Dominic Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Plymouth, Devon, England | 4 January 1997|||||||||||||||||
Residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2014–present (senior) | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Redlands Gymnastics [1] Castle Hill RSL [2] Sydney Gymnastics Centre | |||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Brett Austine Belinda Cox | |||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Clarke (born 4 January 1997) is an Australian trampoline gymnast who represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1]
Clarke first competed at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in 2015, placing fourth in both the synchronised and double mini trampoline events. At the 2017 championships, he won the bronze medal in the double mini event. At the 2018 championships, he won the bronze medal in the synchronised event. [3] [4]
In July 2021, Clarke secured selection for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo. [5] He qualified for the final coming fourth in the qualification. He did not win a medal. [6]
Clarke started training in gymnastics at the age of five in the Redlands, located in the Brisbane metropolitan area. [1]
In 2022, Clarke auditioned for The Voice Australia where he ultimately chose to be on Team Rita. He was eliminated the next round. [7]
Clarke was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, [1] before moving to Australia as a child. He identifies as gay and queer, and is the pride ambassador for Gymnastics New South Wales he has taught at a public school in New South wales. [8] [9] [10]
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