Top gymnastics coach fined after assaulting two female teen athletes

Key points

• A gymnastics coach, Jamie Glen Cannon, 49, has been fined $2,500 and no conviction was recorded after pleading guilty to four charges of common assault. The offences against two teenage gymnasts, aged 13 and 15 at the time, occurred in 2022 and 2023 at a Sunshine Coast club.
• Judge Amanda McDonnell accepted there was no sexual intent but said Cannon acted in an overly familiar way. One victim said she quit gymnastics entirely.
• Cannon has offered a written apology and $1,000 to each victim.