Zachary Clay will return home with at least two medals from the 2023 Pan American Games, after winning gold in the men鈥檚 pommel horse event on Tuesday (Oct. 24).

Clay, born in 91原创, lives in Chilliwack and trains in Abbotsford.

He also won silver as part of Canada鈥檚 men鈥檚 artistic gymnastics team on Saturday (Oct. 21).

Clay scored a 14.400 (difficulty: 5.7 and execution: 8.7), to beat out Canadian teammate Jayson Rampersad. Puerto Rico鈥檚 Nelson Alberto Guilbe Morales earned bronze.

Clay鈥檚 win is the first-ever gold medal for any Canadian athlete in pommel horse at the Pan Am Games.

鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing,鈥� he said to CBC Sports after the win. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not every time at a competition like this that you get to go up with your teammate and go one-two.鈥�

Clay had the second-best score in pommel horse during the team event (behind Rampersad). He also had the eighth best score in the parallel bars during the team competition.

Clay recently made headlines after helping the Canadian men鈥檚 artistic gymnastics team qualify for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. He previously won gold at the 2017 Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Peru as well as bronze in the men鈥檚 artistic team all-around event at the 2019 Pan American Games also in Peru.