FACTOIDS
Full Name: Ashley Peckett
Nickname: Ashley
Birthday: May 23, 1984
Height: 5’1”
Hometown: Missisauga, ON
Sports: Gymnastics
Profile
Four-year Canadian national team member ... 2002 national balance beam champion ... Member of the 2002 and 2001 World Championship teams ... Qualified for the all-around finals at World Championships in 2001 and competed in all four events in 2002 ... Placed sixth in the all-around and won a silver medal on bars and bronze medals on vault and floor at the 2003 national championships ... Placed second at the 2001 Canadian Championships in the all-around and beam, fifth on bars and sixth on vault ... Second in the all-around at the 2001 World Championship Trials ... Won the all-around, vault and bars and placed second on beam at the 2000 Elite Canada ... Placed fourth in the all-around at the 1999 Elite Canada ... Made the floor exercise finals at the 1999 Bluewater International, her first international competition ... Placed 11th in the all-around at her first senior Canadian Championships in 1999 ... Trained at Gymnastics Mississauga under coaches Alex Bard, Craig Smith, Svetlana Degteva and Olga Dudchenko.
Admires former Bruin and Canadian national champions Stella Umeh and Lena Degteva ... Hobbies include shopping ... Describes her biggest athletic thrill as having younger athletes in her gym look up to her ... Parents: John and Carol Peckett ... Has a younger sister, Christina ... Full name is Ashley Joelle Peckett ... Born May 23, 1984 in Mississauga, ON ... Physiological Science major.
