Heath Thorpe
| Heath Thorpe | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Australia |
| Born | 3 September 2000[1] Australia |
| Residence | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Club | Queensland High Performance Centre |
Heath Thorpe (born 3 September 2000)[2] is an Australian artistic gymnast. He was a reserve athlete for the Australian team at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships,[3] and represented his country at the 2019 Summer Universiade.[4] He advanced to the vault final at the 2019 Universiade where he finished sixth.[5] Thorpe is a member of Men's Artistic Gymnastics Australian National Squad (2017–Present).[6]
Personal life
Thorpe studies at the Queensland University of Technology where he is pursuing a degree in communications.[7] He currently resides in Brisbane, Australia. He is openly gay.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
Thorpe competed at the 2018 Australian Gymnastics Championships and placed first on floor.[11]
In October, Gymnastics Australia announced Thorpe to the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team.[12] Whilst in Doha, Thorpe was announced as the alternate for the team and did not compete in the event.[13]
2019
In February, Thorpe was announced to compete at the Individual Apparatus Artistic Gymnastics World Cup taking place in Melbourne,[14] despite having had surgery to remove screws from his elbow just eight weeks prior to the event.[15]
Thorpe competed at the 2019 Australian Gymnastics Championships, finishing sixth all around, second on floor and third on vault in the senior international competition.[16]
Thorpe was announced to represent his country at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.[17] Thorpe went on to qualify to the event finals, placing sixth in the vault final.[18]
References
- ^ https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=69763
- ^ https://results.universiade2019napoli.it/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20EntryListByNocMag.pdf
- ^ "Worlds Team Announcement". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ https://results.universiade2019napoli.it/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Qualification%20Floor%20exercises%20ApparatusResultsMag.pdf
- ^ https://results.universiade2019napoli.it/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Vault%20ApparatusResultsMag.pdf
- ^ "MAG National Squad". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 WSG Gymnastics | UniSport Australia". unisport. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "r/Gymnastics - Diego Hypolito officially comes out: "I want people to know that I'm gay and that I'm not ashamed of it."". reddit. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "2018 RD761 Jr Event Results" (PDF). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "2018 Pacific Rim Championships Snr MAG Event Finals" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "MAG 2018 Nationals Results". gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Worlds Team Announcement". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Heath Thorpe on Instagram: "Podium training was a heap of fun and a pretty successful day on the big stage! As expected coming over here to Doha, I was always the…"". Instagram. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Gymnastics Australia Announces 2019 World Cup Team". gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "World Cup Wrap". www.gymqld.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Results | Ausgymnasticschamps". ausgymnasticschamps.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 World Universiade Team Announcement". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 Universiade MAG Event Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 25 September 2019.