Félix Dolci

Félix Dolci (born 5 May 2002) is a Canadian male artistic gymnast. He represented Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is the 2023 Pan American Games all-around and floor exercise champion, the 2025 Pan American all-around champion, and the 2019 Junior World Champion on rings. He has been a member of the Canadian national team since 2017.

Early life Dolci was born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec in 2002. Dolci speaks both French and English and resides in Quebec.

Gymnastics career 2018 Dolci suffered a shoulder injury at the start of 2018, which made it difficult to do horizontal bar, pommel horse, and parallel bars. Because of this, he was not able to compete at his best at the Élite Canada competition in February and ended up in fourth place in the all-around. Dolci recovered, and in April he competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Medellin, Colombia. He helped Canada place second as a team and individually he placed second on rings, fourth on parallel bars, and eighth on horizontal bar.

In October, Dolci was back in Buenos Aires for the Youth Olympic Games. He placed second on rings, sixth on floor exercise, seventh on vault, eighth on horizontal bar, and ninth in the all-around. His silver made him the first Canadian gymnast to win a medal at the Youth Olympics (alongside Emma Spence who won a bronze medal on vault). He dominated the competition, placing first on every event (including team and all-around) minus the horizontal bar, where he received the bronze medal. He placed 1st on pommel horse, rings, and parallel bars, and got 6th on high bar. Dolci finished second in the floor exercise final with a 14.000, only 0.166 behind Ryu Sung-hyun of South Korea. Later that day, he competed in the rings final and earned a 13.600, winning the event by 0.1 ahead of silver medalist Diogo Soares of Brazil. In both of the finals that Dolci was part of, he had the highest execution scores out of all eight gymnasts.

2020–2021 In 2020, Dolci was about to start his senior career. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, all gymnastics facilities were closed in Canada. As a result, he had to spend four months training at home. Due to strict travel restrictions, Dolci was not allowed to compete in any international competition until the 2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series. He competed at the World Cup in Koper, Slovenia, winning two bronze medals on vault and horizontal bar. Just a few days later, Dolci would win gold on floor exercise and silver on horizontal bar at the World Cup in Mersin, Turkey. In October he competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu. He only competed on rings and horizontal bar; he did not qualify for any event finals.

2022 Dolci competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup in Stuttgart. During the team challenge, he helped Canada finish fifth as a team, and individually he won gold on floor exercise, silver on horizontal bar behind Carlo Hörr, and bronze on rings and vault. In July he was selected to compete at both the Pan American Championships and the Commonwealth Games. At the Pan American Championships Dolci finished third in the all-around behind Caio Souza and Yul Moldauer. Additionally, he won silver on vault behind Souza and bronze on floor exercise behind Moldauer and Riley Loos. During the team final, Dolci helped Canada finish third behind the US and Brazil.

At the Commonwealth Games, Dolci helped Canada place second behind England. Individually, he qualified to the all-around, floor exercise, rings, vault, and parallel bars finals. He won silver on floor exercise behind Jake Jarman of England and placed fourth in the all-around, on vault, and on parallel bars, and placed fifth on rings. At the 2022 World Championships Dolci placed 35th in the all-around during qualifications and helped the Canadian team finish tenth. He did not qualify for any individual finals.

2023 Dolci competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge, where he helped Canada finish eighth. Additionally, he won bronze on still rings and horizontal bar. At the Pan American Championships, Dolci helped Canada finish second as a team behind the United States.

In October, Dolci competed at the 2023 World Championships. During qualifications he helped Canada finish fourth, which qualified Canada a team berth to the 2024 Olympic Games, a feat last achieved by the Canadian men's gymnastics team in 2008. Additionally, he qualified to the floor exercise and horizontal bar event finals. During the team final, Dolci contributed scores on all apparatuses except pommel horse towards Canada's seventh-place finish. During event finals, he finished fifth on floor exercise and eighth on horizontal bar.

Dolci next competed at the Pan American Games. On the first day of competition he helped the Canadian team win the silver medal behind the United States. Individually he qualified to the all-around, floor exercise, rings, and vault finals. During the all-around final, Dolci scored 82.531 to win the gold medal despite falling during his horizontal bar routine. This was the first Pan American Games all-around gold medal won by a male Canadian gymnast since Wilhelm Weiler won it at the 1963 Pan American Games. On the first day of event finals Dolci won gold on floor exercise and bronze on rings behind Donnell Whittenburg and Daniel Villafañe. On the final day of competition, Dolci won bronze on vault, ending his competition with five medals and leaving as the most decorated gymnast.

