Havana Hopman

Havana Rosalie Hopman (born 16 October 2003) is a New Zealand individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 Oceanian champion, the 2025 Oceanian silver medalist, and the 2024 bronze medalist. She represented New Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Personal life Hopman has an older brother. She began rhythmic gymnastics at age seven after a swimming coach told her parents that her flexible feet would make her a good ballet dancer and gymnast, and her ballet teacher showed her a video of her daughter performing rhythmic gymnasts, which made Hopman interested in trying it. Her dream is to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Her idol is New Zealand athlete Portia Bing. Outside the sporting hall her hobbies are spending time with family and friends, walking her dogs, baking.

In 2021 she began studying for a degree in health sciences at the University of Auckland. When she was in high school, she competed in high jump and coached the school's rhythmic gymnasts.

Career Hopman debuted internationally at the 2022 World Cup in Sofia, ending 31st in the all-around. She fell seriously ill with a viral chest infection, and though she was able to compete at the event, she was later hospitalised while still in Bulgaria. At the next World Cup in Baku, she 29th in the all-around. Her performance on the World Cup series allowed her to be nominated to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In August, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, ending 9th in the all-around and 4th in the clubs final. She ended her year competing at the World Championships in Sofia, where she was 53rd in the all-around.

The next year, Hopman competed at the World Cup in Palaio Faliro, where she placed 30th in the all-around. She won the Oceanian Championships title despite having badly sprained her ankle shortly before the competition.

At the 2024 Oceanian Championships, she won the bronze medal. The Olympic quota available at the competition went instead to Australian Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva. Hopman joined the Gymnastics NZ Athletes Council, which advises the organisation on the needs and concerns of athletes. At the New Zealand Championships in November, she won her fourth all-around title as well as every event final. In May, she won silver at the Oceanian Championships.

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