QUICK FACTS
|
| Birthplace: |
Brisbane, QLD |
| Occupation: |
Physiotherapist |
| Nickname: |
Midgey |
| Sporting Motto: |
Life's not always about the destination, but rather the journeys. |
| Most admired sportsperson: |
Prashanth Sellathurai |
| Favourite sports team: |
Australian Mens Artistic Gymnastics Team |
| Favourite music: |
Acoustic |
| Favourite movie/TV shows: |
David Attenborough documentaries, The Castle |
TRAINING INFORMATION
|
| Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: |
2 years old, was hyperactive & doctor advised parents to buy a trampoline to consume my energy |
| First Club: |
Y-West |
| First Coach: |
Anthony Beake |
| Current Club: |
QLD HPC |
| Current Coach: |
Serguei Chinkar |
| Best apparatus: |
Parallel Bars and Rings |
| Favourite skill: |
Kovacs |
| Most difficult skill to learn: |
- |
MOST SIGNIFICANT
|
| Best National Performance: |
2012 Australian Championships |
| Best International Performance: |
2006 World Championships, DEN & 2012 Olympic Games |
| Best Gymnastic Moment: |
Winning the All Around at 2006 Commonwealth Games & respresenting Australia at the 2012 Olympic Games |
NATIONAL RESULTS
|
|
Year
|
Jun/Snr
|
Team
|
AA
|
FX
|
PH
|
RG
|
VT
|
PB
|
HB
|
| 2012 |
Senior |
1st |
1st |
- |
11th |
3rd |
- |
14th |
1st |
| 2011 |
Senior |
1st |
20th |
- |
19th |
= 4th |
- |
10th |
- |
| 2010 |
Senior |
3rd |
13th |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4th |
- |
| 2009 |
Senior |
- |
20th |
- |
- |
6th |
- |
4th |
- |
|
2008
|
Senior
|
1st
|
1st
|
2nd
|
-
|
1st
|
-
|
1st
|
6th
|
|
2007
|
Senior
|
1st
|
20th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2005
|
Senior
|
1st
|
1st
|
4th
|
3rd
|
1st
|
3rd
|
1st
|
-
|
|
2004
|
Senior
|
1st
|
-
|
4th
|
-
|
2nd
|
-
|
1st
|
2nd
|
|
2003
|
Senior
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
5th
|
-
|
4th
|
-
|
2nd
|
5th
|
|
2002
|
Injured
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2001
|
U18
|
N/A
|
1st
|
1st
|
3rd
|
1st
|
4th
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
|
2000
|
U17
|
N/A
|
1st
|
1st
|
2nd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
1st
|
4th
|
International Results
|
|
Year
|
Event
|
Team
|
AA
|
FX
|
PH
|
RG
|
VT
|
PB
|
HB
|
| 2012 |
Olympic Games, GBR |
- |
19th |
58th |
42nd |
37th |
39th |
39th |
48th |
| 2012 |
Pacific Rim Championships, USA |
4th |
5th |
7th |
=11th |
3rd |
- |
4th |
7th |
| 2011 |
World Championships, JPN |
18th |
53rd |
119th |
135th |
34th |
119th |
45th |
97th |
| 2010 |
World Championships, NED |
18th |
34th |
75th |
139th |
28th |
- |
35th |
81st |
| 2010 |
Commonwealth Games, IND |
1st |
3rd |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
- |
|
2008
|
Pacific, Alliance,USA |
6th
|
8th
|
=10th
|
7th
|
11th
|
11th
|
5th
|
16th
|
|
2008
|
Doha World Cup, QAT |
-
|
-
|
-
|
27th
|
20th
|
-
|
15th
|
-
|
|
2007
|
World Championships, GER |
19th
|
52nd
|
92nd
|
180th
|
97th
|
96th
|
36th
|
31st
|
|
2006
|
DTB - Pokal, GER |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
18th
|
-
|
|
2006
|
World Championships, DEN |
14th
|
12th
|
38th
|
85th
|
37th
|
87th
|
26th
|
38th
|
|
2006
|
Shanghai World Cup, CHN |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2006
|
Pacific Alliance, USA |
5th
|
8th
|
-
|
-
|
4th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2006
|
Commonwealth Games, AUS |
2nd
|
1st
|
7th
|
-
|
1st
|
-
|
3rd
|
-
|
|
2005
|
World Championships, AUS |
-
|
19th
|
37th
|
78th
|
27th
|
47th
|
34th
|
38th
|
|
2005
|
World Uni Games, TUR |
-
|
9th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2005
|
International Apparatus
Challenge v China, AUS |
-
|
-
|
5th
|
4th
|
1st
|
6th
|
8th
|
-
|
|
2005
|
AUS v CHN, AUS |
2nd
|
6th
|
5th
|
-
|
2nd
|
-
|
6th
|
-
|
|
2005
|
International Challenge
AUS v GBR, AUS |
1st
|
4th
|
=5th
|
3rd
|
6th
|
-
|
2nd
|
-
|
|
2003
|
Japan Jnr
International, JPN |
-
|
4th
|
2nd
|
-
|
2nd
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2003
|
World Championships, USA |
22nd
|
87th |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2003
|
Australian Olympic Youth Festival, AUS |
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
8
|
3rd
|
6
|
1st
|
4th
|
|
2003
|
Jurassic Classic, CAN |
3rd
|
8th
|
11th
|
8th
|
5th
|
6th
|
5th
|
5th
|
|
2002
|
Pacific Alliance Games, CAN |
5th
|
9th
|
5th
|
18th
|
3rd
|
7th
|
3rd
|
3rd
|
|
2001
|
Australia v Great Britain, AUS |
1st
|
4th
|
3rd
|
-
|
6th
|
-
|
5th
|
-
|
|
2001
|
Canberra Cup, AUS |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3rd
|
5th
|
-
|
-
|
|
2001
|
Japan Int Junior Tour, JPN |
-
|
9th
|
8th
|
5th
|
6th
|
7th
|
5th
|
-
|
|
2000
|
OBI Team Cup, GER |
2nd
|
2nd
|
8th
|
4th
|
1st
|
5th
|
3rd
|
5th
|
MAJOR EVENTS
|
| Commonwealth Games: |
2006, 2010 |
| World Championships: |
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 |
| Olympic Games |
2012 |