Birthplace: Markham, ON
Year of Birth: 1998
Club: Silhouettes of York
Sr. National Team since: 2014
Follow me on Instagram: @carmenwhelan

Started with the GymCan Group in 2019, finishing 11th at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup.

Carmen Whelan swept the podium at both the 2017 Canadian Championships and the 2017 Elite Canada competition after coming second at both the 2015 and 2016 Canadian Championships. She has gained valuable international experience through several World Cup appearances over the last few years, including just missing the podium at the 2015 Pan American Games in her hometown of Toronto with a 4th-place in ball. She finished 60th all-around at her first World Championships in 2015. Whelan dreamed of representing Canada after training with Olympian Alexandra Orlando who told her that she was a hard worker with lots of talent, making her realize she had the potential to be a great gymnast.

Family: Parents Paul and Cynthia Whelan… Older sister Sinead… Grandfather Raymond Collyer was a national artistic gymnastics champion… 

Getting into the Sport: Started in gymnastics at age 6… First tried artistic but was too flexible and didn’t enjoy it… Fell in love with the beauty and difficulty of rhythmic immediately after switching… 

Outside Interests: Enjoys playing sports, going to the cottage, travelling… 

Odds and Ends: Nickname: Monkey… Role model is two-time world all-around champion Yana Kudryavtseva for surpassing expectations and limits in the sport… Collects souvenir keychains from each country she visits…

Iana Nadtotchii

Aurora, ON

• 2020
• Miss Valentine (Tartu, EST)
• RGG: 5th A-Around, 3rd 3 Hoops & 2 Clubs, 6th 5 Balls

• 2019
• World Championships (Baku, AZE)
• RGG: 20th A-Around

• 2019
• Pan Am Games (Lima, PER)
• RGG: 5th A-Around, 5th 5 Balls, 6th 3 Hoops & 2 Clubs

• 2019
• World Cup (Baku, AZE)
• RGG: 25th A-Around

• 2019
• World Challenge Cup (Guadalajara, ESP)
• RGG: 11th A-Around, 11th 5 Balls, 11th Hoops and Clubs

• 2018
• Senior Pan American Championships (Lima, PER)
• 4th Team, 9th A-Around, 6th Hoop, 5th Clubs, 6th Ribbon

• 2018
• World Championships (Sofia, BUL)
• 45th A-Around, 65th Hoop, 47th Ball, 33rd Clubs, 34th Ribbon

• 2018
• Canadian Championships (Richmond, BC)
• 3rd A-Around, 1st Hoop, 3rd Ball, 1st Clubs, 2nd Ribbon

• 2018
• World Challenge Cup (Guadalajara, ESP)
• 20th A-Around, 15th Hoop, 19th Ball, 16th Clubs, 33rd Ribbon

• 2018
• World Cup (Baku, AZE)
• 33rd A-Around, 35th Hoop, 34th Ball, 31st Clubs, 34th Ribbon

• 2018
• Commonwealth Games (Gold Coast, AUS)
• 4th Team, 13th A-Around, 14th Hoop, 12th Ball, 14th Clubs, 8th Ribbon

• 2018
• World Cup (Sofia, BUL)
• 46th A-Around, 53rd Hoop, 38th Ball, 52nd Clubs, 25th Ribbon

• 2017
• World Championships (Pesaro, ITA)
• 41st A-Around, 45th Hoop, 53rd Ball, 31st Clubs, 42nd Ribbon

• 2017
• World Challenge Cup (Kazan, RUS)
• 32nd A-Around

• 2017
• Wold Challenge Cup (Minsk, BLR)
• 21st A-Around, 23rd Hoop, 20th Ball, 19th Clubs, 26th Ribbon

• 2017
• Canadian Championships (Edmonton, AB)
• 1st A-Around, 1st Hoop, 1st Ball, 1st Clubs, 1st Ribbon

• 2017
• World Challenge Cup (Guadalajara, ESP)
• 23rd A-Around, 17th Hoop, 34th Ball, 15th Clubs, 24th Ribbon

• 2017
• Elite Canada (Toronto, ON)
• 1st A-Around, 1st Hoop, 1st Ball, 1st Clubs, 1st Ribbon

• 2017
• World Cup (Pesaro, ITA)
• 36th A-Around, 41st Hoop, 30th Ball, 23rd Clubs, 45th Ribbon

• 2016
• Canadian Championships (Winnipeg, MB)
• 2nd A-Around, 2th Hoop, 3rd Ball, 2nd Clubs, 2nd Ribbon

• 2016
• Elite Canada (Richmond, BC)
• 1st A-Around, 1st Hoop, 2nd Ball, 1st Clubs, 1st Ribbon

• 2015
• World Championships (Stuttgart, GER)
• 60th A-Around, 47th Hoop, 49th Ball, 91st Clubs, 74th Ribbon

• 2015
• Pan American Games (Toronto, ON)
• 6th A-Around, 5th Hoop, 4th Ball, 7th Clubs, 7th Ribbon

• 2015
• Canadian Championships (Richmond, BC)
• 2nd A-Around, 2nd Hoop, 3rd Ball, 2nd Clubs

• 2015
• Elite Canada (Winnipeg, MB)
• 2nd A-Around, 3rd Hoop, 2nd Ball, 3rd Clubs, 2nd Ribbon

• 2014

• Elite Canada (Edmonton, AB)
• 3rd A-Around, 3rd Hoop, 3rd Ball, 3rd Clubs, 3rd Ribbon