Allana Slater is one of Australia's most successful gymnasts ever. She was born April 3rd, 1984 in Perth, Western Australia. She suffered from a condition called sleep apnea in her early years. Allana was hooked up to a machine that monitored her breathing and heart rate. Gymnasts are people who participate in the sport of gymnastics. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Perth is the state capital and most populous city of Western Australia. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... Sleep apnea (alternatively sleep apnoea) is a common sleep disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep. ... For the play Breath by Samuel Beckett, see Breath (play). ... Heart rate is a term used to describe the frequency of the cardiac cycle. ...

Her early years in gymnastics saw her train at Kalajos School of Gymnastics but it was not long before the talent scouts from the Western Australia Institute of Sport (WAIS) spotted the then 5-year-old Allana and invited her to join their elite development program. She began training in the WAIS program just after her 6th birthday. Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ...

Allana made her national competition debut at the age of 9 and her international debut at 11. 1998 stands out as a breakthrough year for Allana, at a dual meet against Japan while still a junior, she emerged as the all around champion, recording her first major international victory over her more experienced and senior teammates as well as the best gymnasts from Japan. A good performance at the World Youth Games followed and soon after a third place finish at the Australian Commonwealth Games team trial. Allana soon found herself standing with her teammates on the podium in Kuala Lumpur receiving Australia's first ever Commonwealth Games team gold medal. Individually Allana also won two silver medals in the all around and floor exercise finals. Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the British Commonwealth. ... Mayor Datuk Ruslin Hasan District Kuala Lumpur District Area  - Total (City) 243. ...

Since then, Allana and her Australian teammates have truly made their mark on the international gymnastics scene. Their 5th place finish at the 1999 World Championships (ahead of 1996 Olympic Champions, USA) was a surprise to all but supporters of Australian gymnastics. At the same competition Allana earned the highest place individual world ranking ever achieved by an Australian gymnast when she finished 9th in the individual all around.

In the most closely contested National Championship in Australian Gymnastics history, Allana pipped Trudy McIntosh with her last event to win her first National title early in 2000. In July at the Olympic Trials, Allana performed flawlessly to win the event and in doing so assured herself of a place on her first Olympic team. Allana and the Australian girls performed well in the team competition to finish in 7th place - just missing the team final. Individually Allana went on to compete in the individual all around where she finished in 16th place. She was also asked to join the Olympic medallists in performing in the post competition Gymnastics Gala. This article is about the year 2000. ...

While all but one of her Olympic teammates left Sydney contemplating retirement Allana continued to train and compete returning to Europe at the end of the year to take part in the last two events on the World Cup Circuit. At the DTB Cup she made history winning Australia's first ever World Cup grand prix gold medal on the uneven bars, she also collected a silver medal on floor. Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ...

2002 started with a bang for Allana when she won her second World Cup Grand Prix gold medal at the Cottbus event on the floor in Germany. The Pacific Alliance Championships soon followed and Allana helped the Australian team to a strong silver medal performance as well as picking up an individual silver medal on the floor exercise. At the Australian Championships she finished in second place overall just behind Alexandra Croak and won three of the four individual apparatus titles. This event doubled as the first selection trial for the Commonwealth Games team and after a month long selection camp at the AIS in Canberra, Allana was named in her second Commonwealth Team. As it had been in 1998, the Australian team was a mixture of youth and experience. The team entered the competition in Manchester as hot favourites to defend the title they had won four years earlier and they did not disappoint. With an near perfect performance, the Aussie girls won the team title by almost four points. Allana won four individual medals and returned home as one of the most successful Australian team members. She was selected as one of three athletes to represent the whole team in being welcomed home by the Prime Minister John Howard. It was a great moment to see a gymnast selected for this honour. With the 2002 World Championships approaching quickly there was barely time to celebrate. Allana was selected as Australia's only representative for the event after winning five gold medals at the selection trials. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Germany showing Cottbus Cottbus (Sorbian: Chośebuz, Czech: Chotěbuz, Polish: Chociebuż, archaic German: Kottbus) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around 125 km southeast of Berlin on the Spree river. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the British Commonwealth. ... AIS can stand for. ... Canberra is the capital city of Australia and, with a population of just over 323 000, is also Australias largest inland city. ... // Definition and linguistics The original phrase common wealth or the common weal is a calque translation of the Latin term res publica (public matters), from which the word republic comes, which was itself used as a synonym for the greek politeia as well as for the republican (i. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the countrys 25th Prime Minister. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Allana competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where she qualified for the balance beam final. She retired from Gymnastics on August 24th 2005. [1] 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

Official Allana Slater Website Gym Media World Artistic Women's Rankings