Aurélie Tran

Aurélie Tran (born May 25, 2006) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She represented Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Additionally she was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Early life and education

Tran was born in Quebec City on May 25, 2006. She is of Vietnamese ancestry.

She started gymnastics at age five and began competing two year later.

In 2023, Tran announced that she will attend the University of Iowa.

Junior gymnastics career

Tran competed at various Elite Canada and Canadian National Championships from 2018 to 2020. She made her international debut at International Gymnix in 2020 where she competed in the Challenge Division, winning two bronze medals.

In 2021, Tran was the Elite Canada junior champion as well as the junior Canadian national champion. Toward the end of the year, she was selected to represent Canada at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games; she won bronze in the all-around behind Americans Katelyn Jong and Kailin Chio, as well as silver on the uneven bars. She was Canada's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the event.

Senior gymnastics career

2022–23

Tran turned senior in 2022, though she didn't compete for much of the season due to an injury to her achilles tendon.

Tran competed at the 2023 Elite Canada competition where she placed first in the all-around. She competed at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped Canada finish sixth as a team. Individually she won bronze on floor exercise.

Tran was named to the team to compete at the 2023 Pan American Championships alongside Jenna Lalonde, Cassie Lee, Frédérique Sgarbossa, Sydney Turner, and Evandra Zlobec. On the first day of competition Tran won bronze in the all-around behind American Tiana Sumanasekera and Natalia Escalera of Mexico. Additionally she won bronze on balance beam. During the team final Tran helped Canada win the bronze medal behind the United States and Mexico.

Tran was named to the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team for Canada along with Ellie Black, Ava Stewart, Cassie Lee, and Rose-Kaying Woo. During qualifications, Tran contributed scores of 13.233 on vault, 13.133 on uneven bars, 11.933 on balance beam, and 12.600 on floor exercise. The Canadian team came in 12th.

Tran was named to the 2023 Pan American Games team for Canada, along with Ava Stewart, Sydney Turner, Cassie Lee and Frederique Sgarbossa. While at the Games, she helped Canada win a bronze medal in the team event, contributing scores on all four apparatuses, with 13.200 on vault, 13.400 on uneven bars, 12.866 on balance beam, and 12.666 on floor. She qualified to the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise finals. In the all-around final, she placed 7th with a score of 50.465. In the uneven bars final, she came in fifth with a score of 13.100; on balance beam her score of 12.133 ended up 8th; and in the floor exercise final she also came in fifth with a score of 13.166.

2024

In late June, Tran was named to the team to represent Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Ellie Black, Cassie Lee, Shallon Olsen, and Ava Stewart.

At the 2024 Olympic Games Tran helped Canada qualify to the team final, where they ultimately finished fifth.

Competitive history

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2006 births
Living people
Canadian female artistic gymnasts
Gymnastics people from Quebec
Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent
Canadian sportspeople of Vietnamese descent
Sportspeople from Repentigny, Quebec
21st-century Canadian sportswomen
Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Pan American Games bronze medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts for Canada
Iowa Hawkeyes women's gymnasts