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Australia Women's National Gymnastics Team
The Australia women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Australia in FIG international competitions. History Australia has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition seven times. It has also participated in the women's team competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 20 times, winning a bronze medal in 2003. 2021 senior roster Team competition results Olympic Games * 1928 — did not participate * 1936 — did not participate * 1948 — did not participate * 1952 — did not participate * 1956 — did not participate * 1960 — did not participate * 1964 — 10th place *: Jan Bedford, Val Buffham-Norris, Barbara Cage, Barbara Fletcher, Lynette Hancock, Valerie Roberts * 1968 — did not participate * 1972 — did not participate * 1976 — did not participate * 1980 — did not participate * 1984 — did not participate * 1988 — did not participate * 1992 — 7th place *:Monique Allen, Brooke Gysen, Julie-Anne Monico, Lisa Read, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics Australia
Gymnastics Australia (GA) is the governing body for the sport of gymnastics in Australia. History Gymnastics in Australia is thought to have originated in the early 20th century by eastern European immigrants. It wasn't until after World War I when Australia was in the Great Depression that people started turning to organisations like the YWCA for support. From these community-based groups, the sport started to flourish. Around the same time, gymnastics was included in the school curriculum at Geelong Grammar, Wesley College and Carey Grammar. Australians participated in the sport for the first time at an Olympic Games at the Melbourne Games in Melbourne. The body was founded on 8 September 1949 as the Australian Gymnastic Federation. Affiliation was accepted by the Australian Olympic Federation in 1951 and by the International Federation of Gymnastics in 1954. In 1999, the AGF changed to its current name of Gymnastics Australia. Present day Gymnastics Australia runs a he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate McDonald (gymnast)
Kate McDonald (born 1 August 2000) is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion on the balance beam. Early life McDonald was born in East Melbourne in 2000. She took up gymnastics when she was five years old. McDonald is currently studying a Bachelor of Environmental Science (Environmental Management and Sustainability) at Deakin University. Gymnastics career 2022 McDonald was selected to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside Georgia Godwin, Romi Brown, Breanna Scott, and Emily Whitehead. Together they won the silver medal in the team competition, behind England. During event finals McDonald won gold on balance beam ahead of teammate Godwin and Emma Spence Emma Spence (born February 27, 2003) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She represented Canada at the 2022 World Championships and won a bronze in the team event, their first team medal. She won bronze with the team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games ... of Canada. Kate is now trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1956 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held at the West Melbourne Stadium between December 3 and December 7. It is located some 3.4 km north-west of the main Olympic venue, Melbourne Cricket Ground, and named Festival Hall . Format of competition Each country was allowed to enter a team of eight gymnasts, but in contrast to the previous Olympics not more than six of them were allowed to participate in all exercises. Nations with incomplete teams, could enter one to three gymnasts for the individual competition. Men's competition The team included from five to eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of six apparatus. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events. Like in the women's events, five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine. These s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1952 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held between 19 and 24 July in the Messuhalli building in Helsinki. Men's events were held in ''Exhibition Hall I'' while women's events were contested in the smaller ''Exhibition Hall II''. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table See also *1952 Summer Olympics References Sources * * {{Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics 1952 Summer Olympics events 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ... 1952 in gymnastics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1948 Summer Olympics
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in gymnastics were contested. Finland led all nations with six gold medals and ten medals overall. Shortly after the Czechoslovak team arrived in London, 22 year old team member Eliška Misáková was taken ill and confined to an iron lung. She died of infantile paralysis on the same day that her teammates competed. When the Czechoslovak flag was raised at the medal ceremony, it was bordered with a black ribbon. Medal table Men's events Women's events † Within the sport of artistic gymnastics, although men were recognized with individual medals at the time, the women weren’t. The list of the individual medalists within this table reflects the individuals who garnered a top-three placement in the team competition on the respective apparatus (or all 3 combined, in the case of the all-around) and who would have been awarded a medal with the rules that commenced with the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympic Games and that would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1936 Summer Olympics
