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| Full name | Georgia-Rose Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  New Zealand(2009–2023 (AUS) 2023–present (NZL)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former country represented |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Melbourne Gymnastics Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Misha Barabach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia-Rose Brown (born 22 January 1995) is an Australianartistic gymnast who currently represents New Zealand in international competitions. She representedNew Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Brown representedAustralia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and helped theteam win the silver medal, and at the2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal on thebalance beam and the bronze medal with theteam. She competed for Australia at fiveWorld Championships and is a five-time bronze medalist in theFIG World Cup series.
Brown was born on 22 January 1995, inAuchenflower, Queensland. She began gymnastics when she was five years old.[2] Her mother is aNew Zealander while her father isAustralian.[3]
In 2022, Brown began adoctorate program inphysiotherapy at theUniversity of Melbourne.[1]
At the junior level, Brown finished sixth in the all-around at the 2009 Australian Championships, and she won the balance beam title.[2] She made her international debut at the2010 Pacific Rim Championships and won a bronze medal with the Australian team.[4] Individually, she placed eighth in the junior all-around and fourth on the uneven bars.[5][6]
Brown becameage-eligible for senior competition in 2011. She made her senior international debut at the Japan Team Cup, where the Australian team finished fourth.[7] At her first senior Australian Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behindLauren Mitchell.[8]
Brown was part of the Australian team at the2011 World Championships in Tokyo alongsideAshleigh Brennan,Larrissa Miller,Emily Little,Lauren Mitchell, andMary-Anne Monckton.[9] She helped the team qualify for the2012 Summer Olympics and competed on the uneven bars in the team final, where Australia finished eighth.[10] After the World Championships, she competed at the Elite Gym Massilia inMarseille where she won the gold medal on the uneven bars, the silver medals in the all-around and on the vault, and the bronze medal with the Australian team.[11]
Brown began the 2012 season at theInternational Gymnix and won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.[12] At the Australian Championships, she finished fourth in the all-around, and she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behindOlivia Vivian andMary-Anne Monckton.[13] She was chosen as an alternate for Australia's 2012 Olympic team.[14]
Brown competed at the 2013 Australian Championships and won the silver medal on the uneven bars behindOlivia Vivian. She also placed fifth in the all-around and on the floor exercise.[15]
Brown began the 2014 season at the Nadia Comaneci Invitational where she finished third in the all-around behind teammateGeorgia Godwin and Venezuela'sJessica López.[16] She then competed at theCity of Jesolo Trophy and helped the Australian team place fourth.[17] Brown qualified for the uneven bars final and placed fifth.[18] Her next competition was thePacific Rim Championships where she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars behind AmericansElizabeth Price andKyla Ross.[19]
Brown was selected to representAustralia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games alongsideLarrissa Miller,Lauren Mitchell,Mary-Anne Monckton, and Olivia Vivian.[20] Theteam won the silver medal behind England.[21] Individually, Brown finished 13th in theall-around, seventh on thevault, and fifth on theuneven bars.[22] She then competed at the2014 World Championships alongside Miller, Monckton, Vivian,Kiara Munteanu, andEmma Nedov. She competed on all four events in the team final and helped Australia place seventh. Invidiaully, she qualified for the all-around final where she finished 21st.[23]
Brown representedAustralia at the 2015 Summer Universiade, and she finished sixth in theuneven bars final.[24] She then competed at a friendly meet against China and won a gold medal on the uneven bars.[25] She was the alternate for the2015 World Championships team.[26]
Brown began the 2016 season at thePacific Rim Championships where she helped Australia win the bronze medal behind the United States and Canada.[27] Individually, she finished eighth in the all-around and fifth on the floor exercise.[28][29] Then at theOlympic Test Event, she finished fifth with the Australian team. This meant Australia did notqualify as a team for the 2016 Olympic Games.[30] At the Australian Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behindRianna Mizzen.[31] She was not selected for Australia's sole Olympic spot.[32] Her final meet of the year was the Toyota International where she finished sixth on the uneven bars and balance beam and fifth on the floor exercise.[33]
Brown placed fourth on the uneven bars at the2017 Melbourne World Cup.[34] She then won bronze medals on the uneven bars at the Baku and Doha World Cups.[35][36] She finished second in the all-around toEmma Little at the Australian Championships. In the event finals, she won the balance beam and floor exercise titles, and she placed fourth on the uneven bars.[37] She missed the rest of the season due to a variety of injuries.[38]
