Rachael Riley (born 2004) is a Canadian artistic gymnast and member of the Canadian national gymnastics team.

Early life

Riley was born in

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

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, 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

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, 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

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, 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

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

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, 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

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

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and

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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 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

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but that was later canceled due to the ongoing

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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 sportspeople of Chinese descent Gymnastics people from Ontario 21st-century Canadian sportswomen