Emily Whitehead

Leave nothing to chance. Control the controllables. Own the outcome.

Personal Details

Home town:: Rosebud
Occupation / Area of Study / Work:: Exercise and Sport Science
Hero / Most Admired Athlete:: Michael Jordan
Date of birth:: 11 December 2000

Sporting Details

Event(s) / Discipline:

Artistic Women's Team

Home Club:

Waverley Gymnastics Club

Coach:

Yusuf Topari

Olympic / Paralympic History:

2024, Paris Olympic Games

2020, Tokyo Olympic Games

Commonwealth Games History:

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games | BRONZE - Vault, BRONZE - Team

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

World Championships History:

Doha 2018 World Championships

Stuttgart 2022 World Championships

Sporting Highlights:

Tokyo Olympics and Commonwealth games

Emily in the News

McDonald gold among five Aussie gym medals

August 3, 2022

The Commonwealth Games debutant has pipped teammate and Australian Team Captain Georgia Godwin to win her maiden Commonwealth Games gold.

Australian Women's Artistic Team claim silver

July 31, 2022

Australia have claimed silver in the women’s artistic gymnastics team final in Birmingham after falling heartbreakingly short of gold to England.

Reinvigorated Gymnastics team leaps and bounds its way to Birmingham

June 20, 2022

An exciting squad of Australia’s best gymnasts are ready for the challenge at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the squad features four Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holders, who are going to be bold in gold.

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