Pan American Games 2015Jul 8, 2015 by Becca Reed
Meet Team Canada: Maegan Chant
Meet Team Canada: Maegan Chant
The 2015 Pan American Games begin this week in Toronto, Ontario and is sure to be an exciting event. The home country Canada will be represented with a strong women’s team made up of Elsabeth Black, Madison Copiak, Maegan Chant, Isabela Onyshko, and Victoria Woo. This week we are introducing you to each member of the team and today we continue with Maegan Chant.
Chant is a a third year senior elite from Waterdown, Ontario where she trains at World Class Gymnastics with coaches Gabriel Tantaru and Cristina Bontas-Tantaru. Along with Black, Chant is one of the more experienced gymnasts on the team and she first competed elite in 2009 with her first international competition in 2010. She was too young to be eligible for the 2012 Olympics and she competed her first year as a senior in 2013.
She competed at the World Championships in both 2013 and 2014. At the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships she helped the team place second and she placed third on vault as an individual. At the 2014 Senior Pan Am Championships she also qualified to vault finals but just missed out on a medal, placing fourth.
Chant’s strongest event is vault but she is also great on floor and considers tumbling her favorite skills to compete. She performs with a graceful and elegant style with beautiful form. Watch for Chant as a solid all-around gymnast this weekend, and in the coming years watch for her in NCAA as she has committed to the University of Florida.