Liv (corporate.olympics.com.au, 24 Aug 2008)

Acting, dancing, school visits. (gymnastics.org.au, 22 Mar 2012)

Athlete, Business Owner, Hospitality Professional

Communications, General Studies, Humanities, Liberal Studies - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

English

Western Australia Institute of Sports [WAIS] [Perth, WA, AUS]

Martine George [club], Josh Fabian [club] (gymnastics.org.au, 01 Sep 2015)

2005 for Australia, World Championships in Melbourne, Australia (intlgymnast.com, 30 Mar 2014)

In April 2014 she injured her left hand at the Victorian state championships in Diamond Creek, VIC, Australia. The injury was not serious but limited her training leading into an international event in Incheon, Korea, a week later. Despite this she won bronze on the uneven bars in Incheon. (au.news.yahoo.com, 19 May 2014; gymnastics.org.au, 28 May 2014; instagram profile, 20 April 2014)

She chipped her teeth on the beam at the 2014 Australian Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (Twitter profile, 28 May 2014)

In October 2013 she broke her back testing a new move [shap-half], just before trials for the 2013 World Championship in Antwerp, Belgium. She did not undergo surgery and returned to international competition at the World Challenge Cup in Doha, Qatar, in March 2014. (gymnastics.org.au, 28 May 2014; westernsuburbs.inmycommunity.com.au, 03 Jun 2014; gymnasticswa.asn.au, 27 Mar 2014; themorningbulletin.com.au, 05 Jul 2013)

She took up gymnastics at age eight at the Claremont Police and Community Youth Centre [PCYC] in Perth, WA, Australia. (gymnastics.org.au, 22 Mar 2012; gymnastics.org.au, 24 Aug 2008)

A friend introduced her to the sport. (gymnastics.org.au, 22 Mar 2012)

US gymnasts Mandi Rodriguez and Jennifer Kesler. (gymnastics.org.au, 22 Mar 2012)

Her mother and brother. (Instagram profile, 05 Jun 2014)

She won the Senior Women's Artistic Gymnast of the Year award from Gymnastics Western Australia in 2014. (Twitter profile, 22 Feb 2014)

General
BROKEN BACK
In October 2013 she broke her back testing a new move [shap-half], just before trials for the 2013 World Championship in Antwerp, Belgium. She was told by a surgeon she would never compete again. She embarked on light training while awaiting surgery. "The more I trained, the better I felt. This surgeon had clearly not worked with any gymnasts before. We are undeniably a special type of crazy and the option to never flip our bodies around just doesn't process in our minds." She eventually did not undergo surgery and returned to international competition at the World Challenge Cup in Doha, Qatar, in March 2014. (gymnastics.org.au, 28 May 2014; westernsuburbs.inmycommunity.com.au, 03 Jun 2014; gymnasticswa.asn.au, 27 Mar 2014; themorningbulletin.com.au, 05 Jul 2013)

REIGNITED PASSION
She seriously considered retirement after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing at age 19. However, a stint as a student-athlete at Oregon State University in the United States rekindled her passion for gymnastics. "After Beijing I was exhausted. I thought I'd just do four years of college to help wean me off the sport. But the gymnastics programme was incredible and my experience over there taught me to love performing again. I had no idea it would be that good." (themorningbulletin.com.au, 05 Jul 2013)

MEDICAL MARVEL
She was born with diaphragmatic hernia [hole in diaphragm], a congenital defect that is life- threatening in infants. She went into surgery after birth with only a one-in-three chance of survival. (gymnastics.org.au, 22 Mar 2012)

AMBASSADOR
She is an athlete ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Cancer Council Western Australia. She also partakes in public speaking at events for schools, hospitals, industry events and many local businesses. (monumentalman.com.au, 01 Jan 2014)

CAFE OWNER
She is the owner and manager of the Leaky Tap Cafe in Perth, WA, Australia. (Instagram profile, 10 Mar 2016)