
{"id":3888,"date":"2026-06-13T20:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2026-06-13T20:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:57:55","slug":"rio-will-host-the-continents-top-gymnasts-at-the-2026-pan-american-artistic-gymnastics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/rio-will-host-the-continents-top-gymnasts-at-the-2026-pan-american-artistic-gymnastics-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will be the next Pan American champion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-a1536c0520effab41caafc28fdba7099 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Pan American <strong>Artistic Gymnastics<\/strong> Championships organized by the Pan American Gymnastics Union (UPAG) about to begin in Rio de Janeiro, excitement is building to find out who will be the next continental champions in the Individual All-Around competitions, titles that in recent years have been won by some of the biggest names in American gymnastics.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In women\u2019s gymnastics, recent history has been marked by the talent of gymnasts who went on to shine on the world\u2019s biggest stages. Brazil\u2019s Rebeca Andrade was crowned Pan American champion in Rio de Janeiro in 2021. A year later, another Brazilian, Fl\u00e1via Saraiva, defended the title on home soil by winning gold at the 2022 edition.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiana Sumanasekera of the United States took the title at the 2023 Medell\u00edn event, while Michelle Pineda of Mexico claimed the continental crown at the 2024 Santa Marta event. More recently, Jayla Hang of the United States was crowned Pan American champion at the 2025 Panama event. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Champions (All-Around)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021 \u2013 Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) \u2013 Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2022 \u2013 Fl\u00e1via Saraiva (Brazil) \u2013 Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023 \u2013 Tiana Sumanasekera (United States) \u2013 Medell\u00edn<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 \u2013 Michelle Pineda (Mexico) \u2013 Santa Marta<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 \u2013 Jayla Hang (United States) \u2013 Panama<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the men&#8217;s division, Brazil&#8217;s Caio Souza has dominated the continent in recent years. The gymnast won the Pan American title in 2021 and 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, and once again claimed the top spot on the podium in Santa Marta in 2024. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among his victories, American Yul Moldauer claimed the title at the 2023 event in Medell\u00edn, while Canadian F\u00e9lix Dolci became the most recent champion by winning the 2025 event in Panama.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Champions (All-Around)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021 \u2013 Caio Souza (Brazil) \u2013 Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2022 \u2013 Caio Souza (Brazil) \u2013 Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023 \u2013 Yul Moldauer (United States) \u2013 Medell\u00edn<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 \u2013 Caio Souza (Brazil) \u2013 Santa Marta<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  2025 \u2013 F\u00e9lix Dolci (Canada) \u2013 Panama<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, all eyes are on Rio de Janeiro. With world-class athletes such as Rebeca Andrade, Caio Souza, Arthur Nory, Yul Moldauer, F\u00e9lix Dolci, and a new generation of emerging talents, the 2026 Pan American Championships promise a fierce battle for the continental titles. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo courtesy of USA Gymnastics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upag-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3894,"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/3894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upag-pagu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}