Dominic Clarke
Dominic Clarke | |||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Plymouth, Devon, England | 4 January 1997||||||||||||||||
Residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2014–present (senior) | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Redlands Gymnastics[1] Castle Hill RSL[2] Sydney Gymnastics Centre | ||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Brett Austine Belinda Cox | ||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Clarke (born 4 January 1997) is an Australian trampoline gymnast who represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
Clarke first competed at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in 2015, placing fourth in both the synchronised and double mini trampoline events. At the 2017 championships, he won the bronze medal in the double mini event. At the 2018 championships, he won the bronze medal in the synchronised event.[3][4] In July 2021, he secured selection for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo.[5]
Clarke started training in gymnastics at the age of five in the Redlands, located in the Brisbane metropolitan area.[1]
Personal life[]
Clarke was born in Plymouth, Devon, England,[1] before moving to Australia as a child. He identifies as gay and queer, and is the pride ambassador for Gymnastics New South Wales.[6][7][8]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Dominic Clarke". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Machado, Lawrence (31 October 2017). "Hills gymnasts to take on the world's best". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Dominic Clarke". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Bronze for Australia!". Gymnastics New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Dominic Clarke secures selection to soar in Tokyo". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "At least 168 out LGBTQ athletes are at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, triple the number in Rio". Outsports. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Buzinski, Jim (19 July 2021). "Gay Olympic gymnast Dominic Clarke stresses visibility after coming out". Outsports. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Adolphus, Emell (19 July 2021). "Out Olympian Gymnast Dominic Clarke Calls for More Visibility". Edge Media Network. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
External links[]
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Australian male trampolinists
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships
- Olympic gymnasts of Australia
- LGBT sportspeople from Australia
- Gay sportsmen
- Queer men
- Sportspeople from Plymouth
- English emigrants to Australia
- LGBT gymnasts
- 21st-century LGBT people