Jun Iwai
Junnosuke Iwai (born June 12, 2006) is an American artistic gymnast. He is a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and will compete in collegiate gymnastics for Stanford.
Gymnastics career
2024
In early 2025 Iwai competed at the Winter Cup where he placed first in the junior division. Additionally he helped Division 3 win the Elite Team Cup.[2]
In November Iwai signed his National Letter of Intent for the Stanford Cardinal.[3]
2025
Iwai began competing at the senior level in 2025. He made his senior debut at the 2025 Winter Cup where he placed fifth in the all-around. During event finals he placed second on floor exercise and sixth on parallel bars.[4] As a result he was added to the senior national team.[4][5]
Iwai made his senior international debut at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge alongside Riley Loos, Taylor Christopulos, Kiran Mandava, and Kai Uemura. Together they finished second as team behind Japan. Individually Iwai won bronze on floor exercise behind Artem Dolgopyat and Lorenzo Minh Casali and silver on horizontal bar behind Yumin Abbadini.[6] He next competed at the Osijek World Cup where he qualified to the floor exercise and horizontal bar finals,[7] winning silver on the former.[8]
Competitive history
Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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2024 | Elite Team Cup | ![]() |
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Winter Cup | ![]() |
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5 | ![]() |
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Senior | |||||||||
2025 | Winter Cup | 5 | ![]() |
17 | 11 | 6 | 11 | ||
DTB Pokal Team Challenge | ![]() |
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Osijek World Cup | ![]() |
8 |
References
- ^ "FIG Profile: Junnosuke Iwai". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Iwai claims all-around gold; Region 3 wins team title at USA Gymnastics Elite Team Cup". USA Gymnastics. February 24, 2024.
- ^ @StanfordMGym (November 14, 2024). "Signed ✍️🌲 Welcome to The Farm, Junnosuke Iwai!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Loos clinches all-around, floor and rings titles; 2025 Senior Men's National Team Presented by Xfinity named at Winter Cup". USA Gymnastics. February 23, 2025.
- ^ "Stanford Heads to Happy Valley". Stanford Cardinal. February 27, 2025.
- ^ "2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Men's Results". The Gymternet. March 31, 2025.
- ^ @USAGym (April 11, 2025). "Jun finishes seventh in High Bar qualifying and will advance to Sunday's final (in addition to tomorrow's Floor final!)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Weekend Recap: MAG/WAG Osijek World Cup, WAG City of Jesolo Trophy". USA Gymnastics. April 14, 2025.