Sarah Elizabeth Deegan was born March 27, 1981 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada where she still resides. She was a honours student at Eastdale, until she graduated in June of 1999. She traines at Gemini Gymnastics Club. (See Retirement Note) Her coaches at Gemini are July Gerschovich and Elena Davydova (See IG Article). Her favourite colour is Blue, and her favourite food is Ice Cream. Sarah enjoys spending time at her cottage and Jet Skiing. Sarah is 5'1 tall.
Sarah has three brothers and a dog named Abbey. Some of the activities that she enjoys doing are downhill skiing and reading. She is Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique's Female Athlete of the year for 1997 and 1998.
Some of her competive highlights are:
1998 China Cup, Tianjin, CHN: 7th Beam, 8th Vault, 18th AA, 9th Team
1998 Canadian Championships, Hamilton: 6th AA, 3rd Floor, 8th Vault
1998 Sagit Cup, Vancouver: 3rd (tie) Floor, 8th Beam
1998 Visa American Cup, Fort Worth, TX: 9th Vault, 12th Bars, 14th Beam, 11th Floor, 13th All Around
1997 World Gymnastics Championships, Lausanne, SUI: 24th AA Finals, 8th Team, 19th Vault, 15th Floor qualification, 1998 World Cup series qualification
•1997 Canadian Championships, Ottawa: Senior All-Around Champion
•1997 Coupe Nationale Senior GAF, France: 7th AA, Silver medal Floor
•1997 Romanian International: 4th AA, 8th Vault, 7th Bars, 6th Beam, 7th Floor
•1997 Gymnix International, Montreal: 1st Vault, 3rd Bars, 3rd Floor, 5th Beam, 3rd AA
•1996 Elite Canada, Vancouver: 1st Beam, 2nd Vault, 2nd Floor, 6th Bars, 1st AA Ranking
•1996 Wimgym International, Montreal: 1st on all apparatus, 1st AA
•1995 National Championships, Vancouver: 1st Beam, 1st Floor, 4th Vault (Jr)
-Sarah had to petition into Elite Canada 1997 in Montreal Canada due to a lower back injury.