Heath Thorpe

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Heath Thorpe
Full nameHeath Thorpe
Born (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 (age 24) [1]
Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
Gymnastics career
Country representedFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Years on national team2017–present
ClubNew South Wales High Performance Centre
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Men's artistic gymnastics
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Gold CoastTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Gold CoastFloor Exercise
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 CarraraTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 CarraraFloor Exercise
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Gold CoastVault
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 CarraraHorizontal Bar
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Gold CoastHorizontal Bar

Heath Thorpe (born 3 September 2000) [2] is an Australian artistic gymnast. He made his World Championships debut at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [3] He was a reserve athlete for the Australian team at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, [4] and represented his country at the 2019 Summer Universiade. [5] He advanced to the vault final at the 2019 Universiade where he finished sixth. [6] Thorpe is a member of Men's Artistic Gymnastics Australian National Squad (2017–present). [7]

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Personal life

Thorpe studies at the Queensland University of Technology where he is pursuing a degree in communications. [8] He currently resides in Sydney, Australia. He is openly gay. [9] [10]

Gymnastics career

2018

Thorpe made his international debut as a junior at the 2018 RD761 Junior International Team Cup, where he placed third in the vault final. [11] Thorpe then went on to make his senior international debut at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in April and qualified to the vault final, to finish fourth. [12]

Thorpe competed at the 2018 Australian Gymnastics Championships and placed first on floor. [13]

In October, Gymnastics Australia announced Thorpe to the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team. [14] While in Doha, Thorpe was announced as the alternate for the team and did not compete in the event. [15]

2019

In February, Thorpe was announced to compete at the Individual Apparatus Artistic Gymnastics World Cup taking place in Melbourne, [16] despite having had surgery to remove screws from his elbow just eight weeks prior to the event. [17]

Thorpe competed at the 2019 Australian Gymnastics Championships, finishing sixth all around, second on floor and third on vault in the senior international competition. [18]

Thorpe was announced to represent his country at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. [19] Thorpe went on to qualify to the event finals, placing sixth in the vault final. [20]

2021–2022

Thorpe missed out on qualifying for the Oceania quota spot for the Tokyo Olympic Games following a subpar performance at a National Team Camp in April. [21] Despite this, Thorpe competed and finished third all around at the 2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships, hosted on the Gold Coast, in May. His success in the all around was accompanied by a first place in the team event and a second place finish on horizontal bar. [22] Due to a hamstring injury, he could not compete in floor and vault finals, where he finished first place on both apparatus during the all around competition on day 1. [23]

Thorpe competed in Bundesliga for TG Allgäu in Germany throughout September and October 2021. This was his first professional competitive season. Thorpe also went on to compete in the Wase GymCup in Belgium under the Australian flag where he placed first on floor, horizontal bar and second on vault.

2023

In May, Thorpe won his first all-around title at the 2023 Australian Gymnastics Championships at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre in Carrara, Queensland. Despite this, he was not named to the Australian team for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. [24] [25]

Eponymous skill

In 2022, Thorpe submitted a request to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to allow leaps to be added to the Code of Points for Men's Artistic Gymnastics. The request was denied by FIG.

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Senior
2018 Pacific Rim Championships 44
Australian ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2019 Australian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg6Silver medal icon.svg5Bronze medal icon.svg
Summer Universiade 86
2021 Australian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Wase Gym CupGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2022 Australian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg5Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Oceania ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg4Gold medal icon.svg86Silver medal icon.svg7Bronze medal icon.svg
Szombathely Challenge Cup 5
World Championships 2250
2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 14
Oceania ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg68Silver medal icon.svg
Australian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge

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