Ana Barbosu
In just two short weeks, 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 2006, 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 | |
| Ana Arosteguy Ambar Centurion |
Magdalena Gaido |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| Sumer Daly Olena Edmeades |
Chloe Saliaris |
| AUSTRIA | |
| Sara-Grace Carabasa Lara Denk Victoria Frühlbauer Sonja Gössler Jaqueline Kostelac |
Collien Mörz Ella Rief Lilia Rief Berta Schwaninger Annalena Sutter |
| BELARUS | |
| Daryna Luzko Maryia Maksimchik Diyana Pilovets Yelizaveta Pulukchu Adelina Rylko |
Viktoriya Shpakouskaya Kseniya Shumakovskaya Palina Shyshanau Sofiya Slutskaya |
| BELGIUM | |
| Sarah Deschuyteneer Alice Francoy |
Zsofi Verleden |
| BRAZIL | |
| Isabel Ferreira Luisa Maia Gabriela Reis |
Ingrid Ribeiro Mirella Santos |
| BULGARIA | |
| Valentina Georgieva | Viktoria Glavtcheva |
| CANADA | |
| Hannah Buchmann Rébéka Groulx Athena Hutchinson Bailey Inglis Amy Jorgensen Jenna Lalonde Natasha Lopez Eva-Rose Lupien Ava-Lee MacLean Ella Mayerhofer Marie Millette |
Jordanna Phillis Grace Slaunwhite Yurina Soya Sofia Spadafora Virginie Therrien Jenna Timmons Aurelie Tran Emma Trollip Alexa Tucker Alicia Wendland |
| CHILE | |
| Lia Donalicio Martina Flores Mel Howard |
Agustina Moreno Maria Orellana Martina Sanhueza |
| CHINA | |
| Gong Yifan Guo Enxi Han Han Hu Linhexing Huang Na Huang Yuehua Huang Zhicheng Jiang Meina Jin Binjie Kang Jiamei Kong Fanfan Li Xi Liang Dishi Liao Jiajie Liao Xinyu Lin Haibin |
Liu Siyu Liu Xinyu Liu Zixuan Lyu Junliang Shang Zhirou Sun Yuxuan Tan Yuhan Wang Guoyi Wang Mengzhen Wang Shuliu Xu Yueyue Yi Luolingxi Zhang Di Zhang Shiyi Zuo Tong |
| COLOMBIA | |
| Mariana Barragan Karen Cubillos |
Daira Lamadrid Maria Jose Rodriguez |
| COSTA RICA | |
| Mariana Ureña | |
| CROATIA | |
| Magdalena Jurina Nika Kukuljan Frleta |
Emi Matoscevic Katerina Strinic |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | |
| Denisa Chaloupkova Kristina Civelova Nela Kaplanova Lucie Marikova |
Klara Peterkova Sara Prochazkova Nela Stepandova Agata Stryhalova |
| DENMARK | |
| Marie Henriksen | Lili Sørensen |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | |
| Karla Polanco | |
| ECUADOR | |
| Ashley Bohorquez | Nicole Llugcha |
| EL SALVADOR | |
| Isabela Chavez | Valeria Reyes |
| FINLAND | |
| Nanna Halme Sofia Kivekäs Sara Laiho Nona Lilja |
Jemina Phan Anna Sipilä Inka Takalo Anni Vuorikoski |
| FRANCE | |
| Sophie Barbelet Carla Cardoso Rosane Dubard Berby Lucia Dul Kloe Gausselan-Cresson Louna Hamames Moallic Capucine Jezequel |
Livane Masse Kaylia Nemour Cypriane Pilloy Maily Planckeel Louane Versaveau Coline Weber |
| GEORGIA | |
| Ani Gobadze | |
| GERMANY | |
| Marie Madeleine Ahr Salina Bousmayo Olga Burger Julia Dumrath Bea Fichtner Finia Friedländer Xenia Ginter Thea Klämt Maike Knaak Anna-Lena König Fina Körber |
Pia Meier Lucia Meyer Linnea Rein Aurelia Remplik Amelie Schmitt Luana Sensing Felia Straub Paula Vega Tarrago Anna Wager Leonie Wenning |
| GREAT BRITAIN | |
| Mia Evans Tommera Hendricks Willow Hughes Bethan Light Dixie Lindsay |
Jea Maracha Mercedes Moore Paige Moroney Poppy Stickler Gabriella Williams |
| GREECE | |
| Ourania Athanasopoulou Eleni Charalampidou Michaela Faitatzoglou Anna Maria Michalakou |
Nantia Nikolaidi Areti Pagoni Ekaterini Pomaki Fani Trevlopoulou |
| HUNGARY | |
| Kira Balazs Anna Barlabas Flora Beke Greta Gaspar Reka Madai |
Lilla Makai Bianka Marcsok Greta Mayer Nora Peresztegi Hanna Tüzes |
| ICELAND | |
| Dagny Axelsdottir Viktoria Benonysdottir |
Freyja Hannesdottir Svanhildur Hlynsdottir |
| ITALY | |
| Angela Andreoli Diana Barbanotti Manila Esposito |
Giorgia Leone Rebecca More |
| JAMAICA | |
| Alana Walker | |
| JAPAN | |
| Hono Gondo | |
| KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Yeseniya Toishubekova | Nailya Yerimbetova |
| LATVIA | |
| Anastasija Ananjeva Rudite Bankova Darja Elbe Marija Grigorjeva |
Nadina Karacenka Sabine Plukse Viktoriia Racina Apolinariia Resetnikova |
| LITHUANIA | |
| Gyte Bikinaite Gabriele Kanciute Paulina Kausikaite |
Mija Makcinske Gabija Sajute |
| MALTA | |
| Tara Vella Clark | |
| MEXICO | |
| Arantza Buendia Mariangela Flores |
Marianna Malpica Joselyn Martinez |
| NETHERLANDS | |
| Milana Emans Celine Kusters Hope Meijer Casey-Jane Meuleman Mara Slippens Floor Slooff |
Summer van den Hurk Sam van der Hilst Ines van Son Franka Wiegers Sanne Zijlstra |
| NEW ZEALAND | |
| Reece Cobb | Keira Rolston-Larking |
| NORWAY | |
| Olivia Bergem Amalie Dalene Hedda Folden |
Madelen Leitner Scarlett Rennesund Kaja Vika |
| PERU | |
| Chris Centeno | Karol Zuñiga |
