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Romi Brown
Born (2002-08-25) 25 August 2002 (age 22)
Malvern, Victoria, Australia[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Australia
ClubWaverley Gymnastics Centre
Head coach(es)John Hart
Medal record
Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team

Romi Brown (born 25 August 2002) is an Australian artistic gymnast having represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games 2022 and winning a silver medal in the team event. She also represented her country at the World Championships in Liverpool the same year.

Gymnastics career

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Brown began competing as an elite gymnast in 2016 and finished 20th in the all-around at the Olympic Hopes Cup in Liberec, Czech Republic.[2] Then at the 2016 Elite Gym Massilia, she finished 44th in the open all-around competition.[3] She swept the gold medals in the all-around and all apparatus finals at the 2017 Australian Championships.[4][5]

Brown became age-eligible to compete at the senior elite level in 2018. At the 2018 Australian Championships, she placed seventh in the all-around.[6] She competed on the uneven bars at the 2019 Melbourne World Cup and finished fifth in the final.[7] Then at the 2019 International Gymnix, she won a bronze medal with the Australian team.[8]

Brown competed at the 2022 DTB Pokal Stuttgart and won a team bronze medal.[9] Individually, she won a silver medal in the uneven bars final after winning the execution score tiebreaker over Nola Matthews.[10] She placed third in the all-around at the 2022 Australian Championships.[11][12] She was then selected to represent Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and helped the team win the silver medal behind England.[13][1][14] She then competed with the Australian team that placed tenth at the 2022 World Championships, making them the second reserves for the final.[15] She advanced to the individual all-around final and finished 23rd.[16]

Brown tore her ACL while competing at the 2023 DTB Pokal Stuttgart.[17] She then rereptured the ACL at the 2024 Australian Championships.[18]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2017 Australian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Australian Championships 7
Senior
2019 Australian Championships 16
2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Australian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8
2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Romi Brown". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (4 November 2016). "2016 Olympic Hopes Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (11 November 2016). "2016 Elite Gym Massilia Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. ^ Andrews, Jon (22 June 2017). "Sandringham 14-year-old gymnast Romi Brown a multiple gold medal winner at national titles". Herald-Sun. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. ^ "2017 WAG Nationals Results –". Gymnastics Australia. Select: Junior 15 International. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (30 May 2018). "2018 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2019 Melbourne (AUS)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  8. ^ "U.S. women win senior team title at 2019 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. ^ Crumlish, John (21 March 2022). "U.S. sweeps team titles at DTB Pokal in Stuttgart". International Gymnast. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  10. ^ "U.S. women collect six individual medals as 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge concludes". USA Gymnastics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  11. ^ Bregman, Scott (20 May 2022). "Gymnastics Weekly News: Jesse Moore wins AA title, Georgia Godwin leads women's competition at Australian championships". Olympics.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  12. ^ "2022 WAG Australian Championships, Senior International" (PDF). Gymnastics Australia. May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  13. ^ Gunston, Jo (31 July 2022). "England women win artistic gymnastics team final, emulating men's result at Commonwealth Games". Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  14. ^ Harris, Rob (30 July 2022). "'Keep moving forward': Godwin's miracle month inspires Australian gymnasts to silver". Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Women's Team Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  16. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Women's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Romi rebounds from injury woes for Australian Gymnastics Championships". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  18. ^ Romi Brown [@romijbrown]; (11 May 2024). "Unfortunately at the end of day one of competition at nationals, I re-ruptured my ACL". Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via Instagram.
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