Konnor McClain
In just over a month, tons of international elites 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 2005, 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 on the national team and may not ever compete internationally. Additionally, while everyone on this list has competed within the past two years, there is a chance that 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?
| ARGENTINA | |
| Brisa Carraro Malena Harte Leila Martinez |
Meline Mesropian Rocio Saucedo Manuela Sierra |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| Lucy Stewart | |
| AUSTRIA | |
| Lara Argentais Miriam Bernhard Tamina Christ Iris Leiner Miriam Markovic Anna Marksteiner |
Charlize Mörz Javzandolgor Ochirsukh Anna Panauer Nikolett Puruczki Alija Schwaninger Cornelia Strasser |
| AZERBAIJAN | |
| Milana Minakovskaya | |
| BELARUS | |
| Lizaveta Babareka Yelizaveta Brunina Sofiya Krutsel Tatiana Levchuk Maryia Lira Yuliya Lukhtan |
Aliaksandra Rymashevskaya Hanna Rymashevskaya Anastasiya Smantsar Katsiaryna Smuraha Katsiaryna Yesis |
| BELGIUM | |
| Charlotte Beydts Margaux Dandois Kato de Laet Luna de Leus Wine Dierick |
Calisse Kums Keziah Langendock Elena Stegeman Joey van Broeckhoven Jutta Verkest |
| BRAZIL | |
| Julia Atanazio Camile Fonseca Julia Godoi Ana Luiza Lima Marcela Meireles |
Yasmin Santos Maria Rita Simao Julia Soares Maria Eduarda Tavares |
| BULGARIA | |
| Viktoria Chakova Darina Nachina |
Elizabet Nikolova |
| CANADA | |
| Evie Astle Charlie-Ann Barbeau Jayne Carvell Maria Chronopolous Zoé Cotnoir Marisa DeGroot Kennedy Duke Scarlett Earl Marissa Engh Julia Gillies Audrey Grimard Reese Grolla Makenna Guidish Jordis Kliewer Kahlyn Lawson Cassie Lee |
Rylee Miller Nyla Morabito Elizabeth Noble Kiora Peart-Williams Raphaelle Perreault Maya Peters Daryna Porada Malayna Ramos Clara Raposo Samantha Reitsema Jovie Richardson Jenna Sartoretto Ava Stewart Sydney Turner Jada Yip-Janniere Maya Zonneveld |
| CHILE | |
| Antonia Marihuan | Constanza Merino |
| CHINA | |
| Chen Yuanyuan Deng Xue Gao Siqi He Jinqi He Zixuan Huang Qinyan Li Yanan Li Yangyang Liu Shanshan Liu Sibei Liu Sijia (Shanxi) Liu Sijia (Tianjin) Liu Yahui Liu Yongtong |
Luo Rui Meng Shangrong Qin Yuejuan Qiu Yucen Tang Jiaying Wan Kexin Wang Xiaodi Wu Baiyang Wu Ran Xia Kexin Yang Fanyuwei Yue Yue Zhou Yaqin |
| CHINESE TAIPEI | |
| Hsu Ya-Qing Lin Yi-Chen Wang Ya-Hsin |
Wang Yu-Ting Wu Chung-Hui |
| COLOMBIA | |
| Juliana Ochoa | |
| COSTA RICA | |
| Aaliyah Escoe | |
| CROATIA | |
| Erin Bakran Antea Ercegovic Nika Jerman Liv Petrovic |
Tia Senjak Sara Sulekic Fani Vilicic |
| CYPRUS | |
| Evangelina Dimitriou | Artemis Georgiou |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | |
| Karla Adamikova Leontyna Cernocka Klara Duskova Marta Frankova Daniela Halova |
Zuzana Navratova Eliska Ottova Aneta Skubalova Lucie Trnkova |
| DENMARK | |
| Cecilie Bergholt Katrine Bergholt Ella Bertelsen Sarah Frøslev Dagmar Hansen |
Dagmar Jensen Camille Normann Josephine Sørensen Marie Thrane |
| EGYPT | |
| Jana Aboelhasan Farida Aly Jannah Amen Farida Dabour Nadine Elembaby |
Nour Gabr Nagham Gohar Mariam Omar Nabila Ramadan |
| FINLAND | |
| Hilla-Reetta Aho Minea Antila Misella Antila Alexandra Haranen Aura Heikkilä Titta Heino Isabel Kallio |
Ilona Kossila Pihla Kunnari Maisa Kuusikko Elin Pawli Daniella Sinivuori Kaia Tanskanen Pihla Väisänen |
| FRANCE | |
| Tya-Lynn Amiot Iman Balde Lilou Ballin Maily Berthenet Lilou Besson Justine Bonnavaud Taïs Boura Elysia Burtin Mathilde Bylebyl Nina Camilleri Emma Cozzi |
