Tiana Sumanasekera

Tiana Sumanasekera (born September 15, 2007) is a Sri Lankan and American artistic gymnast. Formerly representing the United States women's national artistic gymnastics team, she is the 2023 Pan American all-around and balance beam champion. At the NCAA level, she is currently a member of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team. Starting in 2026, she began representing Sri Lanka in international competition.

Early life Sumanasekera was born to Rajitha and Ruwangi Sumanasekera in 2007. She started gymnastics in 2013. She is of Sri Lankan descent. Sumanasekera is believed to be the first gymnast of Sri Lankan descent to represent the U.S. in international competition.

Junior gymnastics career Sumanasekera competed at the 2021 Winter Cup where she placed seventh in the all-around. She next competed at the American Classic where she placed eighth in the all-around but won gold on floor exercise and silver on vault. Sumanasekera competed at the U.S. Classic where she finished tenth in the all-around.

In November, Sumanasekera was selected to represent the United States at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games alongside Katelyn Jong, Madray Johnson, and Kailin Chio. While there, she helped the United States place first as a team, and individually, she won gold on vault.

Sumanasekera competed at the 2022 Winter Cup where she finished seventh in the all-around but first on vault and floor exercise. As a result, she was selected to compete at the upcoming DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart alongside Myli Lew, Ella Kate Parker, Ella Murphy, and Hezly Rivera. While there, Sumanasekera helped the team finish first and individually, she won gold on vault and silver on balance beam. In April, Sumanasekera competed at the 2022 City of Jesolo Trophy alongside Lew, Murphy, Madray Johnson, Zoey Molomo, and Gabby Van Frayen. They won the team event, and Sumanasekera won the all-around competition. During event finals, she picked up an additional three gold medals on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise.

In July, Sumanasekera was selected to compete at the 2022 Pan American Championships alongside Molomo, Dulcy Caylor, and Alicia Zhou, where she helped the United States win the team gold and won an additional three medals in the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise event finals.

Senior gymnastics career 2023–2025: Representing the United States Sumanasekera became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2023. She made her senior debut at the 2023 Winter Cup where she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam. In April she was named to the team to compete at the 2023 Pan American Championships alongside Zoe Miller, Addison Fatta, Joscelyn Roberson, Nola Matthews and traveling replacement athlete Madray Johnson. During the competition she won gold in the all-around and on balance beam and won silver on floor exercise behind teammate Roberson. During the team final Sumanasekera contributed scores on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards the USA's first place finish. In September, Sumanasekera was named to the team to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games alongside Jordan Chiles, Kayla DiCello, Kaliya Lincoln, and Miller. Together they won gold as a team.

Sumanasekera competed at the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy where helped the USA finish third as a team behind Italy and Brazil. She next competed at the 2024 Core Hydration Classic where she finished sixth in the all-around. At the 2024 National Championships Sumanasekera placed ninth in the all-around and third on floor exercise behind Simone Biles and Kayla DiCello. As a result, she qualified for the 2024 Olympic Trials. At the Olympic trials, Sumanasekera finished eighth in the all-around and third on balance beam behind Joscelyn Roberson and Hezly Rivera. She was named as a non-traveling alternate for the 2024 Olympic team.

Sumanasekera was selected to compete at the 2025 Pan American Championships alongside Dulcy Caylor, Jayla Hang, Gabrielle Hardie, Hezly Rivera, and alternate Alessia Rosa. During the team final she contributed a score on the balance beam towards the United States' first place finish. At the 2025 U.S. National Championships she finished ninth in the all-around.

2026–present: Representing Sri Lanka In June 2026, Sumanasekera announced that going forward she would be representing Sri Lanka in international competition, describing the decision as both a proud and emotional milestone in her career. She announced that she would make her debut for Sri Lanka at the 2026 Commonwealth Games where she'd only compete on balance beam due to a shoulder injury.

NCAA gymnastics career Regular season rankings Season All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise 2026 18 40 88 17 47

Competitive history +Competitive history of Tiana Sumanasekera at the junior levelYearEvent 2021 Winter Cup 7 4 11 7 American Classic 8 14 12 U.S. Classic 10 6 17 17 Junior Pan American Games 2022 Winter Cup 7 22 DTB Pokal Team Challenge City of Jesolo Trophy Pan American Championships U.S. National Championships 9 26 6

+Competitive history of Tiana Sumanasekera at the senior level representing the United StatesYearEvent 2023 Winter Cup 12 7 Pan American Championships U.S. Classic 10 27 5 10 U.S. National Championships 8 23 6 13 Pan American Games 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy 8 6 U.S. Classic 6 19 17 4 U.S. National Championships 9 23 7 Olympic Trials 8 12 6 2025 Pan American Championships U.S. National Championships 9 22 6 13

+Competitive history of Tiana Sumanasekera at the senior level representing Sri LankaYearEvent 2026 Commonwealth Games 28

+Competitive history of Tiana Sumanasekera at the NCAA levelYearEvent 2026 Big Ten Championships NCAA Championships 5 12 21 16 41 25