and Australian Olympic teammates|alt=A group shot of the 2012 Australian Olympic gymnastics team, showing Emily Little, Lauren Mitchell, Peggy Liddick, Kate Lundy, Larrissa Miller, Georgia Bonora, and Ashleigh Brennan Little is an Australian artistic gymnast, who has had a scholarship with the
Western Australian Institute of Sport She is often the lead-off gymnast. She won a gold medal at the
2010 Commonwealth Games in the team event, and a silver medal in the individual all around competition. At the 2010 and 2011 Artistic World Championships, she was a member of the Australian team that finished sixth place each time. At the event, she introduced several new elements into her routines. In mid-June 2012, she was one of three Australian female gymnasts who were confirmed to be going to the Games alongside
Lauren Mitchell and
Ashleigh Brennan. Little represented Australia at the
2012 Summer Olympics in women's artistic gymnastics as an eighteen-year-old. She was selected to compete in the women's team event. In March 2015, Emily Little was invited to compete at the AT&T American Cup alongside many all around world champions like
Simone Biles and
Vanessa Ferrari. This being Little's second international competition since 2012 was very successful as she placed seventh in front of Commonwealth Games all around champion,
Claudia Fragapane. In May 2015, Little competed in the Australian Gymnastics Championships, she was in second place during the day 1 competition and held on to finish second in All Around finals behind Queensland's
Georgia Godwin. She represented Western Australia, although there were not enough gymnasts to make a full team. She qualified for vault finals and won with a 15.3 scoring Yurchenko double twisting layout. She also qualified for bar finals placing sixth. In beam finals, Little placed third in front of world beam silver medalist, Lauren Mitchell. Little competed a full twisting double layout in floor finals (only her third time competing this move) and placed in second behind 2010 world floor champion, Lauren Mitchell. In 2017, at the Australian National Championships, Little broke her neck on a mistimed flip during her floor routine. ==References==