Jacqui Dunn

Jacqui Dunn
Full nameJacqueline Grace Dunn[1][2]
Born (1984-05-03) 3 May 1984
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)[3]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Australia
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Championships
2003 Anaheim Team
World Cup Final
2002 Stuttgart Uneven bars
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Team
2002 Manchester Balance beam

Jacqueline Grace "Jacqui" Dunn (born 3 May 1984) is an Australian former artistic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in the team competition, which was Australia's first team medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She is the 2002 World Cup Final uneven bars silver medalist.

Gymnastics career

Dunn competed with the Australian team that initially finished fifth at the 1999 World Championships, although they moved up to fourth place upon the disqualification of the Chinese team. She placed fifth in the all-around at the 2000 Australian Championships.[4] She advanced into the uneven bars at the 2001 Goodwill Games and finished eighth.[5] At the 2001 Australian Championships, she became the national all-around champion.[6]

Dunn helped the Australian team place seventh at the 2001 World Championships. Additionally, she advanced into the all-around final, where she finished 29th. She also advanced into the uneven bars final and finished sixth.[7] After the World Championships, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the Stuttgart World Cup.[8]

Dunn represented Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and helped the team win the gold medal with the top balance beam score of the competition.[9][10] She went on the win the bronze medal in the balance beam final, behind Canada's Kate Richardson and teammate Allana Slater.[11][12] At the 2002 Cottbus World Cup, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars behind Beth Tweddle.[13] Then at the 2002 World Cup Final, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars behind Oana Petrovschi.[14]

She was selected to represent Australia at the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim alongside Monette Russo, Danielle Kelly, Allana Slater, Belinda Archer, and Stephanie Moorhouse. During the qualification round, she competed on the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam to help the team qualify for the team final in seventh place.[15][16] During the team final, she contributed scores of 9.375 on the uneven bars and 8.675 on the balance beam to help Australia win the team bronze medal behind the United States and Romania.[17] This was Australia's first team medal and only their second medal at all at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and this result secured Australia a team spot at the 2004 Olympic Games.[18][19] Dunn was not selected for the 2004 Olympic team.[20]

Post-gymnastics career

Dunn was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[21] In 2024, she was named the team manager Aussie Spirit.[22] As of 2026, she is the Director of Performance and Pathways for Softball South Australia.[23]

Eponymous skill

Dunn has a balance beam mount named after her in the Code of Points.[10][24][25]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a]
Balance beam Dunn Round-off at end of beam - flic-flac with ½ turn (180°) and walkover forward F (0.6)
  1. ^ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

References

  1. ^ "Dunn, Jacqueline Grace". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Dunn, Jacqueline Grace". Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Jacqui Dunn". m2002.TheCGF.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Australian Championships Women's Senior - Sydney, 2000 February 23rd -". Gym Media. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  5. ^ "2001 Goodwill Games Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 17 November 2001. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  6. ^ "2001 Australian Championships Sr. Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  7. ^ "35th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2001 Ghent (BEL) Ghent (BEL) Oct 28 - Nov 4 Artistic Gymnastics Results Individuals Finals". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Weltcup & "Great Four" 19th DTB Pokal 2001". Gym Media (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Australia's women clinch gold". BBC Sport. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  10. ^ a b "Played well, Dunn fine: how Jacqui beamed the girls up to a win". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Jacqui Dunn". TheCGF.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Beam". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Cottbus World Cup Superscore". Gym Media. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Australians win two medals". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 December 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  15. ^ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim (USA) August 16–24, 2003 Qualification Individual Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  16. ^ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim (USA) August 16–24, 2003 Teams Qualification Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  17. ^ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim, California USA August 16–24, 2003 Results Women's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 20 August 2003. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Aussie gymnasts celebrate bronze success". ABC News. 21 August 2003. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Australia claims bronze at world championships". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 August 2003. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  20. ^ "One wobble and you're modern Greek history". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  21. ^ "AIS Gymnastics Hall of Fame". Australian Institute of Sport. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  22. ^ "Women's Program Team Managers Announced". Softball Australia. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  23. ^ "Our Board". Softball South Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  24. ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 111, 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
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