Emily Abbot | |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1997 |
Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Residence: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Height: | 1.60 m |
Discipline: | RG |
Club: | Premier Gymnastics Academy |
Headcoach: | Gina Peluso |
Emily Abbot (born 28 February 1997) is an Australian group rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
Emily Abbot was born on 28 February 1997 in Adelaide. She began rhythmic gymnastics when she was ten years old.[2] She graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2018 and is currently studying business at TAFE Queensland. She now lives in Brisbane and works as a disability support carer in addition to her gymnastics training.[3]
Abbot missed the 2016 season due to hip injuries. She first had a hip arthroscopy to repair a detached ligament, but then doctors discovered a bone tumor in her hip and she had another surgery to remove it. She returned to competition at the end of 2017.[4]
In October 2018, Abbot moved to Brisbane to train with Australia's senior rhythmic gymnastics group.[4] At the 2018 World Championships, she finished twenty-ninth with her group.[5] She represented Australia at the 2019 Summer Universiade.[6] She finished seventh in the group all-around,[7] seventh in the 5 balls final,[8] and fifth in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final.[9]
She 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 Alexandra Aristoteli, Alannah Mathews, Himeka Onoda, and Felicity White.[10] They were the first rhythmic gymnastics group to represent Australia at the Olympics.[11] They finished fourteenth in the qualification round for the group all-around.[12]