2010 Youth Olympic Competitors- Where Are They Now? (Top 7 All Around)

Viktoria Komova- Russia 

Age Now: 19
Results From YOG: 1st All Around, 1st Vault, 1st Bars, 7th Beam, 3rd Floor

Following her success at the Youth Olympics, Viktoria went on to become the 2011 World Champion on bars in her first year as a senior. She also took home a silver medal in the all around and in the team finals after coming off an ankle injury she sustained during training early that year. In 2012 she became the European uneven bar champion and helped the Russian team to another silver medal. At the 2012 Olympics she finished 2nd in the all around and as well as 2nd with the Russian team. Mistakes in the bar and beam final kept her from winning a medal there. In 2013, Komova sat out of competition with a back injury. She returned to competition earlier this year at the Russian Championships where she placed 8th on bars and competed an exhibition routine on beam. She was named to the 2014 European Championships team but withdrew to have surgery on her right ankle. Komova is currently training to make the 2014 World Championship team.




Tan Sixin- China 

Age Now: 19
Results From YOG: 2nd All Around, 2nd Bars, 1st Beam, 1st Floor

In 2011, Tan turned senior and won gold on bars and beam at the Doha World Cup. She also helped the Chinese team to a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships. In 2012, she won a bronze medal on beam at the Pacific Rim Championships but unfortunately was named an alternate to the Olympic Team. Tan continued to compete after the Olympics, winning gold with her team, bronze on balance beam, and placing seventh on floor exercise at the Chinese Nationals. At the 2013 East Asian Games she took home four gold medals- team, all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise. In 2014 she placed 4th with her team at the Chinese Nationals and retired shortly after.

    


Carlotta Ferlito- Italy

Age Now: 19
Results From YOG: 3rd All Around, 3rd Vault, 6th Bars, 2nd Beam, 8th Floor

After competing in the Youth Olympics, Carlotta turned senior and placed 8th All Around and 2nd on beam at the 2011 European Championships. She also became the Italian beam and floor national champion, while placing 2nd All Around. Later that year at the World Championships she helped the Italian team to a 6th place finish and placed 14th in the All Around. At the 2012 Olympics, Carlotta placed 7th with her team and 21st all around. She continued to compete after the Olympics placing 11th all around and 5th on beam at the 2013 World Championships. She most recently competed at the 2014 American Cup where she placed 8th all around. Ferlito is now the star of a reality MTV show called  "Ginnaste - Vite Parallele" and is currently training for the 2014 World Championships.





Natsumi Sasada- Japan

Age Now: 18
Results From YOG: 4th All Around, 4th Vault

Natsumi made her senior debut at the 2011 Cottbus World Cup, placing 8th on uneven bars and 4th on beam. She went on to win silver in the all around at the Japanese Nationals. Despite missing out on an Olympic team spot, Sasada continued to train and represented Japan at the 2013 World Championships where she placed 23rd all around and was 3rd reserve for the uneven bar final. This summer Natsumi defended her national all around title and was named to the 2014 World Championship team.


 

Ana Sofia Gomez- Guatemala

Age Now: 18
Results From YOG: 5th All Around, 4th Beam, 4th Floor

Ana went on to win a silver medal in the all around and gold on beam at the 2011 Pan American Games. She represented Guatemala at the 2012 Olympics where she qualified in 16th to the all around final- an amazing feat! She went on to place 22nd. In 2013 she won beam again at the Pan American Games. She did not compete at the World Championships that year, however she is currently still competing and aiming for the upcoming World Championships.




Diana Bulimar-Romania

Age Now: 18
Results From YOG: 6th All Around, 7th Vault, 7th Bars, 2nd Floor

Unfortunately most of Diana's senior career has been plagued by injury. She missed the beginning of the 2011 season due to a foot injury, however she was back in time to help the Romanian team to a 4th place finish at the World Championships. Individually she qualified to the floor event finals but had to withdraw due to another foot injury. She bounced back strong in 2012 helping the Romanian team win the European Championships as well as a bronze medal at the Olympics. She qualified to the beam event finals but was replaced by her teammate Larissa Iordache. In 2013, Diana won gold on floor at the Doha World Cup. At the European Championships she placed 4th all around, 2nd on beam, and 3rd on floor. She missed the rest of the season due to a knee injury. This year she won silver on floor and placed 4th on beam at the Doha World Cup. She also helped the Romanian team to a gold medal at the European Championships. Unfortunately, Diana will miss the 2014 World Championships due to another knee injury.





Angela Donald-Australia 

Age Now: 18

Results From YOG: 7th all around, 4th Bars, 3rd Beam

After her success at the Youth Olympics, Angela quietly slipped away from the international scene. She did not compete during the 2011 season (not sure why, I'm assuming because of injury?) and she returned only to compete at the 2012 Australian Nationals where she failed to make the Olympic team.