Rose-Kaying Woo (born January 12, 2000) is a Canadian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was a team alternate for the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 Pan American Championships, she won a team bronze medal. She also competed at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships, where she helped the Canadian team win a silver medal.
Gymnastics career Junior Woo won the junior all-around title at the 2014 International Gymnix and helped Canada win the team silver medal behind Russia. She also won gold medals in the balance beam and floor exercise event finals, and she won a bronze medal in the uneven bars final, behind Daria Skrypnik and Angelina Melnikova. At the 2014 Junior Pan American Championships, she helped Canada win the team title, and she won the all-around bronze medal behind Brazilians Flávia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade. She then competed at the Pacific Rim Championships with Aleeza Yu, Maegan Chant, Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, and Megan Roberts, and they won the team silver medal behind the United States. Individually, she won a bronze medal in the junior floor exercise final. She won the junior all-around title at the 2014 Canadian Championships. At the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Daria Spiridonova.
Woo won the all-around title at the 2015 International Gymnix, and she also won gold medals in the balance beam and floor exercise finals. At the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy, she won a silver medal in the team competition and placed fourth in the all-around. In the event finals, she won bronze medals on both the uneven bars and the balance beam.
Senior Woo became a senior gymnast in 2016. At the 2016 Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won a bronze medal on the vault, behind Ellie Downie and Tjaša Kysselef. She was selected for Canada's 2016 Olympics team alongside Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Isabela Onyshko, and Brittany Rogers; the team finished ninth.
At the 2017 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, Woo won a bronze medal on the uneven bars, behind Jonna Adlerteg and Zsófia Kovács. She tore her Achilles tendon while warming up at the 2018 Stuttgart World Cup.
Woo won a bronze medal with the Canadian team at the 2020 International Gymnix. She was selected as an alternate for Canada's 2020 Olympic team. She then competed at the 2021 World Championships and advanced into the all-around final, finishing 18th. She helped Canada win a bronze medal in the team event at the 2022 Pan American Championships. She missed the 2022 World Championships with a back injury.
Woo won silver medals on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the 2023 Mersin World Challenge Cup, both behind Anna Lashchevska. She competed with the Canadian team that finished 12th in the qualifications at the 2023 World Championships. She won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2024 Varna World Challenge Cup. She was once again an alternate for Canada's Olympic team.
On September 16, 2025 Woo announced her retirement from the sport via Instagram.
Personal life In September 2021, Woo and her sister Victoria-Kayen launched Elegant Woo's, a gymnastics leotard brand.
Competitive history Junior competitive history of Rose-Kaying WooYearEvent2012Elite Canada4International Gymnix (Challenge)132013Elite Canada747Nadia Comaneci Invitational6International Gymnix78Canadian Championships654Elite Gym Massilia5182014Elite CanadaInternational Gymnix5Pacific Rim Championships6655Canadian Championships4Elite Gym Massilia62015Elite CanadaCanada GamesInternational GymnixCity of Jesolo Trophy4Canadian Championships*12 *Woo competed as a junior in the senior category at the 2015 Canadian Championships. Senior competitive history of Rose-Kaying WooYearEvent2016Elite Canada4547International Gymnix8Osijek World Challenge Cup44Canadian Championships1049Canadian Olympic Trials Day 1 67877Canadian Olympic Trials Day 24Rio Olympic Games95255382017Elite Canada28International Gymnix16Koper Challenge Cup867Canadian Championships4Szombathely Challenge Cup58Elite Gym Massilia14Cottbus World Cup7842018Elite Canada44International Gymnix642019Elite Canada32International Gymnix24International GymSportCanadian Championships8FIT Challenge429Paris Challenge Cup156R1Arthur Gander Memorial10786Swiss Cup92020International Gymnix25642021Elite Canada4Canadian Technical Trial 1Canadian Technical Trial 2Canadian Championships33World Championships182533302022International GymSportCanadian ChampionshipsPan American Championships5542023Canadian Worlds Trials12Mersin Challenge CupWorld Championships128267Gymnova Cup2024Elite Canada34Cottbus World CupR115International Gymnix158Varna Challenge Cup29R2Canadian Championships4264542025DTB Pokal Team Challenge85DTB Pokal Mixed CupCairo World Cup45 References
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