Heath Thorpe

Heath Thorpe (born 3 September 2000)[2] is an Australian artistic gymnast. He made his World Championships debut at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[3] He was a reserve athlete for the Australian team at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships,[4] and represented his country at the 2019 Summer Universiade.[5] He advanced to the vault final at the 2019 Universiade where he finished sixth.[6] Thorpe is a member of Men's Artistic Gymnastics Australian National Squad (2017–Present).[7]

Heath Thorpe
Full nameHeath Thorpe
Country represented Australia
Born (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000[1]
Australia
ResidenceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Years on national team2017–present
ClubNew South Wales High Performance Centre
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's artistic gymnastics
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Gold CoastTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 Gold CoastFloor Exercise
Gold medal – first place2023 CarraraTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 CarraraFloor Exercise
Silver medal – second place2022 Gold CoastVault
Silver medal – second place2023 CarraraHorizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place2022 Gold CoastHorizontal Bar

Personal life

Thorpe studies at the Queensland University of Technology where he is pursuing a degree in communications.[8] He currently resides in Sydney, Australia. He is openly gay.[9][10]

Gymnastics career

2018

Thorpe made his international debut as a junior at the 2018 RD761 Junior International Team Cup, where he placed third in the vault final.[11] Thorpe then went on to make his senior international debut at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in April and qualified to the vault final, to finish fourth.[12]

Thorpe competed at the 2018 Australian Gymnastics Championships and placed first on floor.[13]

In October, Gymnastics Australia announced Thorpe to the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team.[14] Whilst in Doha, Thorpe was announced as the alternate for the team and did not compete in the event.[15]

2019

In February, Thorpe was announced to compete at the Individual Apparatus Artistic Gymnastics World Cup taking place in Melbourne,[16] despite having had surgery to remove screws from his elbow just eight weeks prior to the event.[17]

Thorpe competed at the 2019 Australian Gymnastics Championships, finishing sixth all around, second on floor and third on vault in the senior international competition.[18]

Thorpe was announced to represent his country at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.[19] Thorpe went on to qualify to the event finals, placing sixth in the vault final.[20]

2021-2022

Thorpe missed out on qualifying for the Oceania quota spot for the Tokyo Olympic Games following a subpar performance at a National Team Camp in April.[21] Despite this, Thorpe competed and finished third all around at the 2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships, hosted on the Gold Coast, in May. His success in the all around was accompanied by a first place in the team event and a second place finish on horizontal bar.[22] Due to a hamstring injury, he could not compete in floor and vault finals, where he finished first place on both apparatus during the all around competition on day 1.[23]

Thorpe competed in Bundesliga for TG Allgäu in Germany throughout September and October of 2021. This was his first professional competitive season. Thorpe also went on to compete in the Wase GymCup in Belgium under the Australian flag where he placed first on floor, horizontal bar and second on vault.

2023

In May, Thorpe won his first all-around title at the 2023 Australian Gymnastics Championships at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre in Carrara, Queensland. Despite this, he was not named to the Australian team for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[24][25]

Eponymous skill

In 2022, Thorpe submitted a request to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to allow leaps to be added to the Code of Points for Men's Artistic Gymnastics. The request was denied by FIG.

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Senior
2018Pacific Rim Championships44
Australian Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Australian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)62nd place, silver medalist(s)53rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Summer Universiade86
2021Australian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wase Gym Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Australian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)52nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Oceania Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)862nd place, silver medalist(s)73rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Szombathely Challenge Cup5
World Championships2250
2023DTB Pokal Team Challenge14
Oceania Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)682nd place, silver medalist(s)
Australian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)

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