Background
Gaudry was born on 29 November 1991 in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales.
Gaudry was born on 29 November 1991 in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales.
As of 2012, he is a student working on a Bachelor of Design Studies.
He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the event. He lived in Seven Hills, New South Wales for fifteen years, but considers Seaton, South Australia his hometown. He has three sisters, Emma, Melissa and Rachel Gaudry.
Other sports he plays include golf and touch football.
Gaudry started gymnastics in 2002 as a ten-year-old, and enjoys the thrill and adrenaline aspects of lieutenant He has set a goal of earning a medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
His first coach was Sarah Barnitt at the Castle Hill gymnastics club While living in Seven Hills, he was coached by Michelle Olsen.
Belinda Wakeham from Ryde RSL Club then became his coach before Gaudry moved to Adelaide.
He has been on scholarship for the trampoline at the South Australian Sports Institute in Adelaide for four years, where he is coached by Nikolay Zhuralev, trains at the State Aquatic Centre and represents the Institute and T-Jets in club competitions. In 2011, he finished seventh. In the 2007 Junior Australian championships, he finished eighth.
Gaudry competed at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Championships where he finished 51st, 18th and 16th respectively.
At the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships he finished first in the synchro event. In January 2012 at the Olympic Test event in London, his fifth place finish earned Australia an Olympic spot.
He then earned his own spot at the national championships in June. Gaudry will represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in men"s trampoline, and, as the third Australian gymnast named to the Olympic team, will be Australia"s only trampoline competitor.
At the Games, he will be 20 years old.
His family had to pay A$240 a ticket to watch him in London as Gymnastics Australia was only able to secure two tickets per gymnast. Blake was chosen with 3 other Olympic athletes to meet Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall at the beginning of the men"s road cycling race at the 2012 London Olympics.