Port Alberni trampoline athlete Annabelle Price has been named Gymnastics BCB次元官网网址檚 Female Athlete of the Year.
Price received her award during the 2023 Gymnastics BC Awards and Scholarship ceremony on Oct. 14, 2023 at the Element Vancouver Metrotown Hotel, presented by Sport Burnaby.
A Grade 11 student at Alberni District Secondary School, Price competes in Level 4 (16 and over) events in trampoline, double mini and tumbling with Port Alberni Gymnastics Academy (PAGA).
This is the first time since 1984 that a gymnast from PAGA has earned a B.C. title, spokesperson Dana Walter said.
Price, now 16, has competed in gymnastics since she was six years old. She started with recreational gymnastics classes, then when she was eight she moved up to competitive artistic. B次元官网网址淭hen at 12 I switched to competitive trampoline. I just loved it,B次元官网网址� she said.
Price learned early on that team sports arenB次元官网网址檛 for her. She preferred competitive dance and gymnastics; when participating in both became too much, gymnastics won. B次元官网网址淚 decided to go with gymnastics because it still had that element of dance and floor routines and stuff.B次元官网网址�
Gymnastics is also athletic, and she was drawn to the power, strength and speed necessary to succeed, said her mother, Allyson Price.
While Annabelle readily admits that the trampoline and tumbling group at PAGA is a teamB次元官网网址攈er brother Jackson also competesB次元官网网址攕he said she likes the individuality of the sport. B次元官网网址淲hen I get on the trampoline, IB次元官网网址檓 doing this routine and IB次元官网网址檓 doing it for meB次元官网网址B次元官网网址檓 in control,B次元官网网址� she said.
She works with coach Sandra Poelzer, practicing three days a week and working on strength conditioning her off-days. B次元官网网址淚 love working with her,B次元官网网址� Price said about Poelzer, who was once a competitive gymnast.
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Poelzer has also shared a signature move with PriceB次元官网网址攐ne the young Port Alberni athlete excels at. Both of them are known for the one-in-three ballout rudi. Explains Price: B次元官网网址淚t is a double front flip where you land on your back and then from your back, you do a flip with a one-and-a-half twist.
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Price was on the high school gymnastics team last year for artistic gymnastics, but says the sport was cut as a high school sport. She will continue competing with PAGA until she graduates high school.
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