Athlete Profiles

Barbara Gasser

Barbara Gasser

Level: High Performance Senior
DOB: August 31, 1989
Family Members: Mom (Veronika), Dad (Ralph), Brother (Raimund)
Favourite School Subject: Language
Age you started gymnastics: 8
Favourite Apparatus: bars
Hilights in career so far:

7 time Austrain National Champion

5 time Austrian Vice-National Champion

5 time participiant at European Championships (2008 Sr-AA 19th)

3 time participant at Canadian National Championships (2008 Sr-AA 12th, 2009 AA 4th, 4th on floor)

 

 

 

 

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Level: Senior High Performance
DOB: August 27, 1992
Family Members: Mom(Shirley), Dad (Dave), Brother (A.J.), Sister (Alicia)
Favourite School Subject: Math
Other Sports you enjoy: soccer, basketball, watching diving and skating.
Hobbies: scrapbooking, reading, writing poems, being outside
Age you started gymnastics: 2
Favourite Apparatus: Floor
Hilights in career so far: Pan American Games in Rio-Bronze team medal,
Maribor World Cup-first world cup

 2006 National Championships-Floor Champion

 

 

 
Dominique Pegg

009_9_001Level: High Performance Senior  DOB: January 8, 1994
Family Members: Mom (Cathi Parker), Dad (Chuck Pegg), Brother (Nick), Sister (Cassiah)
Favourite School Subject: Art, Science
Other Sports you enjoy: Track and Field
Hobbies: drawing, hanging on the beach, 4-wheeling, dancing, biking
Age you started gymnastics: 2
Favourite Apparatus: vault
Hilights in career so far: 2009  Canadian Championships Sr-AA 3rd
2009 Gymnix International Jr. Cup- 2nd team, 2nd on vault
2008 Massilia Open- AA 3rd,  1st on vault
2008 Canadian Championships Jr-AA 1st, 1st on vault and bars
2007 Jr. Pan Am Championships-2nd Team, 1st on vault

2007 Romanian International-AA 4th, 1st on vault, 3rd on bars
2007 Canada Winter Games-AA 1st, 1st on vault
2006 Canadian Championships Novice -AA 2nd, 1st on vault

 
Emily Bigras

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Level: Senior High Performance
DOB: July 20, 1993
Family Members: Mom (Nicole),  Dad (Rick), Brother (Nik) and dog (Caya), cat (Asia)
Favourite School Subject: Math
Other Sports you enjoy: volleyball, soccer, golf, boating
Hobbies: hanging out with friends, scrapbooking
Age you started gymnastics: 2
Favourite Apparatus: bars
Hilights in career so far:

 2004/2005 Novice HP-Team Ontario 1st                                                                                                                                     

2006-represented Canada at Massilla Gym Cup
2008 Austrian National Championships-AA3rd
2008 Canadian National Championships-Jr AA8th
2009 Ontario Championships-Sr AA1st, 1st on bars, beam, floor, 2nd on vault
2009 Canadian National Championships-Sr AA7th, 3rd on floor, 4th on bars
 

 

Taylor McPhail

Taylor McPhail

Level: -National Open
DOB: March 9, 1993
Family Members: Dad (Steve), Mom (Bonnie), Sister (Tanya), Brother (Connor) and Dog (Pongo)
Favourite School Subject: Math
Other Sports you enjoy: snowboarding, wakeboarding
Hobbies: shopping, listening to music, hanging with friends
Age you started gymnastics: 4
Favourite Apparatus: Beam
Hilights in career so far: 2009 Eastern National Champion  (competed double back)
2008 Ontario Championships -AA 2nd

 

 

 

Elissa Wilson

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Level: Provincial 8
DOB: October 18, 1997
Family Members: Mom, Dad, Sister (Mikayla)
Favourite School Subject: math
Other Sports you enjoy:
soccer, golf, running
Hobbies: computer, gymnastics
Age you started gymnastics: 2 
Favourite Apparatus:
beam
Hilights in career so far:

Palm Beach Invitational-AA 3rd

Wild Rose-AA 2nd

Provincial Qualifier-3rd on vault

Provincial Qualifier-2nd on vault

 

 

Serena Baker

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Level: Pre-Novice
DOB: January 12, 1998
Family Members: Dad, Mom, Sister (Vanessa-8), Brother (Logan-6)
Favourite School Subject: phys-ed, art
Other Sports you enjoy: track and field, soccer
Hobbies: reading, drawing, listening to music, hanging out with friends
Age you started gymnastics: 5

Favourite Apparatus: bars
Hilights in career so far:

2008 Pre Novice Champion

2008 Represented Team Ontario at Easterns

 

 

Alexis DeLorenzo

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Lexi McCormack

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Level: Provincial 7
DOB: May 17, 1999
Family Members: Dad (Joe), Mom (Julie), Brother (Sam), Dog (Miley)
Favourite School Subject: math
Other Sports you enjoy: snowboarding, watching my brother play hockey
Hobbies: crafts, scrapbooking
Age you started gymnastics: 3
Favourite Apparatus: bars
Hilights in career so far: This was my first year to compete, in 2 Qualifiers I won 4 medals.  I also fractured my hip.

 

 

 

 

Emma Nicholson

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Level: pre-competitive
DOB: February 22, 2001
Family Members: Dad (Bill), Mom (Lynda), Brother (Braeden), Sister (Lauren)
Favourite School Subject: math
Other Sports you enjoy: swimming, skating
Hobbies: writing stories, drawing
Age you started gymnastics: 4 
Favourite Apparatus:
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Hilights in career so far:  performing my routines in the June Review

 

  

 

 

Amy Bladen

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Level: pre-competitive
DOB: July 23, 2001
Family Members: Dad (Curt), Mom (Joanne), Brother (Matthew)
Favourite School Subject: math
Other Sports you enjoy: soccer
Hobbies: art, boating
Age you started gymnastics: 3 
Favourite Apparatus:
bars
Hilights in career so far: physical testing at Wild Rose in Edmonton

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 Lauren DeLorenzo

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