Heath Thorpe

Heath Thorpe (born 3 September 2000) is an Australian artistic gymnast. He represented Australia at the 2022 World Championships and at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

Early life and education Thorpe was born 3 September 2000 in Werribee, Victoria, Australia. He grew up in rural Australia and started gymnastics at 7 years old. He moved to Brisbane at the age of 16 to train at the Gymnastics Queensland High Performance Centre.

Gymnastics career 2018 Thorpe made his international debut as a junior at the 2018 RD761 Junior International Team Cup, where he placed third in the vault final. Thorpe then went on to make his senior international debut at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in April and qualified to the vault final, to finish fourth.

Thorpe competed at the 2018 Australian Gymnastics Championships and placed first on floor.

In October, Gymnastics Australia announced Thorpe to the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team. While in Doha, Thorpe was announced as the alternate for the team and did not compete in the event.

2019 In February, Thorpe was announced to compete at the Individual Apparatus Artistic Gymnastics World Cup taking place in Melbourne, despite having had surgery to remove screws from his elbow just eight weeks before the event.

Thorpe competed at the 2019 Australian Gymnastics Championships, finishing sixth in the all-around, second on floor and third on vault in the senior international competition.

Thorpe was announced to represent his country at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. Thorpe went on to qualify to the event finals, placing sixth in the vault final.

2020–2021 Thorpe missed out on qualifying for the Oceania quota spot for the Tokyo Olympic Games following a subpar performance at a National Team Camp in April. Despite this, Thorpe competed and finished third all around at the 2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships, hosted on the Gold Coast, in May. His success in the all around was accompanied by a first place in the team event and a second place finish on horizontal bar. Due to a hamstring injury, he could not compete in floor and vault finals, where he finished first place on both apparatus during the all around competition on day 1.

Thorpe competed in the Bundesliga for TG Allgäu in Germany throughout September and October 2021. This was his first professional competitive season. Thorpe also went on to compete in the Wase GymCup in Belgium under the Australian flag, where he placed first on floor, horizontal bar, and second on vault.

2022 In 2022, Thorpe submitted a request to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to allow leaps to be added to the Code of Points for Men's Artistic Gymnastics. The request was denied by the FIG.

2023 In May, Thorpe won his first all-around title at the 2023 Australian Gymnastics Championships at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre in Carrara, Queensland. Despite this, he was not named to the Australian team for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Personal life Thorpe is openly gay.

Competitive history +Competitive history of Health ThorpeYearEvent 2018 RD761 Junior International Team Cup 7 Pacific Rim Championships 4 4 Australian Championships 2019 Australian Championships 6 5 Summer Universiade 8 6 2021 Australian Championships Wase Gym Cup 2022 Australian Championships 5 Oceania Championships 4 8 6 7 Szombathely Challenge Cup 5 World Championships 22 50 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 14 Oceania Championships 6 8 Australian Championships 2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 10 Luxembourg Open 6 Australian Championships 9 5 17 Oceania Championships Wase Gymcup 2025 Osijek World Cup 5 World University Games 6 7 World Championships 58