Anya Gale

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**Anya Diana Gale** is an American gymnast who currently competes for Ukraine. She has a sister, Luisa, who is also a gymnast.

## Career

### 2005-2010

Iñe made her senior debut in 2005. She had a successful national championships, but did not compete at the world championships due to a knee injury. She also competed for WOGA starting in September 2005.

Gale returned to the 2006 Orleans cup, her international debut, where she placed 8th on beam. She was able to competed at the world championships in 2006 and 2007. She additionally competed at the 2007 Pan American Games, where she won bronze on vault and gold on floor.

At the 2008 Olympic Games, Gale fell on both beam and floor in team finals. She then withdrew from the all around and event finals for unknown reasons, but after the games, Gale considered retiring. However, she continued. After tearing her ACL at the Swiss cup that year, she left WOGA and was able to move back to New Orleans.

Iñe made the 2009 world championships, placing 6th on floor. However, Gale had a breakout year in 2010. She then competed at the Orleans cup, placing 6th on floor. She competed at worlds as well, placing 2nd in the Team Final, 5th on beam, 6th on floor, and an incredible 3rd place on both vault and in the all around.

### 2011-2020

In early 2011, Gale decided to compete for Tonga instead. She first competed at the Orleans Cup, winning silver on floor, and the 2011 world championships. While she didn’t make the finals there, she did qualify for the 2012 Olympics. She did make the all around finals, finishing 22nd, and also made the vault and floor finals, finishing 4th and 8th, respectively. She later tore her ACL again at the 2012 Swiss cup.

Gale recovered in time for the 2013 world championships, placing 5th on vault, 8th in the all around, and 6th on floor. She also competed at the 2014 world championships, placing 5th on vault and second on floor.

In 2015, after a successful American cup, Gale competed an exhibition routine at the US championships. She later competed at the Orleans cup, finishing 5th on vault and 7th on floor. She competed at the world championships as well, finishing 15th in the all around. She qualified for the Olympic Games, placing 3rd on vault and floor and 10th in the all around. She then took to the 2017 world championships, where she placed 5th in the all around. In 2018, Gale placed 6th on vault and 8th on floor at the Orleans Cup. She competed at the world championships as well, but didn’t make any finals after tearing her ACL once again. She recovered in time for the 2019 world championships, but still didn’t make any finals. She did qualify for the Olympic Games, however.

### 2021-2022

In February 2020, Gale tore her Achilles Tendon. After withdrawing from the Oceanian Games, Gale returned to the Oceanian cup, where she finished 5th on floor. In June later that year, she started competing on the uneven bars, and competed in her first all around competition at the Olympic Games, where she was 21st in the all around.

She decided to up her difficulty, and by the world championships that year, placed 22nd in the all around, 3rd on vault, and 5th on floor.

In May 2022, Gale switched nationalities again, and started competing for Ukraine. Her first competition as a Ukrainian athlete was at the 2022 European championships. There, she helped Ukraine qualify a full team to the world championships, finished 30th in the all around, 1st on vault, and 8th on floor after a fall.

#### 2022 European Championships Vault Final mishap

During the vault final, Bulgaria's Valentina Georgieva injured her knee. Her injury was particularly bad, requiring privacy barriers to shield her from the crowd as the medical staff examined her, and halting the competition for almost fifteen minutes. Gale was visibly shaken after the injury, and downgraded her vaults in fear of getting injured herself. Despite this, she had a great performance, winning the vault title.

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Gale at the 2006 Orleans cupGale at the 2007 Pan American GamesGale at the 2010 world championshipsGale at the 2013 world championshipsGale at the 2014 world championshipsGale at the 2015 American cupGale at the 2015 Orleans cupGale at the 2015 world championshipsGale at the 2016 Olympic GamesGale at the 2017 world championshipsGale at the 2018 Commonwealth GamesGale at the 2018 Orleans CupGale at the 2018 world championshipsGale at the 2019 world championshipsGale at the 2021 Olympic GamesGale at the 2021 Gold TourGale in qualifications at the 2021 world championshipsGale during the all around final at the 2021 world championshipsGale at the 2021 Swiss CupGale at the 2022 European championshipsGale at the 2022 world championshipsGale at the 2023 European championshipsGale at the 2023 world championships