Kate Sayer

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Kate Sayer
2018-10-15 Floor (Apparatus Final Girls' Artistic Gymnastics) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank-320.jpg
Personal information
Nickname(s)KitKat [1]
Country represented Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Born (2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 (age 20)
South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hometown Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2017–present (AUS)
ClubQueensland High Performance Centre
Head coach(es)Mikhail Barabach
Assistant coach(es)Tao Xiaomin
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Pacific Rim Championships (Junior)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Medellín Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Medellín Balance Beam

Kate Sayer (born 8 March 2003) is an Australian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships junior bronze medallist on balance beam. She represented Australia at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

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Early life

Sayer was born in South Brisbane, Queensland. She began gymnastics when she was four years old. [1]

Gymnastics career

2017–18

Sayer competed at the 2017 Australian National Championships. She placed fifth in the Junior 14 All-Around Final and placed second on vault and uneven bars and fourth on balance beam. [2]

In April 2018 Sayer was selected to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships. [3] While there she helped Australia finish third in the team final behind the United States and Canada. She finished 14th in the all-around [4] During event finals she won bronze on the balance beam behind Zoé Allaire-Bourgie of Canada and American Sunisa Lee. Additionally she placed seventh on vault and eighth on floor exercise. [5] The following month Sayer competed at the Australian National Championships where she won the junior all-around competition. [6]

In August Sayer was selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [7] In September she competed at the Australian Classic where she once again won the junior division title. [8]

At the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires Sayer qualified to the all-around, vault, and floor exercise finals. In the all-around final she placed eighth. During event finals she placed seventh and eighth respectively. [9]

2018-10-12 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Girls' Artistic Gymnastics - All-around final - Floor (Martin Rulsch) 020.jpg
All-Around Final
2018-10-13 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Girls' Artistic Gymnastics - Apparatus finals - Vault (Martin Rulsch) 049.jpg
Vault Final
Sayer at the 2018 Youth Olympics

2019

In 2019, Sayer turned senior. She made her debut at the Melbourne World Cup where she only competed on floor exercise. She finished 9th in qualifications and was the first reserve for the final. [10] In March she competed at the 2019 L'International Gymnix. She helped Australia win the bronze medal. Individually Sayer placed 17th in the all-around. [11] In May she competed at the Australian National Championships where she finished 11th in the all-around. [12] In September she competed at the Australian Classic where she finished 8th. [13] Sayer was selected as the alternate to the team who would compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart. [14]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2017 National Championships5Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg4
2018 Pacific Rim Championships Bronze medal icon.svg147Bronze medal icon.svg8
Australian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
Australian ClassicGold medal icon.svg
Youth Olympic Games 87R28
Senior
2019 Melbourne World Cup R1
International Gymnix Bronze medal icon.svg17
Australian Championships11
Australian Classic8
2021 Australian Championships5
2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Bronze medal icon.svg

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References

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  2. "2017 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. 24 May 2017.
  3. "2018 Pacific Rim Championships". Gymnastics Australia . 4 April 2018.
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  9. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Recaps, Results and Photos". USA Gymnastics . 16 October 2018.
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