Helen Kevric
In a couple of weeks, dozens of international elites will graduate from the junior to the senior ranks. I’m sure we can all recall the debuts of some of these kids, especially those who burst onto the scene with incredible 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 2008, listed in alphabetical order by country. Note that this list includes everyone who has competed at the national level in their respective programs, but some 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?
| ALBANIA | |
| Gresa Dragani | |
| ARGENTINA | |
| Isabella Ajalla Trinidad Bottiglieri Catalina Llalen |
Mia Mainardi Tiziana Olivetto Mia Suaya |
| ARMENIA | |
| Marieta Buchakhchyan | |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| Olina Karatzias Ursula Sadlo |
Imogen Schuitemaker Ellie Tippett |
| AUSTRIA | |
| Melanie Czesak Valentina Frint Leonie Grundbichler Katharina Gschiel Fanny Herzog |
Leonie Lamperter Lena Lauber Rosa Schwaninger Ida Tomasi |
| AZERBAIJAN | |
| Duyghu Majidzade | |
| BELARUS | |
| Kira Maharevich Mariya Sasinovych |
Alena Tsitavets |
| BELGIUM | |
| Chloe Baert Alexane Bertrand Sofie Broeckx Eva Bruynseels |
Hanne Degryse Naomi Descamps Yelena Devreker Lyelle Mestdagh |
| BOLIVIA | |
| Analia Ibañez | |
| BRAZIL | |
| Luiza Abel Bianca Barbosa Giovanna Bretas Hellen Vitoria Benevides Silva Sophia Fernandes Raini Ferreira Luana Freitas |
Isabella Gardziulis Ana Carolina Jamil Maria Heloisa Moreno Nathalia Oling Laura Penha Clara Stecca Ana Beatriz Tuono |
| BULGARIA | |
| Teodora Boeva Diana Georgieva Sofiya Grachka Elena Nikolova |
Nikol Sokolova Kalina Teneva Simona Trichkova Viktoria Ventsislavova |
| CANADA | |
| Gabby Black Cristella Brunetti-Burns Chloe Callo Victoriane Charron Brooklyn Couto Aaliyah de Sousa Viktoria Duchesne Charlie Fleury Stefanie Gatin |
Selena Gonzales Kayla Lawrence Elena Metz Philippa Navoa Jada Roussin Zoe Tsaprailis Ella Wetteskind Reese Wilson |
| CHILE | |
| Eloisa Alveal | Ananda Droguett |
| CHINA | |
| Chen Wuqian Cheng Mengfei Duan Wenyi Fan Qingru Gan Xinyi Gong Ruisha He Jialin Huang Liqiao Lei Yiting Liang Yalin Ling Shangyun Long Liyuan Luo Xinyue Qi Zhixuan |
Qin Xinyi Tang Hui Tang Yunxi Tian Zhuofan Wang Hao Wang Yingying Wang Zixuan Wu Sihan Xie Xiancheng Yu Hanyue Zeng Qinxin Zhang Yihan Zhang Zixuan |
| COLOMBIA | |
| Jimena Alzate Isabela Correa Maria Angel Garcia |
Angueline Miranda Mariana Pinilla |
| COSTA RICA | |
| Samantha Marin | Lucia Solano |
| CROATIA | |
| Mia Bezer Greta Gasparovic Mirna Hontic Lea Kapular |
Sofia Mester Eli Pandza Mila Prpic |
| CYPRUS | |
| Sotiria Demetriou Revekka Loizou |
Kyriaki Lysandrou Anni Piperi |
| CZECHIA | |
| Christina Borkova Emily Hrabakova Tereza Hurtova Nikola Juklickova Karolina Kovacova Vanesa Masova Natalie Papouskova |
Dorota Pesova Alzbeta Pluharova Adela Ruzickova Ema Strakosova Petra Suchankova Anna Sytenska Anna Tatickova |
| DENMARK | |
| Veronica Andersen Maria Hebbelstrup Mathilde Lauridsen |
Amalie Pedersen Frida Rasmussen |
| EGYPT | |
| Judy Abdalla Jana Abdelghany Mariam Abdelmotaleb Retal Abdelrazek Sirine Abouelhoda Shams Ali |
Sara Amin Nessrin Elmelahy Hla Elshaer Amena Omara Habiba Shafie |
| FINLAND | |
| Maria Antila Hertta-Sofia Hiekkataipale Sanni Ilmivalta Essi Keskitalo |
Saana Seimola Evelin Veistelehto Liina Viheriäranta Frida Virokannas |
| FRANCE | |
| Cassy Bouard Audrey Cozzi Mathilda Eschmann Chloé Geeraert Léna Khenoun Gabriela Kohler |
Raphaëlle Letort Anaelle Martinez Lana Pondart Oriane Segaux Ming van Eijken Lilou Viallat |
| GEORGIA | |
| Elizabeta Korkia | |
| GERMANY | |
| Maellys Alferi Marta Bogdanovic Nadine Christof Mara Dietz Lilly Doberenz Camilla Eberle Julia Goldbeck Marlene Gotthardt Talena Kanther Helen Kevric Lisa Langlechner Sara Le Bris Tessia Meissner Emily Mühlberger Eva-Maria Niedermeier |
