Jayson Rampersad (born July 31, 2003) is a Canadian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. He was a member of the silver medal-winning teams at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

and the

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. Individually he is the 2022 Pan American and 2023 Pan American Games silver medalist and 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist on pommel horse.

Gymnastics career

2021

In October Rampersad competed at the

2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 ...

; he finished 87th on pommel horse during qualification.

2022

In July Rampersad was selected to compete at both the

Pan American Championships A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...

and the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

. At the Pan American Championships he finished second on pommel horse behind

Yul Moldauer Yul Kyung-Tae Moldauer (born August 26, 1996) is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2017 U.S. national all-around champion and the 2017 World bronze medalist on floor exercise. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. ...

. During the team final Rampersad helped Canada finish third behind the US and Brazil. At the

Rampersad helped Canada place second behind England. Individually he qualified to the pommel horse final, on which he won bronze behind

Joe Fraser Joe Fraser (born 6 December 1998) is an English artistic gymnast. He is the 2022 European all-around and parallel bars champion and the 2019 world champion on the parallel bars, the first British gymnast to ever win gold in any of these eve ...

and

Rhys McClenaghan Rhys Joshua McClenaghan (born 21 July 1999) is a Northern Irish artistic gymnast competing internationally for both Northern Ireland and Ireland. He is the 2022 world champion on pommel horse, the first Irish artistic gymnast ever to win world ...

2023

In October Rampersad competed at the 2023 World Championships. During qualifications he helped Canada finish fourth, which qualified Canada a team berth to the

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, a feat last achieved by the Canadian men's gymnastics team in

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. During the team final Rampersad contributed a score on pommel horse towards Canada's seventh-place finish. Rampersad next competed at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

. On the first day of competition he helped the Canadian team win the silver medal behind the United States. Individually he qualified to the pommel horse final. On the first day of event finals Rampersad won silver on pommel horse behind compatriot

Zachary Clay Zachary Clay (born July 5, 1995) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. In 2014, he won the bronze medal in the men's artistic team all-around event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's ...

Competitive history

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rampersad, Jayson 2003 births Living people Canadian male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Mississauga 21st-century Canadian people Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics