Year Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around
2025       

9.850 at NCAA Regional Final (04/06/25)

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9.900 vs. Georgia (02/21/25)

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2026 9.875 vs. Florida (02/06/26) 9.825, 2x Mizzou Quad, (02/20/26) 9.875 vs. Oklahoma (01/16/26) 9.925, 3x vs. Arkansas (03/01/26)
Career Highs

9.875 vs. Florida (02/06/26)

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9.925, 3x vs. Arkansas (03/01/26)

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Accolades

  • 2026 All-SEC Team
  • 2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

9.900 Watch
Floor: 9

SOPHOMORE (2026)
  • Ranks No. 42 on floor with an NQS of 9.910 
  • Competed on floor in each meet this season 
  • Scored 9.900+ on floor in five of last six meets 
  • Competed in all-around for first time in team’s win over No. 2 Florida, winning the title with 39.400 
  • Earned a career-best floor score of 9.925 at Alabama and versus Florida 
  • Set personal-best 9.875 on vault against Florida 
  • Scored 9.825 during an exhibitions bars routine against Arkansas; 9.775 on bars exhibition against Auburn 
  • Totaled the second-highest all-around score at the Black & Gold exhibition of 39.550 for Team Gold 
FRESHMAN (2025)
  • Notched 9.900 on floor against No. 12 Georgia, becoming just the third Tiger score at least 9.900 in an event debut since 2020
  • Returned to floor lineup in NCAA Championship Second Round meet, scoring 9.875
  • Earned career-best vault of 9.850 during the NCAA Championship Regional Final
  • Returned to vault lineup for first time in four weeks and tied her personal-best 9.825 at No. 6 Florida
  • Competed on vault in her first meet at Beauty and the Beast
  • Also competed exhibition in the team’s season-opener, scoring a 9.750 on both bars and floor
  • Performed an exhibition routine on vault and beam, scoring 9.825 and 9.750, respectively, at No. 16 Arkansas
PREP
  • Four-star recruit by College Gym News, ranked no. 68 overall in her class
  • 2023 Finnish National Champion (all-around, floor, bars)
  • 2023 European Championship Finalist (all-around)
  • 2023 World Championship Qualifier
  • 2022 Finnish National Champion (floor)
  • 2022 Northern Europe Champion (all-around, floor)
  • 2022 European Championship Qualifier
  • 2022 World Championship Qualifier
  • Her father, Juha, competed at the World Championships for Finland, while her mother, Kim, attended Iowa on a full-ride athletic scholarship
  • Additionally, her uncle Jani won the High Bar World Championship in 1997 while competing for Finland

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Sophomore
2026

AA
5-2 / -
Kaia Tanskanen 2025 headshot

Freshman
2025

AA
5-2 / -