Australian rhythmic gymnast
Alannah Mathews (born 9 April 1999)[2] 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]
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