Lauren Mitchell

Lauren Mitchell
— Gymnast —
Mitchell, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, 21 June 2012
Personal information
Full name	Lauren Mitchell
Country represented	Australia
Born	(1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 25) Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Hometown	Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height	1.55
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Eponymous skills	triple turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional
Medal record World Championships 2010 Rotterdam Floor exercise 2009 London Balance beam 2009 London Floor exercise World Cup Final 2008 Madrid Balance Beam Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Team 2010 Delhi All-around 2010 Delhi Uneven bars 2010 Delhi Balance beam 2010 Delhi Floor 2014 Glasgow Team 2014 Glasgow Floor

Lauren Mitchell (born 23 July 1991) is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2010 World Champion on floor and the 2009 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam and floor. Mitchell is only the second Australian woman gymnast to win medals at a World Championships, and the first to win gold.

Mitchell was born in Subiaco, Western Australia.

She is an artistic gymnast.

Mitchell is the 2010 World Champion on floor and the 2009 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam and floor. Mitchell is only the second Australian woman gymnast to win medals at a World Championships, and the first to win gold.

In 2007, her first year as a Senior Gymnast, she was the Australian Balance Beam Champion. Mitchell competed at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where the Australian team finished 11th in the preliminary competition. However, Mitchell qualified for the Balance Beam event final, where she placed 5th, equalling Monette Russo as Australia's highest ever finisher in a Balance Beam World Final. Mitchell later stated that she was nervous prior to the final, but pretended she was in training to calm her nerves.

After her strong showing at her debut World Championships, Mitchell went on to compete in several international events. At the DTB Cup in Germany, she won a Silver Medal on Beam and a Bronze medal on floor. She followed this up at the Good Luck Beijing event (a warm up for the venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics), where she won the silver medal on the balance beam in what was a very competitive line up.