Jessica Pickering (born 24 April 2001) is an Australian

trampoline gymnast Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic Games, Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle posit ...

. She is the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 ...

individual silver medalist and a competitor at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Biography

Pickering started trampoline gymnastics when she was seven years old. Her mother feared for her on the trampoline at home and persuaded her to join Eastlake Trampoline Sports Club. She is still with the same club. At the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships, Pickering won a silver medal in the junior synchro event alongside Britney Glazebrook. Additionally, she finished fourth in the individual event. She then represented Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and qualified to the individual final in second place. She went on to win the silver medal in the final, behind China's

Fan Xinyi Fan Xinyi (born 26 January 2002) is a Chinese trampoline gymnast. She won the gold medal in the girls' trampoline event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also won the gold medal in the mixed multi-discipline ...

. She competed with Imogen Florian at the 2018 World Age Group Competition and finished fourth in the synchro competition in the 17-21 age group. Pickering stopped competing at the junior level and made her senior debut in 2019. At the 2019 Khabarovsk World Cup, she won a silver medal in the synchro competition alongside Lauren Sampson. Pickering and Sampson also won the synchro silver medal at the Valladolid World Cup. They then qualified for the synchro final at the 2019 World Championships and finished fifth, and were later bumped up to fourth after

Camilla Gomes Camilla Lopes Gomes (born 27 May 1994) is a Brazilian individual and synchronised trampoline gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. Career She has competed at multiple Trampoline World Championships. At the 2018 Trampo ...

was disqualified for a doping violation. Pickering finished fifth in the individual event at the 2021 Brescia World Cup. She won a silver medal in the synchro event with new partner Kira Ward at the Anadia World Cup. She represented

Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics Australia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia is one of only five cou ...

. She was ranked 16th and last in the qualification round after making errors in both routines. Pickering won a bronze medal in the synchro event with

Abbie Watts Abbie Watts (born 16 May 1997) is an Australian individual trampoline gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. Watts placed 6th at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She competed at world championships, including at the 201 ...

at the 2023 Palm Beach World Cup.

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