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Suzanna Shahbazian

Canadian rhythmic gymnast

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ118232594 ↗
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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. She began gymnastics at age four, her idols are Russian rhythmic gymnasts Alina Kabaeva and Liasan Utiasheva.

Career

Junior

Shahbazian was selected for the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships in Monterrey, where she won silver in the team competition.

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. 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. 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.

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.

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