The Italian squad is more than ready
In LESS THAN A MONTH, tons of international elites – including dozens and dozens of our favorites – are going to graduate from the junior to senior ranks. I’m sure we can all recall the debuts of some of these kids, especially those who burst onto the scene with insane talent and potential, and now here they are, all grown up and age-eligible for senior international competition?!
Below are all of the active gymnasts born in 2003, listed in alphabetical order by country. Note that this list includes everyone who has competed at the national level in their respective programs, but many gymnasts listed are not national team members and may not ever compete internationally. Additionally, some have possibly retired since last competing. We include everyone just in case, however, and you can feel free to let us know in the comments if we’ve missed anyone. Who are you most excited to see?
| ALGERIA | |
| Sihem Hamidi Lylia Menasria |
Sofia Nair |
| ARGENTINA | |
| Olivia Araujo Lucia Esposito Luna Fernandez |
Abigail Magistrati Maria Villalpando |
| ARMENIA | |
| Anahit Assadourian | |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| Meisie Bakhach Grace Barry Mila Blyth Elena Chipizubov Jocelyn Kew Danielle Latter Sophie Mahoney Zoe McNamara Miriana Perkins |
Haley Prince Sophie Prince Isla Ross Kate Sayer Kaiya Seymour Sidney Stephens Zoe Thair Madeleine Verdon Emily Weir |
| AUSTRIA | |
| Lorena Böhmberger Pauline Böwing Ronja Reuss |
Selina Smolka Mirjam Trbara |
| AZERBAIJAN | |
| Samira Gahramanova | |
| BELARUS | |
| Anastasiya Alistratava Darya Ausianikava |
Ganna Metelitsa Aliaksandra Varabyova |
| BELGIUM | |
| Margaux Daveloose Fien Enghels Cato Fleurackers Sophia Kola Amy Lejeune Wendy Melinte |
Cassia Priels Margo van Linden Julie Vandamme Fien Vandeberg Jade Vansteenkiste |
| BRAZIL | |
| Ana Luiza Araujo Julia Lopes Sofia Moraes Laura Rocha |
Beatriz Silva Luisa Silva Bianca Tavares |
| BULGARIA | |
| Raya Apostolova | Desislava Masleva |
| CANADA | |
| Charlotte Chagnon Juliette Chapman Gabrielle Deslauriers Moira Evans Jordyn Ewing Samantha Fourchalk Brienna Gaspar Sara Giard Alexis Gillespie Jaden Gorsline Rachel Grenke |
Charlotte Innes Lucia Jakab Ilka Juk Jillian Langille Imogen Paterson Charlise Radencich Mia St-Pierre Quinn Skrupa Emma Spence Bryn Topham Kiera Wai |
| CHILE | |
| Fernanda Bahamonde Rafaela Camps Renata Merino |
Scarlet Muñoz Martina Palamara |
| CHINA | |
| Huang Yijing Li Shijia Luo Xiaowen Qi Qi Tang Xijing |
Yin Sisi Yu Linmin Zhang Ji Zhao Shiting Zhou Ruiyu |
| COLOMBIA | |
| Paula Arevalo Gerilyn Atehortua Sabrina Cortes |
Nataly Rodriguez Yiseth Valenzuela Maria Jose Villegas |
| COSTA RICA | |
| Camila Montoya | |
| CROATIA | |
| Korina Brnada | |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | |
| Darina Dvorska Jasmina Hnilicova Olesya Kalnitska Natalie Klakova |
Kristina Moravcova Natalie Riantova Barbora Travnickova Lucie Zahradnickova |
| DENMARK | |
| Isabella Bøckhaus Katrine Christensen |
Emilie Midtbøll |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | |
| Camil Betances | |
| ECUADOR | |
| Genesis Gibson Daniela Jimenez Monserrath Mora |
Maria Janine Tabango Genesis Yanez |
| EGYPT | |
| Sally Abouelenin Danya El Jawhary Samaa Gohar Farah Hassan |
Farah Ibrahim Zeina Ibrahim Mehra Mohamed |
| FINLAND | |
| Rebekka Forsberg Iida Haapala Lotta Hakkarainen Ada Hautala Sonja Herttua Liila Kinnunen |
Saara Kokko Nitta Nieminen Saara Ruoppi Fanni Ruuhonen Ida Sihvonen Meeriellen Sukari |
| FRANCE | |
| Aglaé Adam-Cuvillier Blanche Beziaud Charlyne Denys Julia Forestier |
Aline Friess Carolann Heduit Claire Pontlevoy Célia Serber |
| GEORGIA | |
| Lali Dekanoidze | Mariam Peradze |
| GERMANY | |
