Lia Monica Fontaine

2023

Fontaine competed at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge and helped Canada win the team silver. Individually she won silver on vault. In May, she then competed at the Canadian Junior Championships and won gold in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise, and bronze on balance beam.^[2]

2024

Fontaine competed at the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Canada win the team bronze. Individually she won bronze on uneven bars. In May, she competed at the 2024 Pan American Championships, where she helped Canada win team silver. She also won gold in the individual all-around, and vault, and bronze on uneven bars and balance beam. In June, she competed at the Canadian Junior Championships and won gold in the all-around, vault, balance beam and floor, and silver on uneven bars.^[2]

2025

Fontaine made her senior national team debut at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy where she won silver on vault.^[3] In June, she competed at the Canadian Championships and won gold in the all-around, vault and floor exercise, and silver on uneven bars and balance beam.^[4][5] She was then selected to compete at the 2025 Pan American Championships.^[6] During the Pan American Championships, she helped Canada win team silver. During the event finals, she won gold on floor exercise, silver in the all-around and vault, and bronze on uneven bars.^[7]

Fontaine made her World Championships debut at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships. At the World Championships, she qualified in third place for the vault final with a score of 14.099.^[8] During the event finals, she won a silver medal on vault with a score of 14.033 points. She became the second Canadian woman to win a World medal on the apparatus after Shallon Olsen in 2018.^[9][10]

2026

In February of 2026, Fontaine participated in Elite Canada, competing on uneven bars and balance beam and winning the gold medal in the former.^[11] At International Gymnix in March, she contributed to the Canada 1 team's gold-medal finish. Individually, she secured a podium finish on all five events, including gold in the all-around as well as on vault and floor exercise.^[12] In April, she competed at the Osijek World Cup, her first World Cup event. She qualified for the vault and floor exercise finals, finishing in second place in both.^[13] Fontaine repeated as the Canadian Senior Women's All-Around Champion in June of 2026.^[14] She retained her national titles on vault and floor exercise as well.^[11]

At the 2026 Pan American Championships, Fontaine competed for Canada alongside teammates Lia Redick, Gabrielle Black, Alyssa Guerrier-Calyxte, and Aurélie Tran. The Canadian team won bronze behind the United States and Brazil.^[15] Fontaine qualified for the individual all-around final, where she finished fifth and was the top Canadian finisher.^[16] She also qualified for and competed in the vault final, where she won the silver medal behind Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and ahead of Claire Pease of the United States.^[17]