Mary-Anne Monckton

Mary-Anne Monckton
Mary-Anne Monckton
Nickname(s)	Mez
Country represented	Australia
Born	16 November 1994; 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	AIS, 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
Retired	2017
World ranking	Top 10 on Beam in 2014 and 2015
Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
World Cup
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Australian National Championships

Mary-Anne Monckton (born 16 November 1994) is an Australian artistic gymnast.[1][2] She won two silver medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and has represented Australia at three world championships (2011, 2014, 2015). In 2020, she was the first of several former gymnasts to speak out about a "toxic" culture within the country's elite programme.[3]

Personal life

Monckton first took up gymnastics because her cousin Melissa did it. At first, she didn't like the sport, but her cousin was persistent in taking her because she had too much energy.

She has said she admires Catalina Ponor because of her "amazing work ethic". Her 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]

Senior career

2014

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Monckton helped the Australian team finish in second place, scoring 14.000 on vault, 13.333 on the uneven bars and 13.100 on the balance beam.[4] Monckton also qualified for the balance beam final, where she scored 13.666 and earned a second silver medal.[5]

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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References

http://www.gymnastics.org.au/page.php?id=1258
http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1038683/mary_anne_monckton.html
"Australian gymnastics: Former athletes speak out on 'abuse' culture". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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[2] ttp://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1038683/mary_anne_monckton.html

[3] "Australian gymnastics: Former athletes speak out on 'abuse' culture". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)