Georgia-Rose Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Georgia-Rose Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | George | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former countries represented | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia | 22 January 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2009–2023 (AUS) 2023–present (NZL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Melbourne Gymnastics Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Misha Barabach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Georgia-Rose Brown (born 22 January 1995) is an Australian artistic gymnast who currently represents New Zealand in international competition. She represented New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Brown represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and helped the team win the silver medal, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal on the balance beam and the bronze medal with the team. She competed for Australia at five World Championships and is a five-time bronze medalist in the FIG World Cup series.
Brown was born on 22 January 1995, in Auchenflower, Queensland. She began gymnastics when she was five years old. [2] Her mother is a New Zealander while her father is Australian. [3]
In 2022, Brown began a doctorate program in physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne. [1]
At the junior level, Brown finished sixth in the all-around at the 2009 Australian Championships, and she won the balance beam title. [2] She made her international debut at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships and won a bronze medal with the Australian team. [4] Individually, she placed eighth in the junior all-around and fourth on the uneven bars. [5] [6]
Brown became age-eligible for senior competition in 2011. She made her senior international debut at the Japan Team Cup, where the Australian team finished fourth. [7] At her first senior Australian Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Lauren Mitchell. [8]
Brown was part of the Australian team at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo alongside Ashleigh Brennan, Larrissa Miller, Emily Little, Lauren Mitchell, and Mary-Anne Monckton. [9] She helped the team qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics and competed on the uneven bars in the team final, where Australia finished eighth. [10] After the World Championships, she competed at the Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille where she won the gold medal on the uneven bars, the silver medals in the all-around and on the vault, and the bronze medal with the Australian team. [11]
Brown began the 2012 season at the International Gymnix and won a bronze medal on the uneven bars. [12] At the Australian Championships, she finished fourth in the all-around, and she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Olivia Vivian and Mary-Anne Monckton. [13] She was chosen as an alternate for Australia's 2012 Olympic team. [14]
Brown competed at the 2013 Australian Championships and won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Olivia Vivian. She also placed fifth in the all-around and on the floor exercise. [15]
Brown began the 2014 season at the Nadia Comaneci Invitational where she finished third in the all-around behind teammate Georgia Godwin and Venezuela's Jessica López. [16] She then competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy and helped the Australian team place fourth. [17] Brown qualified for the uneven bars final and placed fifth. [18] Her next competition was the Pacific Rim Championships where she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Americans Elizabeth Price and Kyla Ross. [19]
Brown was selected to represent Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games alongside Larrissa Miller, Lauren Mitchell, Mary-Anne Monckton, and Olivia Vivian. [20] The team won the silver medal behind England. [21] Individually, Brown finished 13th in the all-around, seventh on the vault, and fifth on the uneven bars. [22] She then competed at the 2014 World Championships alongside Miller, Monckton, Vivian, Kiara Munteanu, and Emma Nedov. She competed on all four events in the team final and helped Australia place seventh. Invidiaully, she qualified for the all-around final where she finished 21st. [23]
Brown represented Australia at the 2015 Summer Universiade, and she finished sixth in the uneven bars final. [24] She then competed at a friendly meet against China and won a gold medal on the uneven bars. [25] She was the alternate for the 2015 World Championships team. [26]
Brown began the 2016 season at the Pacific Rim Championships where she helped Australia win the bronze medal behind the United States and Canada. [27] Individually, she finished eighth in the all-around and fifth on the floor exercise. [28] [29] Then at the Olympic Test Event, she finished fifth with the Australian team. This meant Australia did not qualify as a team for the 2016 Olympic Games. [30] At the Australian Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Rianna Mizzen. [31] She was not selected for Australia's sole Olympic spot. [32] Her final meet of the year was the Toyota International where she finished sixth on the uneven bars and balance beam and fifth on the floor exercise. [33]
Brown placed fourth on the uneven bars at the 2017 Melbourne World Cup. [34] She then won bronze medals on the uneven bars at the Baku and Doha World Cups. [35] [36] She finished second in the all-around to Emma Little at the Australian Championships. In the event finals, she won the balance beam and floor exercise titles, and she placed fourth on the uneven bars. [37] She missed the rest of the season due to a variety of injuries. [38]
