Samuel Zakutney (born October 6, 1998) is a Canadian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. He was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

. Individually he is the 2024 Pacific Rim champion on horizontal bar. He represented

Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics Canada competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900, Canadians, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for t ...

Personal life

Zakutney was born to Timothy and Lise Zakutney in 1998. He has two sisters and graduated from

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

in 2020 with a degree in biomedical engineering.

Gymnastics career

2018–2019

Zakutney competed at the 2018 Pan American Championships where he helped Canada finish fifth as a team. He competed at the 2018 World Championships where he helped Canada finish eighteenth during qualifications. Zakutney competed at the

where he helped Canada win bronze. Individually he finished fourth on horizontal bar. He competed at the 2018 World Championships where he helped Canada finish seventeenth during qualifications.

2021–2022

Zakutney tore his ACL in August 2021. Zakutney returned to competition in late 2022, competing at the Paris World Challenge Cup. He competed at the 2022 World Championships where he helped Canada finish tenth during qualifications.

2024

Zakutney competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and

Pacific Rim Championships The Pacific Rim Championships is a major regional biennial gymnastics competition. It is open to teams from member nations of the Pacific Alliance of National Gymnastics Federations, namely Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, ...

, helping Canada win silver at the latter. Individually he won gold on horizontal bar and bronze on floor exercise at the Pacific Rim Championships. In late June Zakutney was named to the team to represent

alongside

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, and

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. While there he helped Canada finish eighth as a team.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakutney, Samuel 1998 births Living people Canadian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts from Ottawa 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Penn State Nittany Lions men's gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Olympic gymnasts for Canada Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics