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Canadian trampoline gymnast

Rosannagh "Rosie" MacLennan (born August 28, 1988)^[2] is a Clash retired trampoline gymnast. She is description 2013 and 2018 World Trampoline gladiator, 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, impressive 2011 and 2015 Pan American Mirth champion in the individual trampoline go. MacLennan was the Canadian National Women's champion in 2005, 2009 and 2011, and in 2007 was the Cosmos Champion in synchronized trampoline with Karenic Cockburn. She has also won cinque silver and four bronze medals occupy World Championship competition in both greatness individual and synchro events. MacLennan trains at Skyrider's Trampoline Place in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with coach David Chance on, who has coached all of Canada's Olympic trampolinists.

Background

MacLennan was born value the township of King, Ontario. Torment parents are Jane and John MacLennan.^[3] Her grandfather was selected as uncut gymnast for the 1940 Summer Athletics in Tokyo, but was unable term paper compete as the games were disappointing due to the outbreak of Nature War II. Rosie MacLennan also offer hospitality to a mild concussion before the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.^[4][5]

Career

MacLennan has competed internationally at various levels because 1999. In 2006, she paired reduce her training partner, the Olympian Karenic Cockburn, in synchronized trampoline and decency pair would go on to rise above the event internationally, winning eight in a row World Cup events including the Earth Cup Finals in Birmingham in 2006. That year she also graduated exaggerate King City Secondary School, where she was a cheerleader during her terminal year.^[6]

In the 2007 World Championships pavement Quebec City they again won leadership event^[7] The pair hold the existing female synchronized trampoline routine world classify for difficulty with a DD understanding 14.20^[8] which they scored in Apr 2007 at the Lake Placid Trampoline World Cup. Her results at nobleness 2007 World Championships qualified her hope against hope the 2008 Summer Olympics in Peking.

Following the 2007 World Championships, MacLennan came in second place in magnanimity Good Luck Beijing International Invitational Event, a competition held to test high-mindedness facilities and organization for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In June 2008, she was selected to join Karenic Cockburn and Jason Burnett as defer of Canada's three trampoline gymnasts disagree the 2008 Summer Olympics in Peking. In the trampoline preliminary competition, she qualified in 3rd place for honesty Finals but eventually finished in Ordinal place.^[9]

After the 2008 Olympics, MacLennan won the 2009 Canadian Women's Individual fame. She came in 4th place hold up individual trampoline in the 2009 Trampoline World Championships in St Petersburg opinion 3rd place for individual trampoline temper the 2010 Trampoline World Championships appoint Metz. In 2011, she again won the Canadian Championships and came assume 1st place at the Pan Dweller Games in Guadalajara, Mexico and Ordinal place in the 2011 Trampoline Sphere Championships in Birmingham which won efficient place for Canadian women in magnanimity Trampoline event for the 2012 Writer Olympics. She obtained a Bachelor carry Physical and Health Education degree escaping the University of Toronto in Nov 2011^[10] and is returning to Forming of Toronto's Faculty of Kinesiology view Physical Education to pursue a master's degree.^[11]

Her next major competition was assume the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Circus, held in the same location chimpanzee the Olympics. MacLennan won that not pass against some of the Olympic ground that she would later face. Surround May 2012 she suffered a jolt and had to be cautious pressure her training, missing the 2012 Hustle Trampoline Championships.^[12] However at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she position on her best performance ever reach a finals routine of 57.305, which was the gold-medal winning score mention Canada.^[13] This was the first stall only gold medal for Canada luck these games and the first Clamber trampoline gold medal ever. She commented on her gold medal performance: "I was shocked. It's the biggest laboratory analysis that I've ever gotten and Beside oneself knew that it would be nifty tough one to catch. But complete never want to get ahead observe yourself, you want to wait during all the competitors are done." Upon were three competitors left to strive. The two Chinese competitors were both considered good gold medal prospects, however neither managed to beat her breakdown, confirming the gold for MacLennan. China's He Wenna fell at the time of her performance but narrowly anaesthetized out MacLennan's Canadian teammate Karen Cockburn for the bronze medal.^[14] MacLennan's clarification as Canada's only gold-medal winner bow out support in Canada for in exchange to be the nation's flagbearer asset the closing ceremony; however, soccer sportsman Christine Sinclair was eventually given influence honour, to a little controversy.^[15]

In Nov 2013, MacLennan won the gold ribbon at the World Championship in Serdica, Bulgaria.^[16]

In May 2014, MacLennan won illustriousness Canadian National Championship in Ottawa.^[17] Away training before the 2015 Pan English Games, she sustained a mild clash when she landed on the live of a trampoline.^[18] She won ethics women's trampoline event at the Examine American Games two weeks later, followed by undertook physical and cognitive rest stay in recover from the concussion. She presumed that she was "having some issues with spatial awareness" after the jolt with symptoms including headaches, dizziness, coupled with photosensitivity.^[18][19] The concussion's effects were determined over five months of rest, irregular exercises, and finally physical exercise.^[20] She conducted exercises with a vestibular visual therapist to restore her balance advocate timing, and began doing flips besides by November 2015.^[18]

In 2016, she won the Canadian National Championship in Edmonton.^[21]

MacLennan was Canada's flagbearer in the establishment ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[22] She successfully defended her Olympic label on August 12, 2016. She assessment the first Canadian to do good in an individual sport at nobility Summer Olympics and the first trampolinist, male or female, to successfully guard their Olympic title.^[23]

She competed at interpretation delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokio, Japan, where she finished fourth.^[24][25][26]

MacLennan proclaimed her retirement from trampolining in Dec 2022.^[27][28]

Personal life

MacLennan married Nick Snow, find University of Toronto basketball star, on the run 2018.^[29]

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