Suzanna Shahbazian
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| Born | 18 October 2004 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada (2019-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Questo RG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Natalia Popova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Suzanna Shahbazian (born 18 October 2004) is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She is a 2022 Commonwealth Games team gold medalist and ball silver medalist, and also a Pan American Championships medalist. On national level, she is the 2025 Canadian all-around champion.
Early life
Shahbazian was born in Montreal, Quebec in 2004.[1] She began gymnastics at age four, her idols are Russian rhythmic gymnasts Alina Kabaeva and Liasan Utiasheva.[2]
Career
Junior
Shahbazian was selected for the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships in Monterrey, where she won silver in the team competition.[3]
Senior
In 2022, she took part in the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, where she won silver with hoop and bronze with ball and in the team category.[4][5] In August, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she won gold in teams along Carmel Kallemaa and Tatiana Cocsanova as well as silver with ball.[6][7][8] A month later Shahbazian was selected for the World Championships in Sofia where she ended 35th in the All-Around, 35th with hoop, 30th with ball and 38th with clubs.[9]
In 2024, together with Jana Alemam, Eva Cao, Tatiana Cocsanova, Carmel Kallemaa and Kate Vetricean, she won silver medal in team competition at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships in Cali, Colombia.[10] She also won bronze medals in Hoop, Clubs and Ribbon finals.[11][12] Later that year, she won bronze medal in team competition with Kallemaa and Cocsanova at the 2024 Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[13]
In 2025, she won bronze medal in team competition alongside Pin Rong Lee and Carmel Kallemaa at the 2025 Pan American Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.Team[14] She took 8th place in Hoop, 5th in Ball and Clubs and 6th in Ribbon finals.[15] On July 17-19, she represented Canada at the 2025 Summer Universiade in Essen, Germany, and took 26th place in all-around.[16]
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hoop | Vivo Tango by Maxime Rodriguez |
| Ball | Goliath by Woodkid / Who Wants To Live Forever by The Tenors | |
| Clubs | Royal Blood (as featured in The Redeem Team) by Caleb Swift | |
| Ribbon | California Dreamin' by 33Tours | |
| 2024 | Hoop | Smooth Criminal by David Garrett |
| Ball | The End (slowed down + reverbed) by JPOLND | |
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | Торо - Ко - Ко Пэк - Пэк by Дидюля |
References
- ^ "SHAHBAZIAN Suzanna - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Suzanna Shahbazian | Gymnastique Québec". Fédération de gymnastique du Québec (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "News | Gymnastics Canada". gymcan.org. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Teams" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Event Finals" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Rhythmic Gymnastics" (PDF).
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics - Ball results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Canada crowned Rhythmic Gymnastics champions". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "2022 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.com.
- ^ "U.S. collects 20 medals on the final day of T&T and RG Pac Rims competition". USA Gymnastics. 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Pacific RG 2024 - All Around / Senior" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Pacific RG 2024 - Event Finals / Senior" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 23 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 Pan American Championships Results Book (Media)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "2025 Pan American Championships FINAL - TEAM - SENIOR" (PDF). FIG. 30 May 2025.
- ^ "2025 Pan American Championships Individual Event Finals Results - SENIOR" (PDF). FIG. 1 June 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games 2025 Results Book" (PDF). rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.