Ruby Pass

Ruby Pass’s mum and dad signed up for a lot of driving when they agreed she could join a gymnastics club in Shellharbour, south of Sydney.

“When I turned 10, I convinced my parents to move me to a better club in Sydney,” Ruby said. “This trip took at least three hours round to travel, which we did six days a week. After training in Sydney for three years, I moved to Queensland to pursue my gymnastics journey further.”

Competing out of Premier Gymnastics in Morningside, Brisbane, Ruby enjoyed international success as a junior. She was named Junior International Gymnast of the Year for 2021 by Gymnastics Queensland. The following year she received the Women's Artistic Gymnastics International Athlete Award of Excellence at the Gymnastics Queensland Awards.

In 2023, Ruby transitioned seamlessly to senior competition, claiming all-around gold at the Oceania Championships and performing well at World Cup events in Doha, Qatar, and Baku, Azerbaijan.

Her most consistent performances have been in floor, balance beam and uneven bars.

“As Doha was my first senior competition, I was really nervous, however, at Baku my nerves had settled a little bit,” she said. “Considering these were my first World Cups, I was happy with my results, however there is room for improvement.”

In April 2023, Ruby was named the Commonwealth Games Australia Emerging Athlete of the Month.

In October 2023, Ruby was part of the Australian women’s artistic team that booked its ticket to the Paris Olympics, after securing a team place at the Artistic World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Needing to finish in the top 12, the team – Ruby, Emily Whitehead, Georgia Godwin, Kate McDonald and Breanna Scott – came ninth, with an incredible score of 157.896. It was the first time Australia had qualified a team spot since London 2012.

At the 2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart, Germany, Ruby finished sixth in the all-around and the Australian team claimed silver with 159.450, behind China on 162.450. Each member of the team recorded a top-12 finish in at least one apparatus.

Come the Paris 2024 Olympics, where Ruby was just a 17 year old at the time, she became the youngest Australian to feature in an Olympic All-Around Final since Sydney 2000, and the first since London 2012.

Her score of 53.798 saw placed Ruby 13th, a historic feat and the best result for an Australian since Beijing 2008.

Also competing with the women's artistic team of Emma Nedov, Breanna Scott, Emily Whitehead and Kate McDonald they left it all out on the floor, finishing 10th in qualifying to narrowly miss out on making the team final.