Jessica Weintraub (born 20 March 2007) is an Australian Olympic

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. She represents Australia in international competitions. She competed for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's rhythmic group all-around at the

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on 9–10 August.

Early life

Weintraub was born in

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, Australia, and is Jewish. She and her family relocated from

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, Australia, when she was 14. She attends

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Rhythmic gymnastics career

Weintraub trained at Prahran Rhythmic Gymnastics when she was a junior. Her family relocated so that Weintraub could join Aspire Gymnastics Academy to pursue her career in

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. At first she was focused in being successful as an individual gymnast, winning medals at nationals. Weintraub is coached by Iuliia Iakovleva and Tania Belan."Jessica Weintraub,"
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2023

Weintraub began competing with the Aspire Gymnastics Academy rhythmic gymnastics group in 2023. The group placed fifth in the all-around at the 2023 Tashkent World Cup. Additionally, they finished seventh in the 5 hoops final and sixth in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final. They won a silver medal in the group all-around at the Australian Championships. The Aspire group was not selected for the 2023 World Championships, and their appeal to the

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was dismissed.

2024–present

Weintraub and the Aspire group won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2024 Aphrodite Cup. In May they won two golds and one silver at the Sofia International Tournament, getting the chance to compete at the continental championships. The Oceanian Championships were held in

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along the

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ones. There Weintraub,

Phoebe Learmont Phoebe Learmont (born 23 June 2005) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast who represents her country in international competitions. Career Learmont took up gymnastics at age six, first as an artistic gymnast as she joined a cousin who was already ...

, Liidia Iakovleva,

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and

Saskia Broedelet Saskia Broedelet (born 20 February 2004) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. She will represent Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the group all-around. Early and personal life Broedelet was born in 2004 in Auchenflower, Queensland. She be ...

won gold in the All-Around, thus earning the chance to represent Australia at the

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2024 Paris Olympics

Weintraub will compete for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's rhythmic group all-around at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weintraub, Jessica 2007 births Living people 21st-century Australian Jews 21st-century Australian sportswomen Australian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Melbourne Jewish Australian sportspeople Olympic gymnasts for Australia People educated at Brisbane State High School People from St Kilda, Victoria Gymnasts from Brisbane Sportswomen from Victoria (state)