| Josefine Benad Maike Brey Lara Bürk Francisca Caso Johanna Erb Jolina Feige Romy Fischer Alina Gidt Laeticia Gloger Lea Grim Sidney Hayn Alicia Helm Sascha Huppmann Antonia Kirschke Muriel Klumpp |
Lina Köhlert Lara Kühl Julia Liske Anuschka Maltzan Katharina Mölich Celine Mücke Leonie Papke Emelie Petz Nathalie Ruf Hannah Schliwitzki Lisa-Marie Schulz Anna Thusbass Lara Vetter Marisa Wiethölter Lisa Zimmermann |
| GREAT BRITAIN | |
| Hallie Copperwheat Kirsty Fowler Phoebe Jakubczyk Amelie Morgan Madison Nicol Ellie Patrick Mia Scott |
Roshelle Spencer-Smith Paige Thomas Sioned Thomas Scarlett Williams Chantae Wilson Olivia Young |
| GREECE | |
| Elvira Katsali | |
| GUATEMALA | |
| Kimberly del Valle | Karla Perez |
| HUNGARY | |
| Csenge Bacskay Diana Hangay Regina Medved Alexandra Papai |
Bianka Schermann Zoja Szekely Anna Szenas |
| ICELAND | |
| Erika Antonsdottir Hildur Arnaldsdottir Alma Brynjolfsdottir Karolina Georgsdottir Sunna Gisladottir Soley Gudmundsdottir Bryndis Gudnadottir Aldis Hakonardottir Erna Hlynsdottir Lisa Ingvaldsdottir |
Brynhildur Ingvarsdottir Svanhildur Kristjansdottir Helga Matthiasdottir Vigdis Palmadottir Sunna Rikardsdottir Emilia Sigurjonsdottir Freyja Stefansdottir Fjola Vidarsdottir Una Zoega |
| INDIA | |
| Siddhi Hattekar Purva Kirve |
Protistha Samanta |
| INDONESIA | |
| Yulia Dian Retno | Trithalia |
| IRELAND | |
| Jane Heffernan Kate Molloy |
Emma Slevin |
| ISRAEL | |
| Gai Cohen Alma Kirschenbaum |
Lihie Raz |
| ITALY | |
| Giorgia Balottari Arianna Bellan Giorgia Campana Alice D’Amato Asia D’Amato |
Matilde de Tullio Valentina Giommarini Elisa Iorio Alessia Simoncini Giorgia Villa |
| JAPAN | |
| Urara Ashikawa Yuna Endo Haruka Ikeda Hinata Matsubara |
Sakura Nakaguchi Ayumi Niiyama Mikako Serita Chiharu Yamada |
| KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Aleksandra Alekseyeva Tomiris Amanzholova Yuliana Deyeva |
Darya Khalikova Karina Kurbanova Firyuza Magauyakyzy |
| KYRGYZSTAN | |
| Amalia Chernyshova | |
| LATVIA | |
| Arina Olenova Zane Petrova Vasilisa Protasenko Marija Sajovko |
Emilija Stelmahere Aleksandra Tiscenko Maira Vecele |
| LITHUANIA | |
| Austeja Dauskurdyte Meda Gutauskaite |
Greta Semionova Egle Stalinkeviciute |
| LUXEMBOURG | |
| Chiara Castellucci | Celeste Mordenti |
| MALAYSIA | |
| Audrey Alexander Zarith Imaan Khalid |
Fei Lim Cassandra Shelden |
| MALTA | |
| Leah Barber | |
| MEXICO | |
| Cordelia Bremer Daniela Briceno Barbara Doddoli Grecia Gonzalez Anapaula Gutierrez Jimena Gutierrez |
Lucia Labastida Gabriella Lazo Louise Lopez Paulina Vargas Emma Villarreal |
| MOROCCO | |
| Yasmine Laaroussi | |
| NAMIBIA | |
| Carane van Zyl | |
| NETHERLANDS | |
| Daantje Bongers Laura de Witt Astrid de Zeeuw Vera Jonker |
Juliette Pijnacker Sara van Disseldorp Jara Vennix |
| NEW ZEALAND | |
| Jonti Matthewson | |
| NICARAGUA | |
| Gabriella Pozo | |
| NORTH KOREA | |
| An Chang Ok | Sim Hae Won |
| NORWAY | |
| Sarah Halvorsen Selma Halvorsen Mari Kanter Sigrid Lello |
Mali Neurauter Thea Olsen Åsne Øyulvstad |
| PANAMA | |
| Luccia Palomino | Laura Rodriguez |
| PERU | |
| Nadya Chacon | Fabiola Diaz |
| POLAND | |
| Klaudia Hrynowiecka Wiktoria Kania Iga Kowalczyk |
Wiktoria Kucner Julia Mikulska Wiktoria Rebacz |
| PORTUGAL | |
| Beatriz Cardoso | |
| PUERTO RICO | |
| Kryxia Alicea | |
| ROMANIA | |
| Iulia Berar Maria Pana |
Ana Maria Puiu |
| RUSSIA | |
| Anastasia Agafonova Alyona Belomoyeva Daria Belousova Tatiana Deyeva Viktoria Ganeeva Anastasia Gluschenko Olga Golub Yulia Khrenova Ksenia Klimenko Vlada Kotlyarova Ulyana Kozlovskaya Disana Kudayeva Ulyana Kuznetsova |
Ksenia Nazarova Sofia Nikonova Polina Novikova Tatiana Preobrazhenskaya Tatiana Rust Daria Samonova Elizaveta Serova Alyona Sofronova Alina Stepanova Polina Ternisova Alexandra Yudina Sofia Yurtaykina Alina Zakharchuk |
