Suzanna Shahbazian | |
Birth Date: | 18 October 2004 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Discipline: | Rhythmic Gymnastics |
Level: | International Elite |
Natlteam: | 2019- |
Club: | Questo RG |
Headcoach: | Natalia Popova |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Suzanna Shahbazian (born 18 October 2004) is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She is a 2022 Commonwealth Games team gold medalist and a silver medalist in the ball event. She is also a medalist at the Pan American Championships.
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]
Shahbazian was selected for the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships in Monterrey, where she won silver in the team competition.[3]
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]