Deb (gymnastics.org.au, 24 Apr 2018)

Pharmacy - University of Sydney: Australia

English

PLC Gymnastics Club: Sydney, NSW, AUS

Angela McMillan [national]

Her father competed in fencing at national level in Canada. (gymnastics.org.au, 24 Apr 2018)

She has competed in artistic gymnastics at national level in Australia, and represented Canada in the sport at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Israel. (jewishnews.net.au, 31 Mar 2018; jewishnews.net.au, 30 Nov 2017)

She missed the 2018 World Cup event in Tokyo, Japan, due to a torn abductor muscle. She also sustained an ankle injury in 2018. (australianjewishnews.com, 14 Jun 2018)

She broke five bones and severed three ligaments in her leg during a training fall while training in artistic gymnastics. (theleader.com.au, 05 Mar 2014)

She began training in aerobics at age 13 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

"I started artistic gymnastics when I was four. My older sisters were training and I wanted to do what they were doing and then discovered it was great fun. I started aerobic gymnastics when I was 13. I started high school and they had this really odd sport called aerobics, which I tried for one term and then never stopped."

Argentinian aerobic gymnast Daiana Nanzer. (gymnastics.org.au, 24 Apr 2018; fig-gymnastics.com, 30 Apr 2018)

On the day of competition she wears her lucky socks, eats half an apple prior to warm-ups and does not wear a scrunchie in her hair. (gymnastics.org.au, 24 Apr 2018)

"Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement." (gymnastics.org.au, 24 Apr 2018)

She and her trio partners Annabel Muttdon and Olivia Feaver were named 2018 Senior International Athlete of the Year at Gymnastics Australia's National Aerobic Gymnastics Awards. (gymnastics.com.au, 03 Feb 2020)

She was named 2016 and 2017 Senior International Athlete of the Year at Gymnastics Australia's National Aerobic Gymnastics Awards. (gymnastics.com.au, 03 Feb 2020)

In February 2018 she won her fourth consecutive New South Wales Aerobic Gymnast of the Year award. (jewishnews.net.au, 31 Mar 2018)

She was among four finalists in the 2018 New South Wales [NSW] Young Achievers Awards in the Worldwide Sports category. (jewishnews.net.au, 31 Mar 2018)

She won the adult Most Valuable Performer at the 2017 Asian Championships in Osaka, Japan. (jewishnews.net.au, 30 Nov 2017)

She was named Gymnastics NSW's [New South Wales] 2013 Junior International Aerobic Athlete of the Year. (theleader.com.au, 05 Mar 2014)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as president of the Gymnastics NSW Leadership Engagement and Participation Panel [LEAP], and founded its 'LTC for PNG' initiative that collects and delivers used leotards and training clothing to aspiring gymnasts in Papua New Guinea. In December 2021 she was appointed a member of the athletes commission of Gymnastics Australia, with her term due to end in 2024. She is also a certified international aerobics judge and has a coaching certification. (gymnastics.org.au, 17 Dec 2021; jewishnews.net.au, 31 Mar 2018, 01 Jun 2017)