Jayson Rampersad
{{short description|Canadian artistic gymnast}}
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| birth_place = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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| discipline = MAG
| natlteam = 2018–present (CAN)
| club = Laval Excellence
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|Team}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
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{{MedalSilver|2022 Rio de Janeiro|Pommel horse}}
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Jayson Rampersad (born July 31, 2003) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. He is a pommel horse specialist. He was a member of the silver medal-winning teams at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Pan American Games. Individually he is the 2022 Pan American and 2023 Pan American Games silver medalist and 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist on pommel horse.
Gymnastics career
= 2021 =
In October Rampersad competed at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships; he finished 87th on pommel horse during qualification.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2021/10/27/2021-world-championships-mens-results/|title=2021 World Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=October 27, 2021}}
= 2022 =
In July Rampersad was selected to compete at both the Pan American Championships and the Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.gymcan.org/news/details/2022_CWG_Team_EN|title=Canadian Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Named for 2022 Commonwealth Games|date=July 8, 2022|work=GymCan|access-date=12 December 2023|archive-date=10 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710031843/http://www.gymcan.org/news/details/2022_CWG_Team_EN|url-status=dead}} At the Pan American Championships he finished second on pommel horse behind Yul Moldauer. During the team final Rampersad helped Canada finish third behind the US and Brazil. At the Commonwealth Games Rampersad helped Canada place second behind England. Individually he qualified to the pommel horse final, on which he won bronze behind Joe Fraser and Rhys McClenaghan.{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/canadian-gymnast-dolci-takes-silver-in-men-s-floor-event-at-commonwealth-games-1.1831546|title=Canadian gymnast Dolci takes silver in men's floor event at Commonwealth Games|work=TSN|date=August 1, 2022}}
= 2023 =
In October Rampersad competed at the 2023 World Championships. During qualifications he helped Canada finish fourth, which qualified Canada a team berth to the 2024 Olympic Games, a feat last achieved by the Canadian men's gymnastics team in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/gymnastics/canada-men-olympic-berth-artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-1.6983953|title=Canada sending men's gymnastics team to Olympics for 1st time since 2008|date=October 1, 2023|work=CBC News}} During the team final Rampersad contributed a score on pommel horse towards Canada's seventh-place finish.
Rampersad next competed at the Pan American Games. On the first day of competition he helped the Canadian team win the silver medal behind the United States.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/santiago-2023-team-usa-claims-pan-am-games-men-artistic-gymnastics-team-gold-results|title=Santiago 2023 - Team USA claims Pan Am Games men's artistic gymnastics team gold - results|date=October 21, 2023|work=International Olympic Committee}} Individually he qualified to the pommel horse final. On the first day of event finals Rampersad won silver on pommel horse behind compatriot Zachary Clay.{{cite web|url=https://results-santiago2023.org/#/discipline/GAR/results/M.1APPH-------------.FNL-.000001--|title=Men's Pommel Horse FINAL|work=2023 Pan American Games|date=October 24, 2023}}
Competitive history
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! width=37% class=unsortable| Event ! width=7% class=unsortable| Team ! width=7% class=unsortable| AA ! width=7% class=unsortable|FX ! width=7% class=unsortable|PH ! width=7% class=unsortable|SR ! width=7% class=unsortable|VT ! width=7% class=unsortable|PB ! width=7% class=unsortable|HB | |||||||||
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| colspan="10" | Junior | |||||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2018 | align=left | Canadian Championships | 4 | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | {{bronze3}} | {{bronze3}} | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2019 | align=left | Elite Canada | 8 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| align=left | UCIC Calgary | 13 | ||||||||
| align=left | Canadian Championships | 7 | {{gold1}} | 4 | ||||||
| colspan="10" | Senior | |||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2021 | align=left | Mersin Challenge Cup | 8 | |||||||
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| align=left | World Championships | 87 | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2022 | align=left | Canadian Championships | {{bronze3}} | {{gold1}} | ||||||
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| align=left | Pan American Championships | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} | |||||||
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| align=left | Commonwealth Games | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | |||||||
| rowspan="5" | 2023 | align=left | Elite Canada | {{bronze3}} | |||||||
| align=left | Canadian Championships | {{gold1}} | ||||||||
| align=left | RomGym Trophy | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | |||||||
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| align=left | World Championships | 7 | ||||||||
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| align=left | Pan American Games | {{silver2}} | {{silver2}} | |||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2024 | align=left | Elite Canada | {{gold1}} | 13 | ||||||
| align=left | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 11 | ||||||||
| align=left | Pacific Rim Championships | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | |||||||
| align=left | Canadian Championships | 5 |
References
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Category:Canadian male artistic gymnasts
Category:Sportspeople from Mississauga
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in gymnastics
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in gymnastics