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, nine events in gymnastics were contested. The competitions were held from 10 August 1936 to 12 August 1936. Medal table Men's events Women's events † Within the sport of artistic gymnastics, although men were recognized with individual medals at the time, the women weren’t. The individuals named within individual events are the individuals who garnered a top-three placement in the team competition on the respective apparatus (or all 3 combined, in the case of the all-around) and who would have been awarded a medal with the rules that commenced with the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympic Games and that would change periodically at future Olympic Games with respect to the debut of: 1) the individual finals competitions at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and 2) the New Life rules that made their Olympic debut at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. †† At this Olympics, some women competed on the Uneven Bars while some others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1928 Summer Olympics
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eight events in gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ... were contested. For the first time at the Olympic Games, women competed in gymnastics. The rope climbing and sidehorse vault events were dropped from the program. Men's events Women's events Although extensive results detailing the performance of the men gymnasts, both teams and individuals, were published in the Official Olympic Report for these 1928 Summer Olympic Games, only the team results (both combined and with respect to exercise) were published for the women, providing no information whatsoever about the capacities of the various individual women who competed here. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References Source ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Whitehead
Emily Whitehead (born 11 December 2000) is an Australian artistic gymnast. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won a bronze medal in the team event and on the vault. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics and is a two-time Oceanic all-around champion (2021-22). She is the 2015 Australian junior national all-around champion and a three-time national all-around medalist at the senior level (2018, 2021-22). She won a silver medal on the vault at the 2018 Melbourne World Cup. Personal life Whitehead was born in Mornington, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, and attended Mount Waverley Secondary College. She began gymnastics when she was four years old because her older sister was also a gymnast. Whitehead currently studies a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at Deakin University. Career Junior Whitehead made her international debut at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy, helping the Australian team place fifth and finishing twenty-fourth in the all-around. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Trisic
Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. The common scientific prefix ''chloro-'' (e.g. chlorine and chloroplast) derives from the same Greek root. In Greek the word refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring. was one of the many epithets of the goddess Demeter. The name appears in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe", a leading early Christian woman in Corinth, Greece. The French spelling is Chloé. Popularity The name was a popular Ancient Greek girl's name (cf. the Ancient Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe) and remains a popular Greek name today. It has been a very popular name in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnybank, Queensland
Sunnybank is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known for its many Asian shops and restaurants. History The Jagera Indigenous people were the first to inhabit the area well over 20,000 years ago. Early settlers noticed that the Sunnybank district had good rainfall and a beautiful loamy soil, somewhat sandy in character, that produced beautiful displays of natural wild flowers. From the mid-19th century it developed into a farming area with prosperous fruit and poultry farms and gardens of every kind. The Town of Sunnybank was surveyed in 1886. The name came from a property called Sunny Brae Estate owned by the Gillespie family. In the 19th century it was part of a much larger area known as the Parish of Yeerongpilly, but a distinct town outside of the area known as Brisbane. In 1885, the railway line was extended from Yerongpilly, and names had to be given to the railway stations along the line. Sunnybank got its name from a local farm, Sunnybra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Sayer
Kate Sayer (born 8 March 2003) is an Australian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships junior bronze medallist on balance beam. She represented Australia at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Early life Sayer was born in South Brisbane, Queensland. She began gymnastics when she was four years old. Gymnastics career 2017–18 Sayer competed at the 2017 Australian National Championships. She placed fifth in the Junior 14 All-Around Final and placed second on vault and uneven bars and fourth on balance beam. In April 2018 Sayer was selected to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships. While there she helped Australia finish third in the team final behind the United States and Canada. She finished 14th in the all-around During event finals she won bronze on the balance beam behind Zoé Allaire-Bourgie of Canada and American Sunisa Lee. Additionally she placed seventh on vault and eighth on floor exercise. The following month Sayer competed at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breanna Scott
Breanna Scott (born 12 December 2001) is an Australian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and will represent Australia at the 2024 Olympic Games. Early life Scott was born in Singapore and grew up in Sydney. Gymnastics career 2022 Scott was selected to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside Georgia Godwin, Romi Brown, Kate McDonald, and Emily Whitehead. Together they won the silver medal in the team competition, behind England. 2023 Scott competed at various World Cups and World Challenge Cups throughout the year. At the Doha World Cup Scott won bronze on floor exercise behind Sabrina Voinea and Chiaki Hatakeda. Scott competed at the 2023 World Championships. While there she helped Australia finish ninth in qualification. Although they did not qualify for the team final, they successfully qualified a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games. 2024 Scott started the year competing at the DTB Pokal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
