Stephanie Moorhouse

Stephanie Louise Rae Moorhouse (born 20 January 1987) is an Australian retired artistic gymnast.

She thought it "looked Fun" and received parental permission to begin gymnastics in 1991 at the age of four.

Moorhouse attended Methodist Ladies' College (MLC) and was a part of the MLC Victorian Gymnastics Club, Melbourne.

She later attended Lauriston Girls' School.

Moorhouse made her first Australian team in 1999, at the age of 12.

She won gold with the Australian team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games while completing year 10 and was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2003 World Championships.

She went on to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens while finishing off her VCE.

Although she did not win a medal, she was an all-around finalist, ranking 20th.

Moorhouse was born to Ann and Stephen Moorhouse.

She has an older brother Nathan who, in his youth, performed recreational gymnastics.

Moorhouse enrolled in La Trobe University in 2006 and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Business: Sport and Leisure Management.

Moorhouse attained 10th rank in the AA and a silver medal for the BB but did not qualify for the other components.

Moorhouse went on to compete at the Parkettes Invitational held in the US, attaining 5th rank in the AA and winning two bronze medals in the VT and FX.

Moorhouse ranked fourth only for the team component.

Moorhouse competed in the Netherlands winning a silver in the team component and ranking 6th and 4th places in the UB and BB respectively.

In 2012, she enrolled at Deakin University and graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science.

Stephanie has had a number of coaches over the duration of her career, including: Ross Bouskill, Katie Watts, Tracey Penaluna and Misha Barabach.

A typical training day consisted of Moorhouse waking up at 5:30am, be driven to training by her father 45 minutes away from her house; train from 7am – 10:30am; complete school from 11am to 3pm; train again from 3.30pm to 7pm; attend a physio, massage or sport psychologist appointment; have her father drive her back home where she would have dinner, do homework and head to bed early for a "refreshing" start the next day.

Moorhouse and her team entered under the junior division and finished with excellent results.

Out of the 6 categories, she won three gold medals in the team competition, all- around component (AA) and floor exercise (FX).

Additionally, she won three silver medals on the uneven bars (UB), beam balance (BB) and vault (VT).

Similarly, Moorhouse was entered under the junior division, where she won a single gold medal in the team competition and a single bronze medal in the VT. Otherwise, she ranked 4th, 8th, 8th and 5th in the AA, UB, BB, and FX respectively.

Moorhouse was entered under the junior division earning a single silver medal in the team competition.

She ranked 6th, 4th, 4th, 7th and 9th in the AA, VT, UB, BB and FX respectively.

She ranked 9th, 5th, 9th, 9th and 12th in the AA, VT, UB, BB, and FX respectively.

Moorhouse won a single silver medal in the team component in the junior division, a single bronze medal in the VT and UB and ranked 6th in the AA.

However she did not qualify for the BB and FX.

For a final time under the junior division, Moorhouse produced four gold medals in the team competition, AA, UB, and BB, a single silver in VT but ranked 7th in FX.

Moorhouse qualified for the Commonwealth games held in Manchester and won a single gold medal in the team component.

In the same year, Moorhouse competed in China, and ranked 8th and 4th in the AA and FX respectively but did not qualify for the other components.

At the AYOF, Moorhouse won three gold medals in the UB, BB, and FX components.

She also won two silver medals for the team and AA criteria but did not qualify for VT.

In her penultimate national championship, Moorhouse was registered under the senior division, where she went on to win one gold medal in the team component and a silver medal in the FX.

She ranked 6th and 5th in the AA and BB respectively but did not qualify for VT and UB.

Moorhouse competed in Anaheim, California and ranked 163rd in the AA but walked away with a bronze in the team component.

In her final year at Nationals, Moorhouse won two gold medals both in the team component and BB and a silver in the AA.

She ranked 4th in the FX but did not qualify for the VT or UB.

Moorhouse qualified to go and compete in Scotland, where she ranked 4th only in the UB.

In her first international event hosted by Canberra, Moorhouse ranked 19th, 10th and 12th in the AA, VT and FX respectively but did not qualify for the other three.

Moorhouse won a single silver medal in the team component at ACGA.