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Bursting on to the scene in 2011 when competing in his first Senior competition, Mitchell Morgans has been a model of consistency ever since, regularly challenging Australia’s best gymnasts, particularly in his pet event, High Bar.
Morgans has finished on the podium every year since his 2011 debut, winning five medals (including two gold) in the team competition, as well as winning six individual apparatus medals – including his breakthrough High Bar gold in 2014.
His achievements on the High Bar enabled him to win a place in the 2014 Commonwealth Games team for the Glasgow Games. Unfortunately injury curtailed his participation.
By 2015 Morgans was back in competition, recapturing his previous strong form by claiming Silver on High Bar at the Australian Championships and competing at the World University Games in South Korea, his first international competition.
He continued to flesh out his international experience through-out 2016, with hit outs at the Pacific Rim Championships in the States and the Toyota International Cup in Japan.
Mitchell's competition schedule got significantly busier in 2017, kicking off the year with a Silver on High Bar at his home World Cup stop in Melbourne, before competing in six more international competitions. Improved results was his response to the bolstered schedule, finishing 8th on High Bar at the World University Games in China and earning his first call-up for the World Championships in Canada.
He repeated his Silver medal performance on High Bar at Melbourne's World Cup stop to start 2018 on a positive note, leading to selection for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games team, for which he is looking a real medal threat in Queensland come April.
Mitchell currently trains at the National Centre of Excellence with a strong contingent of national teammates.
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