brand.^[15]