2026 Men's Gymnastics Roster
Jersey Number 33
Ryan Vanichtheeranont
- Position:
- All-Around
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-8
- Major:
- Biochemistry
- Hometown:
- Plainfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Plainfield North High School
| Letterwinner (2023, '24, '25, '26) |
Individual Titles
| Event | Titles |
| Horizontal Bar | 6 |
| Total | 6 |
Career Highs
| Event | Score |
| Still Rings | 13.200 | at Big Ten Championships (Team) | April 5, 2024 |
| Parallel Bars | 13.300 | at EVO Collegiate Open | Feb. 9, 2024 |
| Horizontal Bar | 14.250 | at EVO Collegiate Open | Feb. 9, 2024 |
2026 - Senior
- Competed in three meets, primarily on horizontal bar
- Appeared at the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships after missing the regular season due to injury
- Academic All-Big Ten
2025 - Junior
- Competed in nine meets, including both days of the Big Ten Championships, primarily on still rings and horizontal bar
- Set a new season high and took home the event title on horizontal bar (13.900) vs. Army and Greenville on March 1
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2024 - Sophomore
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Competed in 12 meets on horizontal bar
- Earned five event titles on horizontal bar
- Scored a career high on hig bar (14.250) at EVO Collegiate Open on Feb. 9
2023 - Freshman
- Made Illini debut on still rings on Jan. 28 against Oklahoma/Air Force
- Saw action in seven meets competing in still rings and horizontal bar
- Set a career high on horizontal bar (13.400) on March 31 at Big Ten Championship - Event Finals
High School/Club
- Four-time Nationals All American
- 16th ranked recruit
- Tied for fourth on horizontal bar and sixth on pommel horse at the 2022 Men's Development Program National Championships
- Second on parallel bars and fifth on horizontal bar at the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
- Third on pommel horse and parallel bars and 10th in all-around at the 2021 Men's Development Program National Championships
- Seventh on horizontal bar at the 2021 Winter Cup
- Fourth place team finish at the 2021 Elite Team Cup
- Sixth on pommel horse and vault, seventh on parallel bars, eighth on horizontal bar and 10th in all-around at the 2019 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships
- Second on vault, third on parallel bars, fourth on horizontal bar and sixth in all-around at the 2018 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships
- Fourth on parallel bars and fifth on pommel horse at the 2016 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships
Personal
- Born Dec. 22, 2003
- Majoring in biochemistry
- Parents are Alan and Carmen Vanichtheeranont
- One sister, Emily and one brother, Raymond
- Chose Illinois because “Illinois is close to home and had everything I was looking for in a college.”
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