Brown returned to competition and won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the2018 Melbourne World Cup.[39] She was selected to representAustralia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games alongsideAlexandra Eade,Georgia Godwin,Rianna Mizzen,Emily Whitehead.[38] Theteam won the bronze medal behind Canada and England.[40] Individually, Brown placed fourth in the all-around final, only 0.150 away from the bronze medal.[41] She also placed fourth in theuneven bars final,[42] and she won the silver medal on thebalance beam behind England'sAlice Kinsella.[43] She then won the all-around title at the Australian Classic and also won silver medals on the uneven bars and balance beam.[44] She was selected to compete at the2018 World Championships, and the Australian team placed 15th in the qualification round.[45]
At the2019 Melbourne World Cup, Brown won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.[46] She won another uneven bars bronze medal at the Baku World Cup.[47] Then at the Australian Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behindGeorgia Godwin. She won the uneven bars title and won silver medals on the balance beam and floor exercise.[48] She then helped Australia win the silver medal behind Italy at the FIT Challenge.[49] At the Australian Classic, she won a bronze medal in the all-around behind Godwin andKate McDonald.[50]
Brown was selected to compete at theWorld Championships inStuttgart alongside Godwin, McDonald,Emma Nedov, andTalia Folino. The team placed 13th in the qualification round, meaning they once again missed qualifying as a full team for the Olympic Games.[51] After the World Championships, she competed at the Toyota International where she placed fifth on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.[52]
Brown placed fourth on the uneven bars at the2020 Melbourne World Cup. During the qualification round of the Baku World Cup, she finished fifth on the uneven bars and seventh on the floor exercise.[53][54] The event finals in Baku were canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[55]
Brown returned to competition at the 2021 Oceanic Championships to earn acontinental quota berth for the postponed2020 Olympic Games.[56] She ultimately lost the Olympic berth toEmily Whitehead by 0.350.[57] She was selected to compete at the2022 World Championships alongsideRomi Brown,Georgia Godwin,Kate McDonald, andBreanna Scott, and they finished tenth in the qualification round.[58]
At the2023 Doha World Cup, Brown finished fifth on the uneven bars,[59] and she finished fourth on the uneven bars at the Baku World Cup.[60] She finished fifth in the all-around at the 2023 Australian Championships.[61]
In November 2023, Brown's request to represent New Zealand in international competitions was accepted by theInternational Gymnastics Federation.[62] TheInternational Olympic Committee approved the nationality change for the Olympic Games in January 2024.[63] She registered for the2024 FIG World Cup series to compete on the uneven bars foran Olympic berth. With a fourth-place finish in Cairo and fifth-place finishes in Cottbus and Doha, she earned enough Olympic qualification points to secure an Olympic quota.[64] Her Olympic qualification was confirmed in May by theNew Zealand Olympic Committee.[3]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2009 | Australian Championships | 6 | 6 |  |  |  | |
| 2010 | Pacific Rim Championships | | 8 | 4 | |||
| Australian Championships | | ||||||
| 2011 | Japan Team Cup | 4 | |||||
| Australian Championships | | | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||
| World Championships | 8 | ||||||
| Elite Gym Massilia | | | | | |||
| 2012 | International Gymnix | 6 | 7 | | |||
| Australian Championships | | 4 | 5 | | 4 | ||
| Mexican Cup | 4 | | | ||||
| 2013 | Australian Championships | | 5 | | 5 | ||
| 2014 | Nadia Comaneci Invitational | | | ||||
| City of Jesolo Trophy | 4 | 22 | 5 | ||||
| Pacific Rim Championships | 5 | 6 | | 8 | |||
| Australian Championships | | ||||||
| Commonwealth Games | | 13 | 7 | 5 | |||
| World Championships | 7 | 21 | |||||
| 2015 | Summer Universiade | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Australia vs China Friendly | | 4 | | 6 | |||
| 2016 | Pacific Rim Championships | | 8 | 5 | |||
| Olympic Test Event | 5 | ||||||
| Australian Championships | | | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Toyota International | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 2017 | Melbourne World Cup | 4 | |||||
| Baku World Cup | | ||||||
| Doha World Cup | | ||||||
| Australian Championships | | | 4 | | | ||
| 2018 | Melbourne World Cup | | |||||
| Commonwealth Games | | 4 | 4 | | 5 | ||
| Australian Classic | | | | | |||
| World Championships | 15 | ||||||
| 2019 | Melbourne World Cup | | |||||
| Baku World Cup | | ||||||
| Australian Championships | | | | | |||
| FIT Challenge | | 12 | |||||
| Australian Classic | | | | | |||
| World Championships | 13 | ||||||
| Toyota International | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 2020 | Melbourne World Cup | 4 | |||||
| Baku World Cup | 5 | 7 | |||||
| 2021 | Oceanic Championships | | |||||
| 2022 | |||||||
| World Championships | 10 | ||||||
| 2023 | Doha World Cup | 5 | |||||
| Baku World Cup | 4 | ||||||
| Australian Championships | 5 |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2024 | Cairo World Cup | 4 | |||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 5 | ||||||
| Doha World Cup | 5 | ||||||
| Olympic Games | R4 | ||||||
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