Gael Mackie
Gael Mackie | |
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Full name | Gael Briane Mackie |
Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | December 16, 1988
Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Gymnastics career | |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Country represented | Canada |
Gael Briane Mackie (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Family
[edit]Mackie's father, William Mackie, twice qualified for the Canadian Olympic team in men's gymnastics, but both times, injuries prevented him from competing. Her younger sister, Charlotte, also competed as an elite gymnast, including at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Coached by Vladimir and Svetlana Lashin at Omega Gymnastics, Mackie came to prominence on the Canadian gymnastics scene by winning the senior national championship at age 14.
As a junior elite gymnast, Mackie was the national champion on vault in 2001, and on vault, floor, and in the all-around in 2002. In 2003, she became the senior national all-around champion, as well as the Elite Canada champion on the uneven bars and balance beam. She was a member of the Canadian teams at the 2003 World Championships and at the 2002 and 2003 Pan American Games.
In 2004, Mackie was named to the Canadian team for the Olympic Games in Athens, along with Melanie Banville, Amelie Plante, Heather Purnell, Kate Richardson, and Kylie Stone. In the qualifications round, she competed only on the uneven bars. Canada finished 10th and did not advance to the team final.
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Canadian female artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts from Vancouver
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Gymnasts at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Olympic gymnasts for Canada
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Canadian artistic gymnast stubs