Robyn Forbes (born 24 April 1972) is an Australian gymnast who competed at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
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Country represented | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 24 April 1972|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Omega | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | David Wareham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Melanie Tonks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Forbes was born in Brisbane on 24 April 1972. She began gymnastics at the age of ten and belonged to the Wynham PYC, where her first coach was Melanie Tonks.[1][2]
She represented Australia at eight World Championships between 1990 and 2003.[3]
At the Sydney 2000 Olympics Forbes competed in the women's individual trampoline event and finished tenth.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Robyn Forbes". www.gymnastics.org.au. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Robyn Forbes, Olympic Trampoline | Australia". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Robyn Forbes". www.gymnsw.org.au. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Trampolining at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sport-Olympic. Retrieved 4 February 2020.