Enid Sung (born 26 August 1994) is an Australian former

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...

. She is the

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bronze medalist with the team. She also competed at the 2010 World Championships.

Personal life

Sung was born on 26 August 1994 in

Kogarah, New South Wales Kogarah () is a suburb of Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kilometres (9 miles) south-west of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George area. L ...

. She studied media and communications at the

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. She speaks both Korean and English.

Career

Sung began gymnastics when she was twelve years old. She was coached by 2000 Olympian

Danielle Le Ray Danielle Kate "Dani" Le Ray (born 6 November 1982) is an Australian gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1989 at the age of six. She represented Australia as an Olympic competitor at the Sydney Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics in 2000 and in th ...

. Sung made her international debut at the

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and helped the Australian team win the silver medal behind China. Individually, she won the bronze medal in the all-around. At the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships, she finished ninth in the all-around. She competed at the 2010 World Championships and helped Australia finish nineteenth in the team competition. Sung was not able to compete for a spot at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

due to a shoulder injury, and although she had retired, she decided to return in 2017 to compete at the

. At the 2018 Australia Cup, she won the silver medal in the all-around and was selected to represent

Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Australia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was Australia's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia previous ...

. She competed alongside Danielle Prince and

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002) is an Australian Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. Kiroi-Bogatyeva was the 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 Australian All Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion. She won gold medal at 2022 Commonwealth G ...

and won the bronze medal in the team competition. Sung qualified for the all-around final and finished fourth. She also finished fourth in the hoop final, sixth in the ribbon final, and eighth in the clubs final. Sung retired from competition on 1 February 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sung, Enid 1994 births Australian rhythmic gymnasts Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportswomen from New South Wales