Felicity White
| Felicity White | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Flick, Felice, Speedy[1] |
| Born | 25 September 2000 Sunnybank, Queensland[2] |
| Residence | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[3] |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Australia |
| Club | Premier Gymnastics Academy |
| Head coach(es) | Gina Peluso |
Felicity White (born 25 September 2000)[3] is an Australian group rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Career
[edit]White grew up studying ballet at the Queensland National Ballet School.[4] She began rhythmic gymnastics when she was nine.[1]
White began competing with Australia's senior rhythmic gymnastics group in 2018. At the 2018 World Championships, the group finished twenty-ninth in the all-around.[5] This was the first time an Australian group had competed at the World Championships in ten years.[4]
White 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 Alannah Mathews.[6] They were the first rhythmic gymnastics group to represent Australia at the Olympics.[7] They finished fourteenth in the qualification round for the group all-around.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Felicity White ready to take on the world in Tokyo". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "White Felicity". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "White Felicity". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Felicity White". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "36th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 15 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Biggest Australian Olympic Gymnastics team since Tokyo 1964 selected for Tokyo 2020". Gymnastics Australia. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Smith, Erin (15 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics 2021: Dedicated Aussies find rhythm to become trailblazers in their chosen field". Perth Now. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.