Georgia Bonora
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Georgia Bonora is an Australian gymnast who was born in Melbourne
. She began gymnastics
at the age of 3. Bonora attended Eltham High School
.
at the World Championships
in Aarhus
, Denmark
, contributing to Australia's 6th place finish, and coming 189th in the all-around qualification.
At the 2007 Australian Championships, struggling with a death in her family, she only managed a 7th place in the individual all-around. She still managed to attend 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, as a reserve.
At the 2008 Australian Championships/Olympic Trial 1, having just recovered from an ankle injury, she managed 5th AA and continued to improve quality and consistency to secure a position on the Olympic team for Beijing '08.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Bonora surprised pundits by finishing highest amongst the Australian girls, finishing 13th in the all-around individual finals, and assisting the Australian Women's team in achieving its best ever Olympics result, finishing sixth in the team competition.
Bonora underwent surgery on both her ankles to remove ankle spurs in November 2008 but showed little indication of walking away from competition. In 2009 she competed on balance beam only at the Victorian State championships but demonstrated great progress in her recovery, working hard in training to regain her difficult skills. Her determination has paid off, as she was recently named to the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships team to London. She will compete alongside Waverley clubmate Shona Morgan
, Lauren Mitchell
and Larrissa Miller.
At the 2010 Australian National Championships, Georgia claimed her first national title. She then went on to compete at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, where she won a Gold medal in the Team Competition, a silver medal on the Uneven Bars and a bronze medal in the Individual All-round. Immediately after the Games she competed at the 2010 World Championships where she came 14th in the world and the Australian team came 6th.
Georgia is 1.60m (5'3") tall and weighs 49kg (108lbs).
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. She began gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
at the age of 3. Bonora attended Eltham High School
Eltham High School
Eltham High School is a secondary school in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Eltham, a suburb which is north east from Melbourne. It is mainly known for the creativity of its students, in areas such as art, drama, and music....
.
Gymnastics Career
At the Australian Championships in 2006, she finished 3rd. Later that year, she represented AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
at the World Championships
2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark from October 13 to October 21, 2006 in NRGi Arena.It was the first time the World Gymnastics Championships was organized by a Danish city...
in Aarhus
Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, contributing to Australia's 6th place finish, and coming 189th in the all-around qualification.
At the 2007 Australian Championships, struggling with a death in her family, she only managed a 7th place in the individual all-around. She still managed to attend 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, as a reserve.
At the 2008 Australian Championships/Olympic Trial 1, having just recovered from an ankle injury, she managed 5th AA and continued to improve quality and consistency to secure a position on the Olympic team for Beijing '08.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Bonora surprised pundits by finishing highest amongst the Australian girls, finishing 13th in the all-around individual finals, and assisting the Australian Women's team in achieving its best ever Olympics result, finishing sixth in the team competition.
Bonora underwent surgery on both her ankles to remove ankle spurs in November 2008 but showed little indication of walking away from competition. In 2009 she competed on balance beam only at the Victorian State championships but demonstrated great progress in her recovery, working hard in training to regain her difficult skills. Her determination has paid off, as she was recently named to the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships team to London. She will compete alongside Waverley clubmate Shona Morgan
Shona Morgan
Shona Morgan is an Australian gymnast, training at the Waverley Gymnastics Centre in Victoria under John Hart and Shaoyi Jiang. Shona was the all-around silver medalist at the 2008 Australian National Championships and was a member of the Australian team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing...
, Lauren Mitchell
Lauren Mitchell
Lauren Mitchell is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2010 World Champion on floor and the 2009 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam and floor. Mitchell is only the second Australian woman gymnast to win medals at a World Championships, and the first to win gold...
and Larrissa Miller.
At the 2010 Australian National Championships, Georgia claimed her first national title. She then went on to compete at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, where she won a Gold medal in the Team Competition, a silver medal on the Uneven Bars and a bronze medal in the Individual All-round. Immediately after the Games she competed at the 2010 World Championships where she came 14th in the world and the Australian team came 6th.
Georgia is 1.60m (5'3") tall and weighs 49kg (108lbs).