Kate Sayer

Sayer was born in South Brisbane, Queensland. She began gymnastics when she was four years old.{{cite web|url=http://aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/corporate/live/files/dmfile/kate-sayer-yog-bio.pdf|title=Kate Sayer|access-date=23 July 2023|publisher=Gymnastics Australia}}

Sayer competed at the 2017 Australian National Championships. She placed fifth in the Junior 14 All-Around Final and placed second on vault and uneven bars and fourth on balance beam.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/05/24/2017-australian-championships-results/|title=2017 Australian Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=May 24, 2017}}

In April 2018 Sayer was selected to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.org.au/ga/Posts/News_Articles/2018/04_Apr/2018_Pac_Rim.aspx|title=2018 Pacific Rim Championships|work=Gymnastics Australia|date=April 4, 2018}} While there she helped Australia finish third in the team final behind the United States and Canada. She finished 14th in the all-around{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21802|title=U.S. women, McCallum, Bowers take gold at Pac Rim Championships|work=USA Gymnastics|date=April 28, 2018|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221030908/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21802|url-status=dead}} During event finals she won bronze on the balance beam behind Zoé Allaire-Bourgie of Canada and American Sunisa Lee. Additionally she placed seventh on vault and eighth on floor exercise. The following month Sayer competed at the Australian National Championships where she won the junior all-around competition.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/05/30/2018-australian-championships-results/|title=2018 Australian Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=May 30, 2018}}

In August Sayer was selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/kate-sayer-cartwheeling-her-way-to-buenos-aires/|title=Kate Sayer cartwheeling her way to Buenos Aires|date=August 2, 2018|work=Australian Olympic Committee}} In September she competed at the Australian Classic where she once again won the junior division title.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/09/20/2018-australian-classic-results/|title=2018 Australian Classic Results|work=The Gymternet|date=September 20, 2018}}

At the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires Sayer qualified to the all-around, vault, and floor exercise finals. In the all-around final she placed eighth. During event finals she placed seventh and eighth respectively.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22737|title=2018 Youth Olympic Games Recaps, Results and Photos|work=USA Gymnastics|date=October 16, 2018|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422140614/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22737|url-status=dead}}

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In 2019, Sayer turned senior. She made her debut at the Melbourne World Cup where she only competed on floor exercise. She finished 9th in qualifications and was the first reserve for the final.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/02/24/2019-melbourne-world-cup-results/|title=2019 Melbourne World Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=February 24, 2019}} In March she competed at the 2019 L'International Gymnix. She helped Australia win the bronze medal. Individually Sayer placed 17th in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/03/08/2019-international-gymnix-live-blog-senior-cup/|title=2019 International Gymnix Live Blog – Senior Cup|work=The Gymternet|date=March 8, 2019}} In May she competed at the Australian National Championships where she finished 11th in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/05/27/2019-australian-championships-results/|title=2019 Australian Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=May 27, 2019}} In September she competed at the Australian Classic where she finished 8th.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/09/19/2019-australian-classic-results/|title=2019 Australian Classic Results|work=The Gymternet|date=September 19, 2019}} Sayer was selected as the alternate to the team who would compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.org.au/Ga/Posts/News_Articles/2019/09_September/Kate_Sayer_headed_to_Stuttgart_for_World_Championships.aspx|title=Kate Sayer Headed To Stuttgart For World Championships|work=Gymnastics Australia|date=September 9, 2019}}

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