Alannah Mathews Explained

Alannah Mathews
Nickname:Lani
Birth Date:9 April 1999
Birth Place:Attadale, Western Australia[1]
Residence:Brisbane, Queensland
Height:1.72m
Discipline:RG
Club:Premier Gymnastics Academy
Headcoach:Gina Peluso

Alannah Mathews (born 9 April 1999) is an Australian group rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

Mathews began rhythmic gymnastics when she was eight years old because her mother wanted her to engage in a sport.[3]

Mathews began competing with Australia's senior rhythmic gymnastics group in 2015. At the 2018 World Championships, the group finished twenty-ninth in the all-around.[4] This was the first time an Australian group had competed at the World Championships in ten years.[3] She represented Australia at the 2019 Summer Universiade.[5] She finished seventh in the group all-around,[6] seventh in the 5 balls final,[7] and fifth in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final.[8]

Mathews won a gold medal at the 2021 Oceanic Championships with the Australian senior group and qualified a quota for the 2020 Olympic Games. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Emily Abbot, Alexandra Aristoteli, Himeka Onoda, and Felicity White.[9] They were the first rhythmic gymnastics group to represent Australia at the Olympics.[10] They finished fourteenth in the qualification round for the group all-around.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mathews Alannah . International Gymnastics Federation . 27 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Mathews Alannah . Tokyo 2020 . 27 July 2021 . 27 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727190100/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1349881-mathews-alannah.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: Alannah Mathews . Australian Olympic Committee . 27 July 2021.
  4. Web site: 36th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Group All-Around Final . USA Gymnastics . 26 July 2021 . 15 September 2018.
  5. Web site: 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics SENIORS Entry List by Country . 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results . 7 May 2021 . 10 July 2019.
  6. Web site: 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics Qualification Group SENIORS All-Around Results . 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results . 7 May 2021 . 12 July 2019.
  7. Web site: 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Group SENIORS . 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results . 7 May 2021 . 13 July 2019.
  8. Web site: 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Group SENIORS . 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results . 7 May 2021 . 13 July 2019.
  9. Web site: Biggest Australian Olympic Gymnastics team since Tokyo 1964 selected for Tokyo 2020 . Gymnastics Australia . 26 July 2021 . 3 July 2021.
  10. Web site: Smith . Erin . Tokyo Olympics 2021: Dedicated Aussies find rhythm to become trailblazers in their chosen field . Perth Now . 26 July 2021 . 15 July 2021.
  11. Web site: Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results . . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808053149/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73B_GRYW5AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf . dead .

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