Maeva Guery Djenna Laroui Chloe Le Rolland Lucille Loose Lou Marzalec Silane Mielle Clarisse Passeron Cara Ratefiarivony Elena Santinelli Elsa Viala |
| GERMANY | |
| Nellie Adrian Nora Bauerfeld Timea Bertalan Marielle Billet Julia Birck Nancy Ceynowa Anastassia Cybin Reese Dinter Jamie Lynn Doberstein Vi Anh Duong Oona Devi Fey Leni Fincke Lia Frasch Melissa Friesen Lilit Gartmann Stefanie Gil Maja Graf Lona Häcker Maike Halbisch Alina Hergert Carla Hornung Luisa Huber Alisha Igüs Tabea Landau Neele Leidlein |
Nina Lührmann Stella McLean Fanny Mewes Seyna N’Doye Mia Neumann Mia Pialek Lilly Pöpperl Tabea Preuss Lea Marie Quaas Klara Quach Noemi Rapp Lilianne Rau Maya Reichwald Lana Schissel Alina Schlegel Jessica Schlegel Karina Schönmaier Julia Tabea Stein Chiara Strecker Sophia Tansomskun Alexandra Tcherniakhovski Selma Tress Sophia Viertel Magdalena Wieland Lea Winter |
| GREAT BRITAIN | |
| Rosie Bayliss Eilidh Gorrell Alia Leat Lucy Lewis Teegan Milligan Laura Nelson Roxanne Price |
Millie Redford Taylor Richardson Ruby Stacey Alice Sumners Zoe Weir Isabella Wheeldon |
| GREECE | |
| Paraskevi Gkini Konstantina Maragkou |
Anastasia Trontsou Elisavet Zava |
| GUATEMALA | |
| Daniela Dorigoni | |
| HONG KONG | |
| Pleroma Kaka Wong | |
| HUNGARY | |
| Kornelia Algacs Zsofia Beres Csilla Böszörmenyi Vivien Czelter Boglarka Giczi Emma Horvath Laura Kiss |
Eszter Klein Timea Lukacsi Anett Nerhof Roxana Sandor Nikolett Szilagyi Anna Szmirnov Kata Wagner |
| ICELAND | |
| Hildur Gudmundsdottir | |
| INDONESIA | |
| Vira Aprilia | Salsabila Hadi Pamungkas |
| IRELAND | |
| Caoimhe Donohoe | Eve McGibbon |
| ISRAEL | |
| Evelin Babich Illy Ezra Maya Oberman-Etzion |
Idan Rakocz Neta Rotem |
| ITALY | |
| India Bandiera Veronica Mandriota Giulia Messali |
Serena Napolitano Chiara Vincenzi |
| JAMAICA | |
| Nazstazia Henry | |
| JAPAN | |
| Rin Kawabata Rino Mizumura Mana Okamura |
Ui Soma Nozomi Yatabe |
| KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Elena Bogatyreva Karakat Egemberdi Olga Gorbacheva Anastasiya Koroleva Zharkent Magawyakizi |
Ayana Mamezhanova Aygerim Muratova Kazina Mustafa Balnur Namaz Esmira Sembekova |
| KOSOVO | |
| Lisa Zeqiri | |
| LATVIA | |
| Ksenija Bogdanova Sabine Cinovska Endija Grantina Ninelija Hrisafi Darja Kireicikova Paula Klavina Elena Melke |
Ineta Miglane Lilija Ose Marija Petrovska Laura Pirkule Marija Protasenko Arianna Snesare |
| LEBANON | |
| Emmanuelle Abi Karam | |
| LITHUANIA | |
| Ula Bikinaite Gabija Miliunaite Migle Petrovaite |
Orinta Pranckute Emilija Sciglaite Dominyka Sokolovaite |
| MALAYSIA | |
| Nikki Chooi Yan Xin Ameera Irdina Mazwan |
Tashalina Shaharuddin |
| MALTA | |
| Mirae Micallef | |
| MEXICO | |
| Ximena Alonso Greys Briceño Karen Galvez |
Amalinally Navarro Jessica Sanchez |
| MONGOLIA | |
| Namuunaa Amgalan | |
| NAMIBIA | |
| Janke du Plessis | |
| NETHERLANDS | |
| Esmée Beekhuis Isa Buiting Mijke Jansen Roos Jonker Mischa Marchena Cato Polman |
Merel Pouw Yara Rahil Pleun Reinders Fenne van Haaren Alisha van Meel Guusje Willems |
| NORWAY | |
| Marthe Bjørgen Ingrid Haaland-Aas Jenny Håkegård Erica Jensen |
Guro Nevland Marie Rønbeck June Rønning Mina Sørensen |
| PANAMA | |
| Nathalie Abrego | |
| PERU | |
| Brissa Portillo Ximena Rengifo |
Maria Zuñiga |
| POLAND | |
| Oliwia Bando Magdalena Goryczka Anna Hucalo Julia Kulbacka Paulina Kuzniak Majka Majecka Dagmara Pyzio |
Zuzanna Rembowska Aleksandra Sikora Maja Skalska Alicja Szot Natalia Taranowicz Brygida Urbanska |
| PORTUGAL | |
| Francisca Cancela Mafalda Costa |
Maria Mendes |
| PUERTO RICO | |
