Background
Brennan was born on 18 January 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, and considers Berwick, Victoria, her hometown.
Brennan was born on 18 January 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, and considers Berwick, Victoria, her hometown.
At the 2007 national championships, she finished third in the floor, fourth in the balance beam, eighth in the all around, 12th in the uneven bars, and sixteenth in the vault. In 2008, she finished second on the floor, third in the balance beam, uneven bars, and all around event. In 2011, she finished second in the floor and balance beam, and fifth in the vault and all around.
She participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the team event. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is also the sister of Berwick football player, Tom Brennan.
She was nominated for a Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Spirit Award.
Brennan is an all-around specialist who got started when she was seven. Before practice and competitions, she drinks coffee.
Brennan made her senior Australian National Championship debut in 2007, having missed 2004, 2005 and 2006 because of injury. She did not compete in 2009.
In 2012, she finished first in the all around, third in the balance beam and floor, sixth in the uneven bars and eighth in the vault.
At the 2006 and 2010, she earned a gold in the team event. She earned a silver in the floor in 2006 and a bronze in the floor in 2010. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished sixth in the team event.
She has placed in several other competitions.
At the 2011 Doha World Cup, she finished second in the balance beam and floor. At the 2012 Gymnix International, she finished second in the floor, third in the all around and balance beam, eighth in the vault and tied for seventeenth in the uneven bars.
At the 2012 Doha World Cup, she finished second in the balance beam and fifth on the floor. She earned a bronze medal in the floor and balance beam events.
The event was part of the Australian national team Olympic qualifying process.
2012 Summer Olympics Brennan was part of the 2012 Olympic Qualifying team that finished sixth. In June 2012, she was one of twelve Australian gymnasts vying to earn a final spot on the Olympic squad at a training session for the national team at the Australian Institute of Sport. At the same time, she was one of three Australian female gymnasts who were confirmed to be going to the Games alongside Lauren Mitchell and Emily Little.
She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in women"s artistic gymnastics, and was selected to compete in the women"s team event.
Her Olympic training preparations included learning how to deal with flash photography with strobe lighting used at practice and being exposed to distracting noises. Brennan qualified in 28th place for the individual all-around final with a score of 54.232 on 29 July, contributing to the Australian team"s tenth place finish during qualification.
In the all-around final on 2 August, she placed 20th with a score of 55.332. Brennan retired from gymnastics in November 2012 to pursue a career in sports science.
As a member of the 2012 Australian senior squad, Brennan was coached by Peggy Liddick.