| SINGAPORE | |
| Lim Sze Gemma Mollison Tamara Anika Ong |
Skye Phua Shayne Tan |
| SLOVAKIA | |
| Sara Dydi | Kristina Pychova |
| SLOVENIA | |
| Meta Kunaver | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Tamsyn Bessit Lisa Conradie |
Nkazimlo Matyolo |
| SOUTH KOREA | |
| Eom Dohyun | Lee Yunseo |
| SPAIN | |
| Alba Asencio Claudia Buxeda Valentina Galiotti Maia Llacer |
Ainhoa Martinez Lorena Medina Mar Palliso Alba Petisco |
| SRI LANKA | |
| Amaya Hasini Alahakoon Rashmi Navodya Dedimuni Milka Gehani Elpitiya Badalge Dona |
Binya Jayasingha Keshani Pallimulla |
| SWEDEN | |
| Tonya Paulsson Ida Staafgård |
Cecilia Wrangdahl |
| SWITZERLAND | |
| Aline Baumgartner Jennifer Borriello Nina Ferrazzini Silja Kummer Francesca Nocita |
Alessia Pagnamenta Alena Sommer Nadina Spiess Pirjo Wolfisberg Giulia Ziliani |
| THAILAND | |
| Pimnapat Supapitakpong Wirawan Taworn |
Crystal Watts |
| TUNISIA | |
| Nesrine Fadhlaoui | |
| TURKEY | |
| Ipek Bakar Sude Naz Item Nazli Savranbasi Gülseren Basak Selcuk |
Sinem Nur Toyran Yaren Turan Ezgi Yesil Meliha Zengin |
| TURKMENISTAN | |
| Sadap Berdiyeva | |
| UKRAINE | |
| Anastasiia Bachynska Diana Bozhko Sofiia Dykalchuk Viktoria Giderynska Oleksandra Kvasha Anastasiia Machkur Anna Malynovska Yana Onofruk |
Anastasiia Parshyna Mariia Ponomarenko Daryna Prozapas Sabrina Rubtsova Sofiia Shapovalova Yeva Vorona Dariia Zhupanenko |
| UNITED STATES | |
| Brayden Battavio Scarlet Becker Nikki Beckwith Jordan Bowers Kaleigh Cleveland Jessica Eig Aleah Finnegan Danae Fletcher Gabbie Gallentine Trista Goodman Maeve Hahn Selena Harris Alexis Jeffrey Kaytlyn Johnson |
Eliana Lazzari Sunisa Lee Mallory Marcheli Jaymes Marshall Lauren Pearl Katlyn Sawyer Abigail Scanlon Brooke Siter Tori Tatum Morgan Trevor Tessa Volpe Chalyn Walker Leanne Wong |
| URUGUAY | |
| Paula Nolla | |
| UZBEKISTAN | |
| Diana Bakhtiyarova | Indira Ulmasova |
| VENEZUELA | |
| Daniela Acaban Eukaris Martinez Camila Perez |
Fabiana Romero Andrea Suarez |
| VIETNAM | |
| Le Tram Anh | Pham Nhu Phuong |
The Gymternet 
I feel like sunisa lee has been a junior forever!
Also, Italy’s gonna be so good next year!
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Oh my god, all the italians…
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Missing Lauren Pearl from Brestyan’s.
Incredible amount of work pulling this list together. Awesome job!
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Thank you!
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Giorgia Villa (and Italy in general) are here to slay!
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I am ridiculously excited for Euros 2019.
You have these new Italian seniors alongside all the super close European finishers of worlds 2018. Plus whoever GB is able to get healthy enough to compete in time. It’s going to be SO EXCITING.
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Impressive list but Missing Hallie Copperwheat from the GB Junior Squad.
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Thank you! I don’t have everyone’s DOBs so I’m sure there are several missing from each national squad. I’ll be sure to add her!
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I feel like we disn’t see as much of the Chinese juniors/ 2019 seniors as we did for the ones turning senior in 2018…could just be me though:|
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Very promising group! I’m excited for the Italians in particular. Also, do you think a Romanian team like this could qualify to Tokyo?
Golgota
Crisan
Ivanus
Holbura
Puiu ( sub her out for Ghiciuc if the retirement rumors are true, and Iordache if she makes it back)
Thanks for hard work 😊
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