THOMPSON Amie

Artistic Swimming

Date of Birth: 31 Jan 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.67/5'5''

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : PERTH, WA

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Swimming	Duet AUS Australia	20
	Team AUS Australia	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Free Routine Preliminary	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Technical Routine	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Technical Routine	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Free Routine	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8th (149.500)

World Championships

Year	Location	Duet TR	Duet FR	Team TR	Team FR
2019	Gwangju, KOR	PR (74.114)	PR (74.266)	PR (73.445)	PR (74.533)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	-	PR (72.605)	PR (76.033)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	PR (70.860)	PR (75.100)

Legend
TR - Technical Routine, FR - Free Routine, PR - Preliminary Round, X - Mixed

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Engineer, Student

Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering - Murdoch University, Perth, WA, AUS

Languages spoken:

SupaNova Synchronised Swimming Club [Perth, WA, AUS]

Briana Preiss [national]

She began artistic swimming at age 12. (olympics.com.au, Feb 2020)

She was originally involved in gymnastics and swimming [pool] before moving to artistic swimming on the advice of her school swim teacher when she lived in London, England. "I was originally doing swimming [pool] and got really bored and saw in another pool girls doing artistic swimming and thought it was the coolest thing ever. After I tried it I realised there was no club near me, but when I saw a flyer saying a new club would open it changed my life. I took elements of gymnastics and swimming that I loved to become an artistic swimmer." (insidethegames.biz, 26 Feb 2020; AUS Olympic Team YouTube channel, 25 Feb 2020; olympics.com.au, Mar 2020; Inside Synchro YouTube Channel, 15 Apr 2020)

Competing at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (Inside Synchro YouTube Channel, 15 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"Madness is genius and imperfection is beauty." [Marilyn Monroe] (Inside Synchro YouTube Channel, 15 Apr 2020)

She received the Sportswoman of the Year Award from Curtin University in 2015. (curtin.edu.au, 23 Nov 2015)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT AND RETURN
She decided to retire from artistic swimming after the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, to focus on her education. "I tried to retire to focus on university but I missed it too much and returned soon after. I wasn't on the team for 2018 but I worked extra hard to be re-selected." She returned to the national team in 2019. (asf.org.au, 2019: Inside Synchro YouTube Channel, 15 Apr 2020)

EARLY LIFE
She grew up in London, England, before moving to Sydney, NSW, Australia, as a child with her family. "When I came to Australia first I saw that not many girls were doing artistic swimming but I found a competitive club. When I was in high school I used to do extra training in the mornings at 05:00 or 06:00 and during my lunch break in school. I was indirectly told I was too small and not cut out for the sport, but I worked extra hard as I enjoyed training and achieved my dream. When I was 17 I moved to Perth from Sydney straight out of high school to make the national team." (Inside Synchro YouTube Channel, 15 Apr 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She works as an artistic swimming coach for children aged between 10 and 12 and as a recreational programme coordinator at SupaNova Synchronised Swimming Club in Perth, WA, Australia. (SupaNova Synchronised Swimming Club Facebook page, 04 Dec 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; synchrowa.org.au, 27 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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