2026 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Tonya Paulsson

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Malmö, Skåne, Sweden

Biography

As a Freshman (2026): 
WCGA Regular-Season All-American First Team on uneven bars and Second Team in the all-around...Earned All-ACC recognitions on bars and floor exercise...Won the ACC Newcomer of the Year title and made history as the first freshman to win the ACC Championship All-Around title...Named to the ACC's All-Championship all-around and bars teams with her event win on bars and a podium finish on floor...Won the most ACC Newcomer of the Week awards of any gymnast in the conference with five total...Tallied 21 individual event titles and had 32 podium finishes overall...Finished the season tied for 15th in the nation with a 39.415 NQS in the all-around...Competed in the all-around in 10 of 15 meets and had a career-best 39.500 at the Sac State Tri Meet (Feb. 27)...Took gold in the all-around at five meets...Finished the season tied for No. 5 in the nation on uneven bars with a 9.945 NQS and was the highest-rated ACC gymnast on the event...Made a statement with her 9.925 on bars in her first-ever routine as a collegiate gymnast to set the tone for a standout debut campaign...On 12 of 15 bars routines, she scored 9.900 or higher - 10 of which went 9.925 or higher, punctuated by a career-high 9.975 at the Cal Tri Meet on March 13...Finished tied for 35th in the nation on floor with a 9.915 NQS...Had nine floor routines score 9.900 or higher, including two personal-best 9.950 routines at the Cal Quad Meet (March 15) and NCAA Regional Final (April 4)...Performed a career-best 9.900 on balance beam on two occassions at the Cal Quad Meet (March 15) and the NCAA Regional Semifinal (April 2)...Set her personal best on vault at Stanford on Jan. 20 with a 9.875...Named to ACC Newcomer Watch List. 

International/Club: 
Was a member of the Swedish National Team beginning in 2019...won the Sweden all-around championship in back-to-back seasons in 2019 and 2020, and added balance beam and floor exercise titles in addition to a silver medal in uneven bars in 2020...two-time European all-around finalist (2021 & 2023) and helped lead Team Sweden to the European Championship final in 2023...had a gold-medal performance on balance beam and floor exercise and a silver-medal performance on uneven bars at the World Challenge Cup of Szombathely in 2024...trained with GK Motus Salto.

Major: 
Legal Studies