Kierath Claims Medals at 2018 Championships

Published On: 7 June 2018

WA trampoline gymnast Eva Kierath has collected individual, synchro and team medals from the 2018 Australian Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne.

The 2017 national champion had the tables turned in the individual trampoline final, with last year’s runner-up Kira Ward of NSW taking gold.

Ward’s total of 53.785 was narrowly ahead of Kierath’s effort of 52.245, with South Australian Claire Arthur taking bronze on 52.125.

 

Kierath and Ward combined for a formidable partnership in the synchronised event, winning gold comfortably ahead of Queensland’s Lauren Sampson and NSW’s Leanne Van Rensburg.

In the team’s final, Kierath joined with her WA teammates to finish second behind NSW.

WA’s team of Kierath, Sarah Jones, Francesca Strangio and Sally Bennie picked up silver, with South Australia rounding out the podium.