Kate Sayer

Kate Sayer (born March 8, 2003) is a Australian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships junior bronze medalist on balance beam. She represented Australia at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Kate Sayer
Sayer at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Nickname(s)	KitKat
Born	8 March 2003 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hometown	Sunnybank, Queensland
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2017–present (AUS)
Club	Queensland High Performance Centre
Head coach(es)	Mikhail Barabach
Assistant coach(es)	Tao Xiaomin
Medal record Artistic gymnastics Representing  Australia Pacific Rim Championships (Junior) 2018 Medellín Team 2018 Medellín Balance Beam

Early life

Kate Sayer was born in Queensland, Australia in 2003. She began gymnastics when she was four years old.[1]

Gymnastics career

2017–18

Sayer competed at the 2017 Australian National Championships. She placed fifth in the Junior 14 All-Around Final and placed second on vault and uneven bars and fourth on balance beam.[2]

In April 2018 Sayer was selected to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships.[3] While there she helped Australia finish third in the team final behind the United States and Canada. She finished 14th in the all-around[4] During event finals she won bronze on the balance beam behind Zoé Allaire-Bourgie of Canada and American Sunisa Lee. Additionally she placed seventh on vault and eighth on floor exercise.[5] The following month Sayer competed at the Australian National Championships where she won the junior all-around competition.[6]

In August Sayer was selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[7] In September she competed at the Australian Classic where she once again won the junior division title.[8]

At the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires Sayer qualified to the all-around, vault, and floor exercise finals. In the all-around final she placed eighth. During event finals she placed seventh and eighth respectively.[9]

All-Around Final

Vault Final

Floor Exercise Final

Sayer at the 2018 Youth Olympics

2019

In 2019, Sayer turned senior. She made her debut at the Melbourne World Cup where she only competed on floor exercise. She finished 9th in qualifications and was the first reserve for the final.[10] In March she competed at the 2019 L'International Gymnix. She helped Australia win the bronze medal. Individually Sayer placed 17th in the all-around.[11] In May she competed at the Australian National Championships where she finished 11th in the all-around.[12] In September she competed at the Australian Classic where she finished 8th.[13] Sayer was selected as the alternate to the team who would compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart.[14]

Competitive history

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2017	National Championships		5			4
2018	Pacific Rim Championships		14	7			8
	Australian Championships
	Australian Classic
	Youth Olympic Games		8	7	R2		8

Senior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2019	Melbourne World Cup						R1
	International Gymnix		17
	Australian Championships		11
	Australian Classic		8

References

1. http://aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/corporate/live/files/dmfile/kate-sayer-yog-bio.pdf
2. "2017 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. May 24, 2017.
3. "2018 Pacific Rim Championships". Gymnastics Australia. April 4, 2018.
4. "U.S. women, McCallum, Bowers take gold at Pac Rim Championships". USA Gymnastics. April 28, 2018.
5. https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_18pacrim_jrevents.pdf
6. "2018 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. May 30, 2018.
7. "Kate Sayer cartwheeling her way to Buenos Aires". Australian Olympic Committee. August 2, 2018.
8. "2018 Australian Classic Results". The Gymternet. September 20, 2018.
9. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Recaps, Results and Photos". USA Gymnastics. October 16, 2018.
10. "2019 Melbourne World Cup Results". The Gymternet. February 24, 2019.
11. "2019 International Gymnix Live Blog – Senior Cup". The Gymternet. March 8, 2019.
12. "2019 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. May 27, 2019.
13. "2019 Australian Classic Results". The Gymternet. September 19, 2019.
14. "Kate Sayer Headed To Stuttgart For World Championships". Gymnastics Australia. September 9, 2019.

External links

• Kate Sayer at the International Gymnastics Federation