| Natalia Delgado | Sophia Ocasio |
| ROMANIA | |
| Maria Ceplinschi Alina Craciun |
Bianca Dorobantu Luiza Popa |
| RUSSIA | |
| Maria Agafonova Lyubov Akhaimova Anastasia Artamonova Nelli Audi Svetlana Babiy Olga Bachurina Anastasia Bayandina Ekaterina Belous Maria Belyetskaya Eva Bingelis Ksenia Cheban Anna Chuprinenko Elizaveta Dudanova Ekaterina Fishchenko Ekaterina Fokina Elizaveta Galkina Viktoria Gladneva Alyona Glotova Maria Gromova Alisa Guryeva Polina Ivanova Kristina Kameneva Paulina Kamushkova Sofia Koroleva Angelina Kosynkina Alina Kotsyubenko Valeria Krapivina |
Olga Levenkova Viktoria Listunova Anastasia Makarochkina Ulyana Marikayeva Maria Minaeva Tatiana Minayeva Daria Mityukhina Angelica Nagayeva Yulia Nikolayeva Arina Nikonorova Sofia Oboyeva Polina Panfilova Viktoria Raimova Angelina Salyakhova Arina Semukhina Alexandra Shamratova Karolina Shellenberg Anastasia Shirshova Polina Sutormina Sofia Telkova Daria Tonkonogova Daria Voronina Alina Zamyatina Milana Zasulskaya Olesya Zelyayeva Tamzhid Zhamsaranova Ekaterina Zhurilova |
| SERBIA | |
| Lejla Erceg | Andjela Jaukovic |
| SINGAPORE | |
| Cheong Yuet Yung Rachel-Anne Liew Kaitlyn Lim Shandy Poh |
Rachel Tan Mia Tay Simin Emma Yap |
| SLOVAKIA | |
| Adela Balcova Margareta Gondova |
Lara Palinkasova Sara Surmanova |
| SLOVENIA | |
| Neza Erpic Hana Golob |
Leontina Kecan Komic |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Zoe Julies | Garcelle Napier |
| SOUTH KOREA | |
| Hyun Jin-ju Kim A-ram |
Son Ji-min |
| SPAIN | |
| Alba Bonilla Ainara Perez Aina Puig |
Irene Ros Ainara Sautua Martina Sola |
| SWEDEN | |
| Malva Lundqvist Wingren Emelie Westlund |
Nathalie Westlund Jennifer Williams |
| SWITZERLAND | |
| Chiara Altorfer Lana Azhan Malina Blum Michelle Brantschen Letizia Crivelli Masha Demiri Aisha Demuth Martina Eisenegger |
Corina Erdin Clemence Gobet Selina Knöpfel Gioia Muralt Sarla Shirotori Anna Sonderegger Sarina Stulz Shana Tognini |
| TURKEY | |
| Alina Cavus Sevgi Kayisoglu |
Kardelen Paryaz Asli Naz Yilmaz |
| UKRAINE | |
| Mariia Borisova Sofiia Grunova Viktoriia Ivanenko |
Anna Kharchenko Yuliya Khorosh |
| UNITED STATES | |
| Olivia Ahern Brianna Ancharski Alyssa Arana Kinsley Baker Mallory Barron Sydney Barros Bryn Bartman Love Birt Skye Blakely Emma Boyd Hadley Bretschneider Samantha Brogden Elizabeth Cairns Madison Carr Reagan Davis Sophie Derr Taylor Devries Natalie DiLandri Alexandra Downing Amy Doyle Skylar Draser Sydnee Evans Maria Ferguson Reagan Forkey Georgia Gilmore Cadence Goldberg Emily Golden Elle Hadrick Haley Havenor Julianne Huff Sydney Jelen Sierra Kaplan Emily Karay Alyse Karenbauer Annelies Koenig Julia Krzywanski Temple Landry Isabella Lee Rayna Light Amber Lowe Brianna Lucas Jordyn Lyden Samantha Macasu |
Emma Mason Courtney McCann Konnor McClain Sydney McCord Jayden McDonnell Zoe Miller Anabella Mills Elle Mueller Molly Neinstien Annalise Newman-Achee Sophie Parenti Lauren Pearce Madison Perkins Emma Pizzillo Kayla Reingold Carrie Resta Cecily Rizo Sienna Robinson Katelyn Rosen Camryn Rueda Jenna Rusk Jamison Sears Chavala Shepard Kimberly Siau Hannah Sitzman Maggie Mae Slife Monica Todorov Taylor Tuohy Devyn Valuch Lindsay Van Eyk Eva Volpe Adyson Wahl Clara Wallace Jaelah Warner Madelyn Warren Mahleea Werline Paige Wills Camille Winger Mya Witte Jamie Wright Lexi Zeiss Ella Zirbes |
| UZBEKISTAN | |
| Anna Silnova | |
| VENEZUELA | |
| Valeria Arraiz | Sabrina de Petris |
The Gymternet 
Is Lena Marie Quaas from Germany by any Chance related to this very old still active gymnast of the same name in Germany?
