15 Facts About Allana Slater

Allana Amy Slater was born on 3 April 1984 and is a retired Australian artistic gymnast.

The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000,2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is one of Australia's most internationally successful gymnasts.

Allana Slater was born on 3 April 1984 in Perth, Western Australia.

Allana Slater competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, receiving Australia's first ever Commonwealth Games team gold medal.

In July 2000 at the Olympic Trials, Allana Slater won to secure a place on her first Olympic team.

Individually, Allana Slater went on to compete in the individual all around where she finished in 16th place.

Just before the third rotation, Allana Slater, who was on vault in that rotation, realised that the vaulting horse seemed to be at the wrong height relative to her own stature and alerted her coach and the judges.

In 2002, Allana Slater won her second World Cup Grand Prix gold medal at the Cottbus event on the floor in Germany.

The Pacific Alliance Championships soon followed and Allana Slater helped the Australian team to a silver medal as well as picking up an individual silver medal on the floor exercise.

Allana Slater won four individual medals and returned home as one of the most successful Australian team members.

Allana Slater was then selected as Australia's only representative for the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships after winning five gold medals at the selection trials.

In 2003 at the world championships in Anaheim, Allana Slater led the Australian team to the bronze medal, the first ever won by any Australian female gymnast at this level.

Allana Slater competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where she qualified for the balance beam final, but did not win a medal after a fall from the beam.

Allana Slater had a cameo in the 2006 gymnastics film Stick It.

Allana Slater married Scott Penney in 2013; they have a son born in 2019.