Rachael Riley (born 2004) is a Canadian artistic gymnast and member of the

Canadian national gymnastics team Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

Early life

Riley was born in

Anqing Anqing (, also Nganking, formerly Hwaining, now the name of Huaining County) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 4,165,284 as of the 2020 census, with 804,493 living in the ...

, China in 2004. She attended St. Patrick's Catholic High School in

Sarnia Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes where Lake Huron fl ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, Canada.

Gymnastics career

Junior

2017

Riley competed at the Canadian Championships in the Novice division where she placed first in the all-around and on vault and second on floor exercise. Riley competed at Elite Gym Massilia where she placed twenty-fourth in the open all-around. She also competed at the Top Gym where she placed twenty-seventh in the all-around, seventh on the balance beam and in the team final, and tenth on vault.

2018

In February Riley competed at Elite Canada where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Emma Spence, Imogen Paterson, and Kyra Cato. During event finals she won gold on vault, placed fifth on balance beam, and fourth on floor exercise. At the Canadian Championships in May Riley placed fourth in the all-around behind

Zoé Allaire-Bourgie Zoé Allaire-Bourgie (born September 27, 2004) is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast and is the 2018 Junior Pan-American gold medalist on balance beam. Early life Zoé Allaire-Bourgie was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 2004. At eight months ...

, Spence, and Quinn Skrupa. As a result she was added to the junior national team for the first time. In November Riley competed at Elite Gym Massilia where she placed thirteenth in the all-around and won silver on vault behind

Lilia Akhaimova Lilia Igorevna Akhaimova ( rus, Лилия Игоревна Ахаимова, , ˈlʲilʲɪɪ̯ə ɐxɐˈiməvə, born 17 March 1997) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olymp ...

. She ended the season competing at the Top Gym Tournament where she placed tenth in the all-around, second on vault behind

Silviana Sfiringu Silviana-Maria Sfiringu-Gheorghe (born 1 September 2004 in Medgidia, Romania) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. During her junior career Sfiringu won the Romanian Junior Championships 3 times (2017, 2018 and 2019). She is a two-time senior nationa ...

, and eighth on uneven bars.

2019

Riley competed at Elite Canada where she placed twelfth but recorded the highest score on vault. In March she competed at the

2019 L'International Gymnix The 2019 International Gymnix competition was the 28th edition of the International Gymnix competition. It was held in Montreal, Canada from March 7–10, 2019. Medal table Medal winners References External links *Official site {{201 ...

. She helped Canada win the bronze medal behind the United States and Belgium. Individually Riley won bronze on vault behind Skye Blakely and

Olivia Greaves Olivia Greaves (born May 5, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team (2018–Present). Early life Greaves was born to Mary Jo and Daniel Greaves in 2004, and has three siblings. ...

Senior

2020

Riley turned senior in 2020 and was scheduled to make her senior debut at Elite Canada but had to withdraw from the competition due to illness. She made her debut at the

2020 L'International Gymnix The 2020 International Gymnix competition was the 29th edition of the International Gymnix competition. It was held in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second ...

competition where she was part of one of three Canadian teams. Her team finished sixth in the team final and Riley did not qualify to any individual event finals. Riley was set to compete at a friendly competition in

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

but that was later canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

2021

Riley returned to competition at the Koper Challenge Cup in September. While there she qualified to both the vault and balance beam finals; she placed seventh on both.

Competitive history

References

External links

Rachael Riley
at Gymnastics Canada * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Rachael 2004 births Living people Canadian female artistic gymnasts Canadian people of Chinese descent Gymnastics people from Ontario 21st-century Canadian women