Human Interest |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Victorian High Performance Centre / VIS: Australia |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Enjoys shopping going to the movies, supporting St Kilda, who compete in the Australian Football League [AFL], camping, music, travel. (gymnastics.org.au, 30 Aug 2010; vis.org.au, 14 Feb 2006) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
She started it initially for fun and because she was too short for basketball. |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
Australian gymnast Zeena McLaughlin. Also Chinese gymnast Cheng Fei because "I love her style of gymnastics and she always has a smile on her face, even if she has fallen off the beam" (vis.org.au, 14 Feb 2006, vis.org.au, 30 Aug 2010) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Misha Barabach, Tracey Penuluna |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport in 1997. |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Ash, Brenners (vis.org.au, 14 Feb 2006; vis.org.au, 07 May 2012) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Dream, believe, create, succeed. Leave nothing undared." (vis.org.au, 14 Feb 2006; gymnastics.org.au, 07 May 2012) |
Other information |
ONE YEAR HIATUS She took 2009 off to focus on her year 12 VCE [Victorian Certificate of Education] and in order to gain entry into university. (gymnastics.org.au, 30 Aug 2010) |