| Phoebe Learmont | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 June 2005 Ipswich, Queensland |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Australia |
| Club | Aspire Gymnastics Academy |
| Head coach(es) | Iuliia Iakovleva and Tania Belan |
Phoebe Learmont (born 23 June 2005) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast who represents her country in international competitions. [1]
Learmont took up gymnastics at age six, first as an artistic gymnast as she joined a cousin who was already involved in the sport, and then she followed one of her coaches into rhythmic. [2] Her breakthrough year came in 2017, when she placed first in hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and all around at the Australian titles. [3]
She began competing with the Aspire Gymnastics Academy rhythmic gymnastics group in 2023. [4] The group placed fifth in the all-around at the Tashkent World Cup. [5] Additionally, they finished seventh in the 5 hoops final and sixth in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final. [6] They won a silver medal in the group all-around at the Australian Championships. The Aspire group was not selected for the 2023 World Championships, and their appeal to the National Sports Tribunal was dismissed. [7]
Learmont and the Aspire group won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2024 Aphrodite Cup. [8] In May they won two golds and one silver at the Sofia International Tournament, getting the chance to compete at the continental championships. [9] The Oceanian Championships were held in Budapest along the European ones, there Phoebe, Jessica Weintraub, Liidia Iakovleva, Emmanouela Frroku and Saskia Broedelet won gold in the All-Around, thus earning the chance to represent Australia at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. [10]
