Georgia Godwin

Fast Facts

Sport: Gymnastics
Event: Individual all-around
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Highlights: 2020 World Cup silver medallist, 2019 Senior National Champion, 2018 Commonwealth Games silver and bronze medallist
Coach: Olga and Sasha Belooussov
Year Born: 1997
State Born: Queensland 

About Georgia

Georgia Godwin started gymnastics at the age of three, when her parents enrolled her into the local PCYC program, little did they know that this would be the first step towards a long and highly competitive career in the sport.

Born and raised on the Gold Coast, QLD, Godwin set her sights on competing at an Olympic Games. However, after narrowly missing out on the 2016 Rio Olympics due to ongoing injuries, she considered retiring from the sport.

“Getting so close to making the Olympic team, and then missing out was really hard. I had been training for about 15 years by that point, I thought I was done, there was nothing left in me,” Godwin said at the time.

 But after taking just one week away from the sport, she found the fire in her belly reignited, and she was ready to get back out on the floor.

A year later Godwin achieved a 13th place finish at the 2017 World Artistic Championships, which at the time was a career-best result. She then went on to claim a silver medal at the 2017 Melbourne World Cup.

Following this, the Queensland local successfully qualified for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where she won silver in the individual all-around event and bronze in the uneven bars and team event.

After years of training and dedication to her sport, Godwin earned her Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota spot at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. At this event, Godwin was the only Australian woman to qualify for the all-around finals with a score of 53.331 and subsequently earn an Olympic quota spot.

Godwin made her Olympic debut at the Tokyo Olympics where her results from each of the four apparatus totalled 52.865 for an overall 37^th ranking in the Women's All-Around event. 

Godwin was consistent across each of the four apparatus, but it was the vault where she was strongest. Her dynamic Tsukahara full twist landed her a score of 13.766.

On the floor, Godwin’s powerful routine which included an incredible sky double layout and ended with a double pike, earned a score of 13.1666 from the judges.

Making her debut in Tokyo was especially meaningful for Godwin due to her unique family background.

“My mum’s side of the family is Japanese, so to have my first Olympics in Tokyo is like the cherry on top of the cake. I couldn’t have asked for more!” she said.