Tiana Sumanasekera
Tiana Sumanasekera (born September 15, 2007) is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She is the 2021 Junior Pan American Games champion on vault.
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Full name | Tiana Sumanasekera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Fremont, California USA | September 15, 2007|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Pleasanton, California, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Junior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2021 – Present (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | World Champions Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Cecile Landi Laurent Landi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Sumanasekera was born to Rajitha and Ruwangi Sumanasekera in 2007. She started gymnastics in 2013.[1]
Gymnastics career
2021
Sumanasekera competed at the 2021 Winter Cup where she placed seventh in the all-around.[2] She next competed at the American Classic where she placed eighth in the all-around but won gold on floor exercise and silver on vault.[3] Sumanasekera competed at the U.S. Classic where she finished tenth in the all-around.[4]
In November Sumanasekera was selected to represent the United States at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games alongside Katelyn Jong, Madray Johnson, and Kailin Chio.[5] While there she helped the United States place first as a team and individually she won gold on vault.[6]
2022
Sumanasekera competed at the 2022 Winter Cup where she finished seventh in the all-around but first on vault and floor exercise. As a result she was selected to compete at the upcoming DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart alongside Myli Lew, Ella Kate Parker, Ella Murphy, and Hezly Rivera.[7] While there Sumanasekera helped the team finish first and individually she won gold on vault and silver on balance beam. In April Sumanasekera competed at the 2022 City of Jesolo Trophy alongside Lew, Murphy, Madray Johnson, Zoey Molomo, and Gabby Van Frayen. They won the team event and Sumanasekera won the all-around competition. During event finals she picked up an additional three gold medals on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise.[8]
In July Sumanasekera was selected to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Molomo, Dulcy Caylor, and Alicia Zhou, where she helped the United States win the team gold and won an additional three medals in the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise event finals.[9][10]
2023
Sumanasekera turned senior in 2023. She made her senior debut at the 2023 Winter Cup where she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam. In April she was named to the team to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Zoe Miller, Addison Fatta, Joscelyn Roberson, and Nola Matthews.[11]
Competitive history
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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2021 | Winter Cup | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | ![]() | |
American Classic | 8 | ![]() | 14 | 12 | ![]() | ||
U.S. Classic | 10 | 6 | 17 | ![]() | 17 | ||
Junior Pan American Games | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
2022 | Winter Cup | 7 | ![]() | 22 | ![]() | ![]() | |
DTB Pokal Team Challenge | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
City of Jesolo Trophy | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Pan American Championships | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
U.S. National Championships | 9 | ![]() | 26 | 6 | ![]() | ||
Senior | |||||||
2023 | Winter Cup | 12 | 7 |
References
- "Tiana Sumanasekera USAG profile". USA Gymnastics.
- "Chiles, Parker claim 2021 Winter Cup senior and junior all-around titles, four senior and five junior gymnasts named to U.S. Women's National Team". USA Gymnastics. February 28, 2021.
- "Chio takes junior all-around title at 2021 American Classic". USA Gymnastics. April 24, 2021.
- "Jong coasts to 2021 GK U.S. Classic junior all-around title behind top scores on vault, uneven bars and balance beam". USA Gymnastics. May 21, 2021.
- "USA Gymnastics names 2021 Junior Pan American Games women's artistic team". USA Gymnastics. November 17, 2021.
- "U.S. women's team golden in Cali, Jong and Chio take top-two all-around spots at 2021 Junior Pan American Games". USA Gymnastics. November 27, 2021.
- "World team members Frazier, McClain headline women's contingent for upcoming DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup in Stuttgart". USA Gymnastics. March 1, 2022.
- "U.S. athletes earn 14 medals, six gold, on final day of 2022 City of Jesolo Trophy". USA Gymnastics. April 10, 2022.
- "U.S. juniors sweep team, all-around titles on first day of artistic competition at 2022 Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. July 14, 2022.
- "Richard, Sumanasekera, Zhou golden on final day of Junior Pan American Championships".
- "Women's senior team named for 2023 Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. April 30, 2023.