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Rianna Mizzen
Mizzen at the 2018 Australian Championships
Personal information
Full nameRianna Leigh Mizzen
Nickname(s)Ri
Country represented Australia
Born (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 24)
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia[1]
HometownBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubGymnastics Queensland High Performance Centre
Head coach(es)Mikhail Barabach
Retired2019[2]
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Pacific Rim Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Everett Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 1 1
World Challenge Cup 1 0 0
Total 1 1 1

Rianna Leigh Mizzen (born 8 December 1999) is an Australian former artistic gymnast.[3] She was a member of the teams that won bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships. She is the 2016 Australian all-around champion and a three-time Australian champion on the uneven bars.[4]

Early life[edit]

Rianna Mizzen was born on 8 December 1999 in Grafton, New South Wales. She began gymnastics when she was six years old, and she began training at the Gymnastics Queensland High Performance Centre when she was nine.[2]

Junior career[edit]

Mizzen made her international debut at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and helped Australia win the team bronze behind China and Great Britain.[5] Then at the 2013 Australian Championships, she placed sixth in the all-around and won the bronze medal on the uneven bars.[6]

At the 2014 Australian Championships, Mizzen finished eighth in the all-around and fifth on the uneven bars.[7] She then went to the Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille and placed tenth with the Australian team and thirtieth in the all-around.[8][9]

Senior career[edit]

2015-2016[edit]

Mizzen won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2015 Australian Championships.[10] She then made her senior international debut at a friendly meet against China and placed seventh on the uneven bars.[11]

Mizzen competing at the 2016 Olympic Test Event

Mizzen was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Olympic Test Event alongside Georgia-Rose Brown, Emily Little, Larrissa Miller, Kiara Munteanu, and Emily Whitehead to try and qualify Australia a team spot for the 2016 Olympic Games.[12] The same team competed at the Pacific Rim Championships to prepare for the Test Event, and they won the bronze medal behind the United States and Canada.[13] At the Test Event, the team finished in fifth place and did not qualify a full Olympic team.[14] At the Australian Championships, she won the gold medal in the all-around and on the uneven bars.[15][16] However, she was not selected for Australia's sole Olympic spot.[17] She won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the Anadia World Challenge Cup.[18]

2017[edit]

Mizzen won the bronze medal on the uneven bars at the Melbourne World Cup behind Chinese gymnasts Liu Tingting and Luo Huan.[19] She then went to Montreal for the International Gymnix and placed ninth in the all-around and sixth on the floor exercise. She also won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Hitomi Hatakeda and Jade Chrobok.[20] Then at the Baku World Cup, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Diana Varinska.[21] She then finished fifth on the uneven bars at the Doha World Cup.[22] At the Australian Championships, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Emily Little and Georgia-Rose Brown. She also won the gold medal on the uneven bars, placed seventh on the balance beam and won the bronze medal on the floor exercise.[23] She was selected to compete at the World Championships, but she did not qualify for any finals.[24]

2018[edit]

Mizzen competed at the Melbourne World Cup and finished eighth on the uneven bars.[25] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games alongside Georgia-Rose Brown, Alexandra Eade, Georgia Godwin, and Emily Whitehead. Mizzen and Godwin were both sick at the training camp immediately prior to the Games, but they recovered and were still able to compete.[26] The team won the bronze medal behind England and Canada. At the Australian Championships, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Georgia Godwin and Emily Whitehead, and she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Godwin.[27] Then at the Australian Classic, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Georgia-Rose Brown and the gold medal on the uneven bars.[28] She was initially selected to compete at the World Championships, but she tore her ACL and withdrew.[29]

Retirement[edit]

Mizzen announced her retirement from gymnastics on 16 October 2019 due to not being able to recover from her knee injury.[30] She now works as a gymnastics coach in Brisbane.[2]

In 2020, Mizzen spoke out against the culture at Gymnastics Australia and explained that her injury before the 2018 World Championships was a result of being overworked and the gymnasts not being listened to when they told coaches they were exhausted.[31]

Competitive history[edit]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 13
Australian Championships 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
2014 Australian Championships 8 5
Elite Gym Massilia 10 30
Senior
2015 Australian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Australia vs. China Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7
2016 Pacific Rim Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Test Event 5
Australian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anadia World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Melbourne World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
International Gymnix 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
Baku World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Doha World Cup 5
Australian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Melbourne World Cup 8
Commonwealth Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Australian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Australian Classic 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Rianna Mizzen". Gold Coast 2018. 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Rianna Mizzen Announces Retirement". Gymnastics Queensland. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Mizzen Rianna". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Rianna Mizzen". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ "2013 AYOF Day 1 Team Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Gymnastics Australia. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (18 July 2013). "2013 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  7. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 June 2014). "2014 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Palmares Master-Massilia 2014 par Èquipe" (PDF). Gymnastics Results (in French). Elite Gym Massilia. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Palmares Master-Massilia 2014 Individuel" (PDF). Gymnastics Results (in French). Elite Gym Massilia. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 May 2015). "2015 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  11. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (10 August 2015). "2015 Australia vs China International Friendly Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  12. ^ "12 things that happened in Gymnastics this week". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  13. ^ Morgan, Liam (9 April 2016). "Biles marks return with all-around gold at Pacific Rim Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Finals Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 17 April 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  15. ^ "16AGC WAG CII WAG Senior International" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Gymnastics Australia. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  16. ^ "16AGC WAG JR & SR Apparatus Final Part 1 WAG Senior International Apparatus Finals - Bars" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Gymnastics Australia. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  17. ^ Newman, Paul (8 June 2016). "Rio 2016 Olympics: Larrissa Miller beats Lauren Mitchell to Australia's sole artistic gymnast spot". ABC. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Even among numerous Rio 2016 qualifiers, the next generation of Gymnastics standouts claimed numerous spots on the podiums at the Anadia World Challenge Cup, held this weekend in Portugal". International Gymnastics Federation. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  19. ^ "With numerous golds apiece, China, Kenzo Shirai show strength at Melbourne World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  20. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (10 March 2017). "2017 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  21. ^ "FIG World Cup 2017 AGF Trophy Baku (AZE) 2017 March 16-19" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  22. ^ "10th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup March 22nd - 25th 2017, Doha (QAT) Women's Uneven Bars Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  23. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (24 May 2017). "2017 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  24. ^ "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Women's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 3 October 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  25. ^ "FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup Melbourne (AUS) 2018 Feb 22-25" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Gymnastics Australia. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  26. ^ Ramsey, Michael (3 April 2018). "Stomach bug hits Aussie gymnasts at Games". Daily Liberal. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  27. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (30 May 2018). "2018 Australian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  28. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 September 2018). "2018 Australian Classic Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  29. ^ Mannix, Moll (18 October 2018). "Rianna Mizzen and Kiara Munteanu withdrew from Worlds". Gymnovosti. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  30. ^ "Rianna Mizzen Calls Time On Elite Gymnastics Career". Gymnastics New South Wales. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  31. ^ Lawrence, Blythe (20 September 2020). "'You can't step out of line': Medals come at a price for gymnasts". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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