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I’m not sure, but that’s something I’ve always wondered! There’s nothing I can find that mentions any connection so I think it might just be a coincidence…I feel like since Johanna Quaas’ story is such a well-known one, if Lea Marie was related, there would be some information about it out there.
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Thank you for this great resource!
Nela Stepandova is an ’06 baby – she doesn’t turn senior until 2022. I don’t blame you for wishing she would turn senior ASAP though – she’s good…
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Thank you! No idea why I have her DOB listed as 2005, she’s def a 2006 baby!
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I’m British and super excited by Alice Sumners, Alia Leat and Ruby Stacey. I don’t think they will be among the top gymnasts right away next year but they are gonna add some depth for sure. (and I’m annoyed they didn’t get to compete at Junior Euros this year)
Internationally, I haven’t seen any of them I don’t think, so I’m looking forward to seeing who breaks out next year! And that’s a LONG list from Russia, too!
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Yes! I don’t know as much about Alice but I LOVE Alia and Ruby. I did a junior profile about Ruby earlier this year and absolutely fell in love with her bars, I’m excited to see the improvements she’ll make there and everywhere else.
A lot of the Russians are lower-level (they just happen to publish the DOBs for everyone hahaha) but they do have a few good talents in there! Obviously Listunova but a couple of others are lovely and even if they don’t become big internationally right away there are a few who could be good B team gymnasts and maybe as they add difficulty and get more experience, and after more current seniors retire, possibly become top gymnasts in the future as well!
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I remember V.Rod (I think) pegging Maria Minaeva as being a solid contender for Olympic/worlds spot after they announced the 05 babies as being age eligible for Tokyo, it was in an article that Luba put up. I’m not familiar with Minaeva though, so I can’t say.
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Yes, Minaeva has a lot of tricks up her sleeves…I don’t think she’ll be a top contender but I consider her having solid potential as a back-up if something goes wrong with one of the top options! She’s lovely and I imagine she’s done so much over the past year so I’m very excited to see how far she’s come.
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Just watched a new training of Konnor McClain. She’s training what looks to be a pretty decent amanar. Her beam is Olympic specialist spot worthy on it’s own. Silvas, Chusovitina, iconic Ellie Black connection on floor. Just..wow.
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Can’t wait to see Ana Luiza Lima, from Brazil. Her floor is brilliant when she hits. It’s a shame she had two falls at 2019 Junior Worlds.
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Yes, she’s awesome!! I’m excited about both her and Julia Soares, I think they’re both super talented and love that Brazil has an awesome new generation of talent coming up.
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I believe Marthe Bjørgen from Norway is also turning 16 next year 🙂 She comepted at the Norwegian Junior Championships this year (and also last year)
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Thank you! I don’t have a lot of the Norwegian DOBs, only the ones that are in the FIG database, so I think I’m missing a lot unfortunately!
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Sorry, but I am really curious 😀
I noticed the new chinese seniors often have the same surname. Are there some twins? Or those are just super common surnames like “Smith”?
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It’s mostly common surnames…and common names in some cases (like the two gymnasts named Liu Sijia!). I don’t believe anyone in the 2005 class of Chinese gymnasts are twins but I don’t have all of their exact birthdates (some I only have the year) so I’m not 100% sure.
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Thank you Lauren, after your answer I made a small research and found out that in China there are 19 surnames that are so popular they cover something like half of all the population. I had no idea about that. Now I am going to feed my curiosity with all those new “you asked…” I love them!
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Hannah Sitzman has dropped down to level 10!
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