Marlene Pallutz Amalia Preuss Neudorf Mia Reimann Lisa Roithmayr Janna Rosentreter Merle Ruff Alina Schindler Claudine Soliman Silja Stöhr Nora Treven Lisa Unseld Sara Virga Yannick Worring Lisa Wötzel |
| GREAT BRITAIN | |
| Mia Bacon Poppy Blair Lauryn Connor Ellie Cornforth Erin Cozens Ebony Gaddum |
Ema Kandalova Abigail Martin Bethany Rayment Sonia Runcianu Tiegan Trafford |
| GREECE | |
| Eleni Bafataki Aliki Bante Eleni Banti Nektaria Chatziantoniou Lydia Kapetanikola Vasiliki Karantaki Anastasia Koutoulogeni Foteini Liapi Valentina Llogone Anastasia Onoufriadou |
Lida Porichi Vasiliki Reizaki Margiora Souggara Maria Markella Spiliopoulou Danai Stefanidou Negri Konstantina Theodoropoulou Lidia Theologou Sofia Tsami Artemis Tsiliboni Panagiota Zoidaki |
| GUATEMALA | |
| Krystal Cancax Oberlina Fuentes |
Brithany Herrera |
| HAITI | |
| Khloë Timmer | |
| HONDURAS | |
| Lily Guevara | |
| HONG KONG | |
| Amber Ward Wen Si | Tanya Wu Man Kei |
| HUNGARY | |
| Viola Barcsanics Boglarka Benkö Anita Kiszely-Horvath Anna Knight Hanna Kugler |
Hanna Kutasi Eszter Mayer Kitti Peresztegi Regina Rajnai Luca Ujhelyi |
| ICELAND | |
| Lilja Gunnarsdottir | |
| INDIA | |
| Nishka Agarwal | Anshika Behal |
| IRELAND | |
| Grace Feeney Maeve McGuinness |
Sophie McGuinness Lily Russell |
| ISRAEL | |
| Liron Hatskin Gal Klein Almog Leizerovich Lian Man |
Roni Shamay Yali Shoshani Nitzan Steinberg Hili Torgeman |
| ITALY | |
| Nicole Bassi Alessia Ceccarelli Aida Colamonici Camilla Ferrari Matilde Ferrari |
Caterina Gaddi July Marano Naomi Pazon Ludovica Wernitznig |
| JAMAICA | |
| Isabelle David | Kennedy Welsh |
| JAPAN | |
| Hayashi Yume Kawakami Saki Mizuno Mika Nakamura Haruka Okazaki Kokomi |
Saito Kanako Taguro Yuna Takahara Nako Umemoto Sawa Yamaguchi Sara |
| JORDAN | |
| Al-Anoud Hammoudeh | |
| KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Arina Lebedeva | |
| LATVIA | |
| Laura Aparina Keita Ernstone Varvara Goisika Anna Grauda Grote Alisa Islere Samanta Kantina Margarita Konstantinovica Viktorija Kurlovica |
Polina Liepina Sofija Nosenko Darija Pesternikova Alina Purvena Anna Samoilova Katerina Saveka Marija Smirnova |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | |
| Julia Weissenhofer | |
| LUXEMBOURG | |
| Maeva Ventura | |
| MALAYSIA | |
| Yeap Kang Xian | Marissa Zaiful Azian |
| MALTA | |
| Sarah Attard Philippa Busuttil |
Faith Cassar Fenech |
| MEXICO | |
| Mariana Alvarez Regina Collado |
Mariah Green |
| MONGOLIA | |
| Namuunjargal Sodnomtseren | |
| MOROCCO | |
| Ines Laabourri | Rihab Sobti |
| NETHERLANDS | |
| Maud Aldenzee Fenne Boerdonk Tara Hanaseth Chemene Lamaitre |
Christina Lorsé Isa Smeitink Jadey Walda |
| NEW ZEALAND | |
| Freya Reid | |
| NICARAGUA | |
| Valentina Chamorro | |
| NORTH MACEDONIA | |
| Stefani Deljanovska | |
| NORWAY | |
| Emily Andenaes Gabriella Bergem Eina Bredeli Tomine Gadderud Kristine Hammerø |
Hannah Ifeanyi Christine Kubon Keisha Lockert Tiril Molnes Tilde Stølen |
| PANAMA | |
| Tatiana Tapia | |
| PERU | |
| Cristina Candiotti Isabella Pacheco Luana Roda |
Sofia Saldarriaga Valentina Sanchez |
| PHILIPPINES | |
| Haylee Garcia | |
| POLAND | |
| Martyna Brzezinska Blanka Czarnecka Wiktoria Dabrowka Maria Drobniak Milena Fielek Wiktoria Grzesikiewicz Milena Krasicka Zuzanna Kulpa Daria Kulyk |
Nadia Majchrzak Maria Matczak Blanka Rosiak Maria Rowinska Tola Rzenno Oliwia Semba Kaja Sokolowska Natalia Szulc |
| PORTUGAL | |
| Margarida Barreto Catarina Carvalho |
Beatriz Correia |
| PUERTO RICO | |
| Darielis Aviles Rebeca Menendez |
Allanah Portalatin |
| ROMANIA | |
| Miruna Botez Raisa Chivu Monica Florea Erica Gogoase Cristina Mamele Andreea Nastase |
