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| Full name | Caitlin Aileen Rooskrantz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Caits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Johannesburg Gymnastics Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ilse Roets-Pelser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caitlin Aileen Rooskrantz (born 5 November 2001)[1] is a South African artistic gymnast. She represented South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics and was the first South African gymnast to qualify for the Olympics without a continental quota. Rooskrantz and teammate Naveen Daries became the first female gymnasts of color to represent South Africa and the Olympics. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games uneven bars bronze medalist, South Africa's first gymnastics medal at the Commonwealth Games since 2010. She is the 2022 African all-around champion and a two-time African uneven bars champion (2018, 2022). She is a two-time uneven bars gold medalist on the FIG World Cup series. She represented South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer of her country along with the male sprinter Akani Simbine.[2]
- ^ "Caitlin Rooskrantz". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Team SA flag bearers named at send-off banquet". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.