Heath Thorpe

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]

Heath Thorpe
Personal information
Country represented Australia
Born (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000[1]
Australia
ResidenceBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
ClubQueensland High Performance Centre

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
  1. https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=69763
  2. https://results.universiade2019napoli.it/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20EntryListByNocMag.pdf
  3. "Worlds Team Announcement". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. https://results.universiade2019napoli.it/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Qualification%20Floor%20exercises%20ApparatusResultsMag.pdf
  5. https://results.universiade2019napoli.it/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Vault%20ApparatusResultsMag.pdf
  6. "MAG National Squad". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. "2019 WSG Gymnastics | UniSport Australia". unisport. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. "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.
  9. "2018 RD761 Jr Event Results" (PDF). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  10. "2018 Pacific Rim Championships Snr MAG Event Finals" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. "MAG 2018 Nationals Results". gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  12. "Worlds Team Announcement". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  13. "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.
  14. "Gymnastics Australia Announces 2019 World Cup Team". gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  15. "World Cup Wrap". www.gymqld.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  16. "Results | Ausgymnasticschamps". ausgymnasticschamps.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  17. "2019 World Universiade Team Announcement". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  18. "2019 Universiade MAG Event Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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