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Megan Chu (born 25 February 2008) is an American rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2026 Pan American all-around bronze medalist. On junior level, she is the 2021 Pan American all-around champion and the 2023 Pan American all-around silver medalist.
Personal life
[edit]She has one sister Melody. She is going to California Online Public School.[2]
Career
[edit]She took up the sport in 2012 at the age of 4.
Junior
[edit]Chu joined the junior national team in 2021. Chu competed at the 2021 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, where she won team gold, gold in the all-around, hoop, clubs and ribbon and silver with ball.[3]
The following year, she won team gold, gold with hoop as well as bronze with clubs at the Pan American Championships.[4][5][6]
In 2023, at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, she won team gold, gold with ribbon, silver in the all-around and with ball.[7][8][9] In July, she was selected for the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca along with Rin Keys and the junior group. The team finished in 11th place, and Chu was 8th in the ball final.[10]
Senior
[edit]2024
[edit]In 2024 she became a senior. In February, she competed in her first Grand Prix and won a silver medal in the Ribbon final. In April she competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Cali, winning gold in teams and the All-Around. In her first senior Pan American Championships she earned a bronze medal in the hoop and ball finals. At the end of September, Chu, along with her teammates Rin Keys and Natalia de la Rosa, participated in the international club competition Aeon Cup in Japan, where they won a historic gold medal ahead of the Ukrainian and Italian teams. She placed 5th in the All-Around.[11]
2025
[edit]In 2025, she started her competition season in Tartu, Estonia, at Miss Valentine Grand Prix and won bronze medal in All-around. She also won gold medal in ribbon, silver in hoop and bronze in ball and clubs finals. On 4-6 April, she competed at 2025 World Cup Sofia and took 8th place in the all-around and advanced into ribbon final, where she ended on 7th place. On May 9-11, she competed at World Challenge Cup Portimão and took 6th place in all-around. She also won bronze in hoop final.
At the 2025 Pan American Championships in June, she took 4th place in the all-around. She won the gold medal in the team competition together with Rin Keys and three more individual medals in the apparatus finals: gold with hoop and ribbon and bronze with ball.[12] On June 20-22, Chu competed at the USA National Championships and won silver medal in the all-around behind Rin Keys.[13] In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 8th place in the all-around.[14] On July 25-27, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and finished on 15th place in the all-around.[15]
In August, she made her World Championships debut in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she took 16th place in all-around qualifications[16] and advanced into the all-around final, where she ended on 12th place.[17]
2026
[edit]In 2026, Chu started the season competing at Marbella Grand Prix in March. She took 10th place in all-around. She was 5th in clubs and 7th in ribbon final.[18] In April, she competed at Baku World Cup and ended on 19th place in all-around.
In June, she represented United States alongside Natalie de la Rosa at the 2026 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Then she won silver medal in all-around at USA National Championships, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In apparatus finals, she won gold in hoop and bronze medals in ball and clubs. She ended on 4th place with ribbon.[19]
Routine music information
[edit]| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hoop | Bang That Drum by DJ Aligator, Copenhagen Drummers |
| Ball | CHEKELELE (Extended Mix) by JETFIRE & MEITAL DE RAZON & EYAL DAN | |
| Clubs | San Sanana by Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik, Hema Sardesai | |
| Ribbon | Belleville Rendez-Vous by Robert Wells | |
| 2025 | Hoop | Goodbye Peggy Sue by The Baseballs |
| Ball | Scat by Club des Belugas, Iain Mackenzie | |
| Clubs | San Sanana by Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik, Hema Sardesai | |
| Ribbon | Belleville Rendez-Vous by Robert Wells | |
| 2024 | Hoop | Fantasy On Ice by Sarah Àlainn |
| Ball | Scat by Club des Belugas, Iain Mackenzie | |
| Clubs | Stanga by Sagi Abitbul & Guy Haliva | |
| Ribbon | Belleville Rendez-Vous by Robert Wells | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Fantasy On Ice by Sarah Àlainn |
| Ball | Se Dice De Mí (from Betty La Fea) by Yolanda Rayo | |
| Clubs | Stanga by Sagi Abitbul & Guy Haliva | |
| Ribbon | Done by Frankie Moreno | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "CHU Megan - FIG Athlete Profile".
- ↑ "USA Gymnastics | Athletes". members.usagym.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "2021 Junior Rhythmic Pan Americans Result Book" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ↑ "2022 Pan American Championships Junior Teams" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ↑ "2022 Pan American Championships Junior All-Around" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ↑ "2022 Pan American Championships Junior Event Finals" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ↑ "Junior Team" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ↑ "Junior All-Around" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ↑ "Junior Event Finals" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ↑ "2023 Junior World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.
- ↑ "Aeon Cup Results Book (Media)" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ↑ Steinke, Matt (2025-06-01). "U.S. sweeps individual gold, concludes 2025 Rhythmic Senior Pan Ams with 11 medals". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ↑ "USA Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic". rgform.eu. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ↑ "World Cup Milan Results Book (Media)". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Challenge Cup". rgform.eu. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ↑ "Keys, Chu advance to 2025 Rhythmic World Championship all-around final". usagym.org. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ↑ "Keys seventh, Chu 12th in all-around final at 2025 Rhythmic Worlds". usagym.org. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ↑ "GRAND PRIX MARBELLA 2026 Resultados en Directo". Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ↑ "USA Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic". ksis.eu. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Megan Chu at World Gymnastics
- Megan Chu at InterSportStats
- Megan Chu on Instagram
