Main:Ava Stewart

Ava Stewart
Stewart at the 2024 Olympic Games
Country represented	Canada
Born	September 30 2005 (2005-09-30) Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
Years on National Team	2020-present
Club	Gemini Gymnastics
Coach(es)	Elena Davydova, Valery Yahchybekov
Current status	Active

Ava Stewart (born September 30 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American-born Canadian gymnast and two-time (2020 and 2024) Olympian. She resides in Bowmanville, Ontario and trains at Gemini Gymnastics under 1980 Olympic Champion Elena Davydova and Valery Yahchybekov. She's been a member of the National Team since 2020.

Junior Career

Stewart competed at Elite Canada in February 2020, where she won bronze in the all-around. She went on to make her international debut at the International Gymnix in Montreal. She won bronze on balance beam and placed fourth with her team and seventh in the all-around. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic cut the season short soon after that.

Senior Career

2021

With the pandemic pushing the Olympics back by a year, Stewart became eligible for Tokyo. She showed tremendous improvements at Elite Canada in February, which was held virtually for safety reasons. She won floor exercise gold, all-around and balance beam silver, and uneven bars bronze. In May, she competed at the Canadian National Championships, which were also held virtually. She won uneven bars gold, all-around and balance beam silver, and placed fourth on floor exercise. In June, Stewart was named to the Canadian Olympic team.

Tokyo Olympics

Stewart competed in the fourth subdivision, starting on vault. Canada placed tenth in qualifications, while she placed fifty-eighth in the all-around, and did not advance to the individual events.

2022

Stewart continued to compete after the Olympics, starting her season at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, helping Canada win team bronze and individually placing fifth on uneven bars. While she was in Italy, the videos she had submitted for the virtual Elite Canada were judged. She only competed on balance beam, placing seventeenth. In May, she competed at the Canadian National Championships, winning balance beam gold, all-around bronze, and placing sixth on uneven bars and ninth on floor exercise. In July, she competed at the Pan American Championships, helping Canada win a team bronze medal, as well as qualify a full team to the World Championships.

2023

Stewart began her season at Elite Canada in January, winning silver on uneven bars. In March, she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup, helping Canada place sixth in the team final. In late April, she competed at the Cairo World Cup, placing fifth on uneven bars. She went on to compete at the Canadian National Championships, winning gold on uneven bars and silver in the all-around. That fall, she competed at the Szombathely World Cup in Hungary, placing sixth on floor and seventh on balance beam. In October, she competed at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. She only competed three events for Canada and did not make the event finals, and Canada did not make the team final. Later that month, she competed at the Pan American Games in Chile, winning team and balance beam bronze, and placing fifth in the all-around and sixth on uneven bars.

2024

Stewart began her season at the Elite Canada in February, winning gold on balance beam and bronze in the all-around. In March, she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup, placing fourth with her team, fifth on balance beam, and seventh in the all-around. At the City of Jesolo Trophy, she placed fourth with her team and nineteenth in the all-around. At the Canadian National Championships in June, she won balance beam gold, all-around and uneven bars bronze, and placed eighth on floor exercise. She was named to the Canadian Olympic team.

Paris Olympics

In qualifications, Stewart competed in the fourth subdivision. She helped Canada qualify sixth to the team final, while she qualified to the all-around in twenty-sixth place. Canada placed fifth in the team final and she placed nineteenth in the all-around final.

Medal Count

Year	Event	TF	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2020	Elite Canada		3rd
	International Gymnix	4	7			3rd
2021	Elite Canada		2nd		3rd	2nd	1st
	Canadian National Championships		2nd		1st	2nd	4
2022	Elite Canada					17
	City of Jesolo Trophy	3rd			5
	Canadian National Championships		3rd		6	1st	9
	Pan American Championships	3rd
2023	Elite Canada				2nd
	Stuttgart World Cup	6
	Cairo World Cup				5
	Canadian National Championships		2nd		1st
	Szombathely World Cup					7	6
	Santiago Pan American Games	3rd	5		6	3rd
2024	Elite Canada		3rd			1st
	Stuttgart World Cup	4	7			5
	City of Jesolo Trophy	4	19
	Canadian National Championships		3rd		3rd	1st	8
	Paris Olympic Games	5	19