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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Eltham, AUS |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Waverley Advanced Gymnastics Club: Waverley, NS, CAN |
Further Personal Information | |
| Higher education | Science - LaTrobe University: Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | "Cooking, playing the piano, collecting vinyl records." (gymnasticswa.asn.au, 03 Aug 2010) |
| Injuries | At the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, she underwent surgery on both of her ankles to remove ankle spurs. (gymnastics.com.au, 29 May 2010) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Her first world championships and competing at the 2008 Olympic Games. (london2012.olympics.com, 13 Jul 2011) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | Her sisters were doing gymnastics, so she followed them into the sport. She also says that she had a lot of energy and her mother simply wanted her out of the house to burn it off. |
General Interest | |
| Most influential person in career | Her brother Adam. (london2012.olympics.com, 13 Jul 2011) |
| Hero / Idol | Catalina Ponor of Romania for her elegance. (Gymnastics Australia, 16 Oct 2009) |
| Awards and honours | At the 2008 Olympic Games she placed the highest amongst the Australian women, assisting the team to achieve its best ever Olympic position. In 2010, she was crowned Australian all-around champion for the first time. (gymnastics.org.au, 03 Aug 2010) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | John Hart, Shaoyi Jiang |
| Coach from what year? | 2005 |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began the sport in 1993 at the age of three at the Jets Gymnastics club in Eltham, Victoria. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Student |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Georgie (london2012.olympics.com, 13 Jul 2011) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "What goes around, comes around." (london2012.olympics.com, 13 Jul 2011) |