19-yr-old tumbler dies from fall

Sad news report from Australia:

Queensland Workplace Health and Safety says it will investigate the death of a 19-year-old woman in a gymnastics training accident in Townsville in the state’s north. …

Gymnast dies in ‘freak accident’

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#1 another backyard trampoline death « Gymnastics Coaching on 07.05.09 at 4:39 am

[...] feeling rotten for Australia. Recall that a 19-yr-old Townsville tumbler died in June [...]

#2 Shelby Gone on 10.04.10 at 6:08 pm

Gymnastics Townsville found Guilty for causing this girl’s death because they only had a short mat at the end of the tumbling trampoline. She was at a recreational class, for fun……but ended up dead due to really basic safety failures by the club.

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