Brown returned to competition and won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2018 Melbourne World Cup. [39] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games alongside Alexandra Eade, Georgia Godwin, Rianna Mizzen, Emily Whitehead. [38] The team won the bronze medal behind Canada and England. [40] Individually, Brown placed fourth in the all-around final, only 0.150 away from the bronze medal. [41] She also placed fourth in the uneven bars final, [42] and she won the silver medal on the balance beam behind England's Alice Kinsella. [43] She then won the all-around title at the Australian Classic and also won silver medals on the uneven bars and balance beam. [44] She was selected to compete at the 2018 World Championships, and the Australian team placed 15th in the qualification round. [45]
At the 2019 Melbourne World Cup, Brown won a bronze medal on the uneven bars. [46] She won another uneven bars bronze medal at the Baku World Cup. [47] Then at the Australian Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Georgia Godwin. She won the uneven bars title and won silver medals on the balance beam and floor exercise. [48] She then helped Australia win the silver medal behind Italy at the FIT Challenge. [49] At the Australian Classic, she won a bronze medal in the all-around behind Godwin and Kate McDonald. [50]
Brown was selected to compete at the World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Godwin, McDonald, Emma Nedov, and Talia Folino. The team placed 13th in the qualification round, meaning they once again missed qualifying as a full team for the Olympic Games. [51] After the World Championships, she competed at the Toyota International where she placed fifth on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. [52]
Brown placed fourth on the uneven bars at the 2020 Melbourne World Cup. During the qualification round of the Baku World Cup, she finished fifth on the uneven bars and seventh on the floor exercise. [53] [54] The event finals in Baku were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [55]
Brown returned to competition at the 2021 Oceanic Championships to earn a continental quota berth for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games. [56] She ultimately lost the Olympic berth to Emily Whitehead by 0.350. [57] She was selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships alongside Romi Brown, Georgia Godwin, Kate McDonald, and Breanna Scott, and they finished tenth in the qualification round. [58]
At the 2023 Doha World Cup, Brown finished fifth on the uneven bars, [59] and she finished fourth on the uneven bars at the Baku World Cup. [60] She finished fifth in the all-around at the 2023 Australian Championships. [61]
In November 2023, Brown's request to represent New Zealand in international competitions was accepted by the International Gymnastics Federation. [62] The International Olympic Committee approved the nationality change for the Olympic Games in January 2024. [63] She registered for the 2024 FIG World Cup series to compete on the uneven bars for an Olympic berth. With a fourth-place finish in Cairo and fifth-place finishes in Cottbus and Doha, she earned enough Olympic qualification points to secure an Olympic quota. [64] Her Olympic qualification was confirmed in May by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. [3]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Australia | |||||||
Junior | |||||||
2009 | Australian Championships | 6 | 6 | ||||
2010 | Pacific Rim Championships | 8 | 4 | ||||
Australian Championships | |||||||
Senior | |||||||
2011 | Japan Team Cup | 4 | |||||
Australian Championships | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||||
World Championships | 8 | ||||||
Elite Gym Massilia | |||||||
2012 | International Gymnix | 6 | 7 | ||||
Australian Championships | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Mexican Cup | 4 | ||||||
2013 | Australian Championships | 5 | 5 | ||||
2014 | Nadia Comaneci Invitational | ||||||
City of Jesolo Trophy | 4 | 22 | 5 | ||||
Pacific Rim Championships | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||||
Australian Championships | |||||||
Commonwealth Games | 13 | 7 | 5 | ||||
World Championships | 7 | 21 | |||||
2015 | Summer Universiade | 5 | 6 | ||||
Australia vs China Friendly | 4 | 6 | |||||
2016 | Pacific Rim Championships | 8 | 5 | ||||
Olympic Test Event | 5 | ||||||
Australian Championships | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Toyota International | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||
2017 | Melbourne World Cup | 4 | |||||
Baku World Cup | |||||||
Doha World Cup | |||||||
Australian Championships | 4 | ||||||
2018 | Melbourne World Cup | ||||||
Commonwealth Games | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Australian Classic | |||||||
World Championships | 15 | ||||||
2019 | Melbourne World Cup | ||||||
Baku World Cup | |||||||
Australian Championships | |||||||
FIT Challenge | 12 | ||||||
Australian Classic | |||||||
World Championships | 13 | ||||||
Toyota International | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
2020 | Melbourne World Cup | 4 | |||||
Baku World Cup | 5 | 7 | |||||
2021 | Oceanic Championships | ||||||
2022 | |||||||
World Championships | 10 | ||||||
2023 | Doha World Cup | 5 | |||||
Baku World Cup | 4 | ||||||
Australian Championships | 5 | ||||||
Representing New Zealand | |||||||
2024 | Cairo World Cup | 4 | |||||
Cottbus World Cup | 5 | ||||||
Doha World Cup | 5 | ||||||
Olympic Games | R4 |
Anastasia Andreyevna Ilyankova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist, the 2019 European champion, and the 2019 and 2020 Russian champion on the uneven bars. She is a four-time FIG World Cup medalist, and she finished fourth on the uneven bars at the 2017 World Championships.
Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. Having won a total of six Olympic and nine World medals, she is the most decorated Brazilian and Latin American gymnast of all time, as well as the most decorated Brazilian Olympian in any discipline. In the all-around, she is the 2022 World champion, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, the 2023 World silver medalist, and the 2021 Pan American champion. On vault, she is the 2020 Olympic gold medalist, the 2024 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World Champion, and the 2023 Pan American Games champion. She led the Brazilian team to its first ever team medals at the 2023 World Championships (silver) and the 2024 Olympics (bronze), as well as the gold medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in the floor exercise.
Fan Yilin is a Chinese artistic gymnast and uneven bars specialist. She is a two-time world champion on the uneven bars and the 2015 Asian champion on balance beam. At the 2015 World Championships, she was part of the first ever four-way tie along with Viktoria Komova, Daria Spiridonova, and Madison Kocian. Domestically, she is a four-time Chinese national uneven bars champion. She was a member of the Chinese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the team competition, and competed at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Nina Derwael is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a two-time European champion on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam, as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion.
Ana Pérez Campos is a Spanish artistic gymnast. She won all-around and team bronze medals at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. She represented Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics and has qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is a five-time Spanish national all-around champion and a two-time World all-around finalist.
Rifda Irfanaluthfi is an Indonesian artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 Asian Games floor exercise silver medalist and a four-time SEA Games champion. She is also a three-time medalist on the FIG World Cup series. She represented Indonesia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Ana Filipa da Silva Martins is a retired Portuguese artistic gymnast who competed at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade on the balance beam. She is the first Portuguese gymnast to win a World Cup gold medal.
Georgia Godwin is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games all-around and vault champion and the team, uneven bars and balance beam silver-medalist. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games all-around silver medalist and the team and uneven bars bronze medalist. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics and was the third reserve for the all-around final. She is also a two-time World Cup silver medalist.
Barbora Mokošová is a Slovak artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars and the first gymnast representing Slovakia to receive a medal at the European Championships. She represented Slovakia at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. She is also a two-time World Challenge Cup champion on the uneven bars.
Csenge Mária Bácskay is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Youth Olympic silver medalist on vault. Additionally, she was a member of the team that won bronze at the 2020 European Championships. She represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Emily Whitehead 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. She won a silver medal on the vault at the 2018 Melbourne World Cup.
Lee Yun-seo is a South Korean artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Asian uneven bars and team silver medalist and all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise bronze medalist. She has competed at four World Championships, and she represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2024 Summer Olympics and at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Lihie Raz is an Olympic artistic gymnast. Born in the United States, she represents Israel internationally. She won the bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2020 European Championships, which was Israel's first medal at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She is also the 2019 and 2021 Israeli all-around champion. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 59th in the all-around during qualifications, but did not advance to any finals. Raz represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and came in 16th in the Women's vault, and 31st in the Women's All-Around qualification with a score of 51.632, just missing the final that had a cutoff of 51.698.
Caitlin Aileen Rooskrantz is a South African artistic gymnast. She represented South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics and was the first South African gymnast to qualify for the Olympics without a continental quota. Rooskrantz and teammate Naveen Daries became the first female gymnasts of color to represent South Africa and the Olympics. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games uneven bars bronze medalist, South Africa's first gymnastics medal at the Commonwealth Games since 2010. She is the 2022 African all-around champion and a two-time African uneven bars champion. She is a two-time uneven bars gold medalist on the FIG World Cup series. She represented South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer of her country along with the male sprinter Akani Simbine.
Ting Hua-tien is a Taiwanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 Asian champion and the 2022 Asian Games bronze medalist on the balance beam. She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games, making her the first Taiwanese female gymnast to compete at an Olympic Games since 1968. She qualified to represent Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Summer Olympics through the 2024 FIG World Cup series.
Rianna Leigh Mizzen is an Australian former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the teams that won bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships. She is the 2016 Australian all-around champion and a three-time Australian champion on the uneven bars.
Jana Hani Ismail Mahmoud is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. She won the all-around title at the 2024 African Championships and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. She is a two-time African champion on the floor exercise and is the 2022 African vault champion. She helped the Egyptian team win the team titles at the 2022 and 2024 African Championships. She represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Ahtziri Viridiana Sandoval Pérez is a Mexican artistic gymnast. She is the 2017 Pan American vault champion and uneven bars silver medalist. She is the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games uneven bars champion and team and vault bronze medalist. She represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Bettina Lili Czifra is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She is a three-time World Challenge Cup medalist and the 2023 Hungarian all-around champion. She represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Lucija Hribar is a Slovenian artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 Mediterranean Games uneven bars bronze medalist and a three-time bronze medalist on the FIG World Challenge Cup series. She represented Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.