Emily Abbot | |
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Country represented | ![]() |
Born | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 28 February 1997
Residence | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1] |
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Club | Premier Gymnastics Academy |
Head coach(es) | Gina Peluso |
Emily Abbot (born 28 February 1997) [1] 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]