2024 Dolci began the year competing at Elite Canada, where he placed first in the all-around. He next competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart, where he won bronze on rings and silver on parallel bars. In April Dolci competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Cali, where he helped Canada win silver as team behind the United States; he withdrew from the event finals for which he qualified. In early June, he competed at the Canadian Championships, where he placed first ahead of René Cournoyer. In late June, Dolci was named to the team to represent Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Zachary Clay, Cournoyer, William Émard, and Samuel Zakutney.

At the 2024 Olympic Games, Dolci helped Canada qualify to the team final, and individually he qualified to the all-around final. During the team final Dolci contributed scores on all apparatuses except pommel horse towards Canada's eighth-place finish. During the all-around final, while competing on horizontal bar, his right handgrip snapped causing Dolci to take a hard fall off the apparatus. Since his routine was interrupted due to equipment malfunction, he was able to redo his routine. During his second attempt on the apparatus, he fell on one of his release moves. Dolci performed cleanly on the other five apparatuses, ending the competition in twentieth place.

2025 Dolci competed at the Canadian Championships, where he retained his national title. He competed at the 2025 Pan American Championships, where he won the all-around title, becoming the first Canadian Pan American all-around champion. Additionally, he helped Canada qualify to the team final, where they won the silver medal behind the United States, and individually he qualified to the floor exercise, rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar finals. During event finals he placed eighth on floor exercise, fourth on rings, and he won gold on vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.

In July, Dolci competed at the 2025 World University Games alongside Matteo Bardana, Ioannis Chronopoulos, William Émard, and Jayson Rampersad. Together they finished second behind Japan, earning Canada its first ever men's team medal at the FISU World University Games. Individually Dolci qualified to the floor exercise and horizontal bar finals; however he withdrew from the former. During the horizontal bar final he performed cleanly and won gold ahead of 2020 Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto.

At the 2025 World Championships, Dolci placed sixteenth in the all-around.

2026 Dolci competed at the 2026 Canadian Championships, where he placed first in the all-around. He next competed at the 2026 Pan American Championships, where he helped Canada win their first-ever Pan American team gold medal. During event finals he placed fourth on floor exercise and won bronze on rings and horizontal bar.

Dolci competed at the 2026 Commonwealth Games alongside Jordan Carroll, René Cournoyer, William Émard, and Ethan Ikeda. Together they won gold as a team, Canada's first Commonwealth men's team gold in twenty years. Individually, Dolci qualified to all event finals besides pommel horse. During the all-around final, Dolci was leading after the first rotation. While performing on pommel horse, Dolci fell twice and earned a score of 9.500, over three points lower than his qualification score; he ended the rotation in seventeenth place (out of eighteen competitors). He rallied on the final four apparatuses, earning the highest score on each apparatus and ended up winning the silver medal, only 0.200 points behind gold medalist Reuben Ward. On the first day of apparatus finals Dolci finished fourth on floor exercise after falling on one of his passes and won gold on rings. On the final day of the competition, Dolci won gold on both vault and horizontal bar and won bronze on parallel bars. With six medals (four gold, one silver, one bronze), Dolci ended the competition as the most decorated gymnast.

Competitive history

+Competitive history of Félix Dolci at the junior levelYearEvent 2018 Pacific Rim Championships 4 8 Canadian Championships 4 Pan American Championships Youth Summer Olympics 9 6 7 8 Austrian Future Cup 2019 UCIC 6 Canadian Championships 4 Junior World Championships 5 4 Elite Canada

+Competitive history of Félix Dolci at the senior levelYearEvent 2021 Mersin Challenge Cup 5 4 Koper Challenge Cup World Championships 19 24 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 5 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup 4 Pan American Championships 7 4 Commonwealth Games 4 5 4 4 World Championships 10 2023 Elite Canada DTB Pokal Team Challenge 8 Pan American Championships RomGym Trophy 4 World Championships 7 5 8 Pan American Games Arthur Gander Memorial 2024 Elite Canada 16 4 5 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 11 Pacific Rim Championships Canadian Championships 11 4 RomGym Trophy Olympic Games 8 20 Arthur Gander Memorial 2025 Canadian Championships Pan American Championships 8 4 World University Games World Championships 16 Arthur Gander Memorial 2026 Canadian Championships Pan American Championships 4 Commonwealth Games 4

Personal life In early 2026, Dolci competed on the sixth season of Big Brother Célébrités.