Phoebe Learmont | |
Birth Date: | 23 June 2005 |
Birth Place: | Ipswich, Queensland |
Hometown: | Jamboree Heights |
Discipline: | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Level: | International Elite |
Club: | Aspire Gymnastics Academy |
Headcoach: | Iuliia Iakovleva and Tania Belan |
Phoebe Learmont (born 23 June 2005) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast who represents her country in international competitions.[1]
Learmont took up gymnastics at age six, first as an artistic gymnast as she joined a cousin who was already involved in the sport, and then she followed one of her coaches into rhythmic.[2] Her breakthrough year came in 2017, when she placed first in hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and all around at the Australian titles.[3]
She began competing with the Aspire Gymnastics Academy rhythmic gymnastics group in 2023.[4] The group placed fifth in the all-around at the Tashkent World Cup.[5] Additionally, they finished seventh in the 5 hoops final and sixth in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final.[6] They won a silver medal in the group all-around at the Australian Championships. The Aspire group was not selected for the 2023 World Championships, and their appeal to the National Sports Tribunal was dismissed.[7]
Learmont and the Aspire group won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2024 Aphrodite Cup.[8] In May they won two golds and one silver at the Sofia International Tournament, getting the chance to compete at the continental championships.[9] The Oceanian Championships were held in Budapest along the European ones, there Phoebe, Jessica Weintraub, Liidia Iakovleva, Emmanouela Frroku and Saskia Broedelet won gold in the All-Around, thus earning the chance to represent Australia at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[10]