| POLAND | |
| Maja Bardadyn Anna Gemza Weronika Olszynska Katarzyna Porabka |
Martyna Swiatek Martyna Szumna Monika Wisniewska |
| PUERTO RICO | |
| Andrea Perez | Karina Vega |
| ROMANIA | |
| Ana Maria Barbosu Shakira Cantaragiu Bianca Costea |
Andreea Preda Iulia Trestianu Ana Maria Turcu |
| RUSSIA | |
| Karina Baimakova Tatiana Beloborodova Ksenia Blokhina Olga Borisova Anastasia Chubyr Lyubov Galyuzhina Kamilla Kasimova Daria Kazakova Daria Kholopova Daria Korochanskaya Valeria Kovalenko Marina Malyukevich Nabi Madina Mokhammad Polina Mosalygina Viktoria Mukha |
Daria Ozhigova Maria Parkulab Evgenia Pavshukova Polina Potapova Nina Puzatikova Anastasia Rasseykina Anastasia Savelyeva Ursula Shakirova Viktoria Shchetinina Anastasia Sosunova Viktoria Suvorova Ekaterina Tretyakova Maria Tretyakova Sofia Tryastsina Daria Yegorycheva |
| SINGAPORE | |
| Aryanna Shetty | |
| SLOVAKIA | |
| Nina Galatova | |
| SLOVENIA | |
| Ziva Konic Lea Koren |
Tia Pavlin Zakovsek Zala Trtnik |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Isabella Böttger Tyde Cooper |
Shanté Koti |
| SPAIN | |
| Carla Cerezo Helena Lucas |
Alexia Sentias |
| TURKEY | |
| Melike Cimen Zeren Gürses Beyza Özen Ecemnur Sarikaya |
Derin Tanriyasükür Ayse Naz Topograf Bengisu Yildiz |
| UKRAINE | |
| Daniela Batrona Ruslana Beztilna Margaryta Chorna Mariia Dolenko Anna Fidyra |
Yuliia Kasianenko Anna Khizhnyak Daria Lyska Polina Sakhno Nastya Zadrovna |
| UNITED STATES | |
| Ella Beck Annabelle Behrhorst Sophia Bell Chesney Bennett Takoda Berry Charlotte Booth Kailin Chio Chloe Cho Adriana Consoli Amelia Disidore Jordis Eichman Leah Fontaine Ryan Fuller Katelyn Jong Levi Jung-Ruivivar Delanie Kelly Olivia Kelly Isabella Kenny Carmela Keuneke Hailey Kriz |
Kaliya Lincoln Reina Marchal Nola Matthews Marissa Neal Peyton Novinger Genesis PeBenito Brooke Pierson Jessica Reith Camryn Richardson Joscelyn Roberson Sarah Saville Piper Slocum Ashlee Sullivan Kaetlyn Tenesch Lundyn Vandertoolen Paityn Walker Kaylee Wilson Chloe Womeldorph Eleanor Wyly |
| VENEZUELA | |
| Jariagne Sanchez | |
The Gymternet 
It’s so weird not knowing most of these names (Thanks, Covid!) Looking forward to seeing where their journeys take them.
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I know, there’s usually such a journey you see them take throughout their junior careers…watching Junior Pan Ams this year I was like…okay I’ve never heard of ANY of these gymnasts, aside from the Americans, Brazilians, and the one Canadian. It’s wild! I think COVID also kept most under the radar in terms of doing bigger skills, so it could be very surprising who ends up being a thing on the senior circuit. So excited…but my money’s on Ana Barbosu and Angela Andreoli as the two who will have the biggest impact for their countries. Also excited to see what lots of the talented U.S. girls end up doing!
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I am praying to every known deity in the universe that The Romania Curse does not hit little Ana. Romania deserves a break!!!
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SAME. I feel like unlike some of the recent new seniors from Romania (Sfiringu, Stanciulescu, Ceplinschi), Barbosu may have a bit more talent and ability to upgrade as a senior? I feel like the most promising juniors just didn’t have that next level in them to be competitive at the senior level but I feel differently about Barbosu. I hope I’m right…she’s too good to get ‘stuck’ with junior-level difficulty or to be hit with a million injuries.
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I think Kaylia Nemour will as well ! Although her execution isn’t there with her difficulty
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Oh yes, I love her so much! I’m hoping she’ll clean up a little especially on bars because she’ll be so incredible for the team.
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Nemour has had two knee surgeries these last few months (her last competitive appearance is French Nationals in june) and has to rest a bit. She is not expected to compete until next summer AFAIK
France’s depth is right now good .. so no need to rush her comeback.
2024 is still THE target for her though
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also rooting for kaylia nemour. along with kaliya lincoln! with a lot of the reliable us gymnasts going to ncaa, they need a few more solid gymnasts
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The best
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I am romanian and j really love her.
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