Stefania Paun Teodora Stoian Crina Tudor Gabriela Vanoaga Bianca Visovan |
| RUSSIA | |
| Maria Afanasyeva Veronika Akinina Ekaterina Andreeva Viktoria Azarova Yulia Bedina Anastasia Bedrina Valeria Bukina Elizaveta Chigoreva Elena Chursina Alla Danilchenko Maria Gladskikh Maria Kalinina Anna Kalmykova Vasilisa Knyazeva Anastasia Kochetkova Anna Krylova Polina Kuzmenko Yana Levitskaya Alina Lukyashko Alyona Lysyakova Sofia Malakhova Daniya Nurullina Zlata Osokina |
Diana Parshikova Valeria Pavshukova Nadezhda Paznikova Ulyana Petrushina Serafima Pozina Asya Pribytkova Daria Rapshina Lyudmila Roshchina Maria Saburova Valeria Selyutina Seda Serbieva Alisa Serdyuk Kristina Shapovalova Varvara Sidorova Alisa Sokolova Yulia Teltsova Anastasia Tolstaya Ekaterina Ukraikina Angelina Volkova Diana Yasnetsova Polina Yurkova Daria Zhigalenkova |
| SERBIA | |
| Tara Drakulic | Andjela Zivanov |
| SINGAPORE | |
| Alexis Chan | Danielle Fong |
| SLOVAKIA | |
| Liana Bolosova | Adela Rosputinska |
| SLOVENIA | |
| Laila Sabanovic | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Farrah Brett Kaylee Maltz |
Chantae Moller |
| SOUTH KOREA | |
| Baek Jieun Lee Sohye Park Jiseo |
Park Nayoung Yang Haeun |
| SPAIN | |
| Leire Escauriaza Marina Escudero |
Jana Fernandez Claudia Torrent |
| SWEDEN | |
| Maja Rhodin | |
| SWITZERLAND | |
| Larina Altherr Vivienne Altherr Ariana Amanatidis Kim Bernhardsgrütter Noélie Croiset Luna Gut Leana Hedinger Emilia Meili Giada Merlo Anne-Sophie Meyer Anna Nemeth |
Angela Pennisi Kiara Raffin Samira Raffin Jayne Raths Anna Schori Julia Solca Lia Sturny Melissa Weber Angelina Winiger Viola Zottich |
| TAIWAN | |
| Chao Pin-Yen | Yang Ko-Wen |
| TÜRKIYE | |
| Beren Bay | Zeynep Kurtulus |
| UKRAINE | |
| Polina Diachenko Marianna Kiniuk |
Diana Lobok Anastasiia Zubkova |
| UNITED STATES | |
| Addison Anderson Giovannina Beltra Sage Bradford Ly Bui Payton Chandler Carsyn Coleman Paisley Davis Nicole Desmond Anabelle Dewey Tatum Drusch Raleigh Easter Reese Esponda Kieryn Finnell Keira Gontkosky Mylee Grant Catherine Guy Jayla Hang Cambry Haynes Cashlin Hood McKinley James Jazmyn Jimenez Alexandra Kent McKenzie Lall Gealy LeBron Taylor Maye |
Ayla Miller Zoey Molomo Neela Nicholson Adele Ossi Ella Kate Parker Jazlene Pickens Gabby Pierson Asia Reid Morgan Reihl Brooke Reingold Hezly Rivera Simone Rose Lacie Saltzmann Christina Shelton Jolyn Sicat Valeros Abigail Sikon Audrey Snyder Sydney Snyder Izzy Stassi Anna Tava Janelle Turner Ava Weemes Carly Weinberg Halle Wittenberg |
| URUGUAY | |
| Francesca Herou | Melina Vilaro |
| UZBEKISTAN | |
| Anastasiya Babajanova Farzona Kholboeva |
Aleksandra Shevchenko Shakhinabonu Yusufova |
| VENEZUELA | |
| Ahinnara Arismendi Yusmaily Labrador |
Alondra Romero |
| VIETNAM | |
| Bui Thi Hoang Linh | |
Article by Lauren Hopkins
The Gymternet 
Unfortunately, the German women’s gymnastics team had very bad luck at the Olympic qualification in Antwerp, where practically half of the top performers were missing due to injury and yet they only narrowly missed out on qualification. And so, because of 13th place, only one place remained to be awarded, in addition to two individual places, fought for by two of their best gymnasts (Voss and Schaefer-Betz). Here in Germany, most gymnastics enthusiasts are now incredibly excited about Helen Kevric, about whose performances there is no need to say much – everyone who knows anything about gymnastics knows that she is by far the best gymnast the country has ever achieved and is secretly keeping their fingers crossed for her so that she can go to Paris. The soon-to-be 16-year-old giant talent is objectively the only German gymnast who is highly likely to be able to bring home a medal.
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