BIOGRAPHY
Name |
Monette
Russo |
Date
of Birth |
4th
August, 1988 |
Place
of Birth |
Lillydale,
Victoria |
Hometown |
Heathmont,
Victoria |
Hobbies |
Going
out with friends, Shopping, Craft |
Began
Gymnastics |
1994 |
Original
Gymnastics Club |
Eclipse
Gymnastics Club |
Current
Training Centre |
Victorian
Institute of Gymnastics (Prahran) since 1996 |
Current
Coaches |
Shao
Yi, Tracey Penaluna |
Current
National Ranking |
1st |
Current
World Ranking |
3rd |
Favourite
Apparatus |
Vault |
GYMNASTICS
ACHIEVEMENTS
State
& National Competition
2000
Australian Championships |
8th
AA (Sub Junior) |
2000
Australian National Clubs |
6th
AA (Sub Junior) |
2001
Victorian Championships |
1st
AA (Junior National) |
2001
Australian Championships |
1st
AA, 1st V, 3rd UB, 3rd FX (Junior National) |
2001
Australian National Clubs |
2nd
AA (Junior National) |
2002
Australian Championships |
5th
AA, 3rd UB (Junior International) |
2003
Australian Youth Olympic Trials |
1st
AA |
2003
Australian Championships |
3rd
AA, 1st BB, 3rd V, 3rd UB (Senior) |
2003
World Championship Trials |
2nd
AA |
2004
Australian Olympic Trials |
2nd
AA, 1st UB |
2005
Australian Championships |
1st
AA, 1st UB, 1st BB, 2nd FX (Senior) |
2005
Australian World Trials |
1st
AA, 1st UB, 1st FX, 2nd BB, 4th V |
2006
Australian World Trials |
3rd
BB, 5th V, 6th UB |
International
Competition
2000
Pacific Alliance Championships (Canada) |
2nd
AA (Junior Reserves) |
2003
Australian Youth Olympic Festival (Sydney) |
2nd
T, 1st AA, 1st V, 3rd FX, 4th UB (Junior) |
2003
Pacific Challenge - USA v AUS v CAN (USA) |
4th
T, 14th AA |
2003
World Championships (USA) |
3rd
T, 12th AA, 8th BB |
2003
International Juniors (Japan)
|
1st
AA, 1st UB, 1st BB, 1st FX |
2003
Trophee Massilia (France) |
2nd
T, 18th AA, 7th UB, 4th BB |
2004
WOGA Classic (USA) |
2nd
AA, 1st V, 2nd FX, =2nd UB |
2004
American Cup (USA) |
4th
AA, 2nd BB |
2004
French International (France) |
7th
FX, 10th BB |
2004
Athens International (Greece) |
2nd
AA, 2nd BB, 8th UB |
2004
Olympic Games (Greece) |
8th
T, 25th AA (prelims) |
2005
Australia v Ukraine (Brisbane) |
3rd
AA, 1st UB, 1st BB |
2005
Ghent World Cup (Belgium) |
5th
BB |
2005
Australia v China (Canberra) |
1st
AA, 3rd UB, 4th BB |
2005
Australia v China (Melbourne) |
2nd
V, 2nd UB, 4th FX, 5th BB |
2005
DTB Cup (Germany) |
3rd
V, 7th BB, 8th UB |
2005
Glasgow Grand Prix (Scotland) |
2nd
V, 4th UB, 6th FX |
2005
World Championships (Melbourne) |
3rd
AA, 5th BB, 5th FX, 7th UB |
2006
Commonwealth Games (Melbourne) |
1st
T, 2nd AA (prelims), 3rd UB, 4th BB |
OTHER
ACHIEVEMENTS
-
Australian Junior Gymnast of the Year 2003
- Nominated for Female Athlete of the Year (2005 Australian Sport
Awards)
- Finalist for Young Australian Female Athlete of the Year (2005
Australian Sport Awards)
- Australian Senior International Gymnast of the Year 2005
- FIG World Class Gymnast Honour
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