Rose-Kaying Woo is a Canadian elite artistic gymnast who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also represented Canada at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships where she helped the Canadian team win a silver medal.
As a junior gymnast, Woo competed at the 2014 Pan American Championships, winning team gold, silvers on uneven bars and balance beam, and bronzes on floor and in the all-around. At the Pacific Rim Championships that year, she was third on floor, and part of the silver-winning junior team. In 2015, she won the International Gymnix Junior Cup all-around and got gold on floor and beam. At the Jesolo Trophy in Italy, she won the junior all-around and picked up bronzes on bars and beam, as well as winning team gold.
Woo became a senior in 2016. She was selected for Canada’s 2016 Rio Olympics team alongside Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Isabela Onyshko and Brittany Rogers. In September 2021, Woo and her sister Victoria-Kayen launched Elegant Woo’s, a gymnastics leotard brand.
Achievements: Medal record representing Canada
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal- Third place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pacific Rim Championships
Silver medal – Second place 2014 Richmond Team
Bronze medal – Third place 2014 Richmond Floor Exercise
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar catches up with Rose Woo is an exceptionally talented Canadian artistic gymnast, winner of Bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American Championships, here she talks about her fitness routine, her diet, and her success story.
Namita Nayyar:
You were born in LaSalle, Quebec, Canada. When did you start training for gymnastics? You as a junior gymnast, at an age of 14 years, competed at the 2014 Pan American Championships, winning team gold, silvers on uneven bars and balance beam, and bronzes on floor and in the all-around. This later propelled your career to the height where for you became the elite female gymnast from Canada. Tell us more about your professional journey of exceptional hard work, tenacity, and endurance?
Rose Woo:
I started gymnastics at the age of 3 years old doing mother toddler classes. Being a professional athlete is certainly not easy. Every one of us sacrifices so much to achieve our goals. We need to miss out on a lot of social events with friends and family. Training on weekends, prioritizing rest instead of a night out. This is our life, but we would not want it any other way. Our sport is our passion and all the sacrifices we take are always worth it.
Namita Nayyar:
It is a dream for a gymnast to participate in the Pacific Rim Championships. In the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics competition for the 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships that was held on 9th April, to 12th April 2014 at the Richmond Olympic Oval. You won a Bronze medal in Floor Exercise individual event. Tell us more about this spectacular achievement of yours?
Rose Woo:
I remember this competition and how young I was. I remember being one of the last girls to go on floor and watching the scores before I went on the floor and I knew that if I hit my routine I would be able to win a medal. So, I went and did a great routine and won a medal. It was a great experience and a great memory that sill stay with me forever.
Namita Nayyar:
In 2015, you won the International Gymnix Junior Cup all-around and got gold medals on floor and beam. How this acted as a catalyst in your metriotic rise as a Canadian leading artistic gymnast player?
Rose Woo:
The 2015 was the year before the Olympics so this was a great win in the sense that it put me in a good position as an Espoir for the Olympic Games in 2016.
Namita Nayyar:
What exercises comprise your fitness regime or workout routine you may wish to share?
Rose Woo:
Apart from gymnastics I do a combination of workouts like Pilates, strength and conditioning and eccentric’s. All these workouts help me be a better gymnast and help me with injury prevention.
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