Rin Keys

Rin Alessia Keys (born 23 September 2008) is an American rhythmic gymnast. She is the Pan American champion (2025 in team, all-around, ball and clubs and 2024 in clubs) and the 2025 World ball silver medalist, where she was the first gymnast from the Americas to win an individual medal at the senior World championships. As a junior, she won a bronze medal in clubs at the 2023 Junior World Championships, becoming the first American to win a World Championships medal.

At the national level, she is a three-time (2024-2026) USA national all-around champion and 2023 USA junior national all-around champion.

Personal life Keys was born in Tokyo, Japan. At age six, her family moved to Los Angeles, where she started training at the Burlo Gymnastics Club. Her younger sister Nina is also a rhythmic gymnast and a member of the USA national team.

Career Junior In 2021, Keys joined the junior national team. She competed at the 2021 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, where she won team gold. Individually, she won bronze in the all-around as well as with ball and with clubs.

The following year, at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, she won another team gold and gold in the junior all-around. In the apparatus finals, she won two more golds with ball and with ribbon as well as silver with hoop. At the national level, she was the all-around junior silver medalist.

In 2023, Keys became the all-around junior national champion.

In July, she was selected for the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca along with Megan Chu and the junior group. She won an historic bronze medal in the clubs final, becoming the first rhythmic gymnast from the United States, or any country in the Americas, to win a World Championships medal at either the junior or senior level.

Senior 2024 In 2024, she began competing in the senior category. She made her international debut in March at her first World Cup in Palaio Faliro, Greece, where she placed 7th in the all-around and qualified for two finals. In the finals, she finished 4th with the ball and 6th with the clubs. In April, she competed at the World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she placed 12th in all-around but did not qualify for any finals.

In June, she competed at the 2024 Pan American Championships and won a silver medal in the team competition together with Jaelyn Chin, Megan Chu and Alexandria Kautzman. She also won a silver medal in the all-around behind Bárbara Domingos from Brazil. In the apparatus finals, she won gold with clubs and silver with ball, and she placed 4th in the hoop and ribbon finals.

She won the all-around at the 2024 USA National Championships, as well as gold in hoop, silver in ribbon and bronze in clubs.

2025 In 2025, Keys competed at the Sofia World Cup in April and finished in 6th place in the all-around. In the ribbon final, she won the bronze medal behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and Liliana Lewinska, and she also took 6th place in the clubs and ball finals. Later in April, she competed at the Baku World Cup and took 9th place in the all-around. In the apparatus finals, she was 4th with hoop and 7th with clubs. On 9-11 May, she competed at the World Challenge Cup Portimão and won the silver medal in the all-around behind Alina Harnasko. She also won two additional silver medals in the clubs and ball finals.

At the 2025 Pan American Championships in June, she won gold in the all-around. She also won the gold medal in the team competition together with Megan Chu and three more individual medals in the apparatus finals: gold with ball and clubs and silver with ribbon. On June 20-22, Keys competed at the USA National Championships and won gold in the all-around. In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 12th place in the all-around and advanced to the ribbon final, finishing 8th. On July 25-27, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and finished 8th in the all-around. She won the silver medal in ribbon and took 7th place in the ball final.

In August, she made her World Championships debut in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she took 6th place in all-around qualifications and qualified to three apparatus finals. She ended in 7th place in the all-around final, the best all-around Worlds finish for a U.S. athlete since Laura Zeng at the 2017 World Championships (6th). Together with Megan Chu and senior group, she finished in 12th place in the team competition. In the event finals, she won an historic silver medal in the ball final, the first-ever World medal won by gymnast from the Americas. She also finished 4th in the hoop final and 5th in the ribbon final.

Later in the year, she competed at the Aeon Cup in Tokyo, with her teammates Megan Chu and Anna Filipp. They represented the Burlo/Pacific club, which won the bronze medal behind the Deriugina School and AIN2. In the senior all-around, Keys won a silver medal behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and ahead of Amalia Lică.

2026 In 2026, Keys again started her season competing at Sofia World Cup, where she took 11th place in the all-around. She was 5th in hoop and 4th in the clubs final. In April, she competed at Tashkent World Cup, finishing 4th in the all-around. She won silver medals in the ball and ribbon finals. On May 15-17, she competed at Portimão World Challenge Cup, taking 8th place in all-around. She won silver medal in hoop final behind Sofia Raffaeli and Hatice Gokce Emir.

In June, she won the gold medal in the all-around at the USA National Championships, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the third consecutive year. She also won two gold medals in ball and ribbon and silver in the clubs final. In July, she took 12th place in the all-around at the Milan World Cup and qualified to the ribbon final, finishing in 6th place.

In August, she was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany, alongside Megan Chu and the senior group. She qualified for the all-around final, where she obtained better scores on each apparatus than she had in the qualifying round, and finished in 8th place.

Achievements First American gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships at either the junior and senior level by winning bronze with clubs at the 2023 Junior World Championships. First American gymnast to win a medal (silver) in an individual apparatus final at the senior World Championships.

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