Mary-Anne Monckton

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Mary-Anne Monckton
— Gymnast  —
Nickname(s) Mez
Country represented  Australia
Born (1994-11-16) November 16, 1994 (age 29)
Belmont, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height 150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Weight 50 kg (110 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2006-Present
Club Victorian Women's High Performance Centre
Former coach(es) Michelle Rostas (Newcastle Australia)
Choreographer Lisa Bradley
Music The Child of Nazareth, Martine Rodriguez
Eponymous skills The Monckton
World ranking Top 10 on Beam in 2014 and 2015

Mary-Anne Monckton (born November 16, 1994) is an Australian artistic gymnast.[1][2] She won two silver medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and has represented Australia at two world championships.

Personal Life

Monckton first took up gymnastics because her cousin Melissa already did gymnastics, at first Monckton didn't like the sport but her cousin was persistent in taking her because she had too much energy. She admires Catalina Ponor because of her "amazing work ethic" and uses the inspirational sporting motto, "You try, you fail, you try, you fail. But the only time you truly fail is when you stop trying." Monckton's best apparatus is the balance beam and her favourite skill on the beam is the aerial cartwheel. She said being selected for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was her best moment in her gymnastics career so far.[1]

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Senior Career

2014

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Monckton helped the Australian team finish in second place earning her a silver medal. She contributed scores on three apparatuses, on the vault she scored 14.000, 13.333 on the uneven bars and 13.100 on the balance beam.[3] Monckton also qualified for the balance beam final where she scored 13.666 which earned her a second silver medal.[4]

Eponymous Skill

Apparatus Code Name Description Difficulty
Uneven bars 3.403 Monckton Swing forward - half-turning pike vault over high bar to regrasp D

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