International Honours
Richardson placed 19th all-around at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, China. She placed 16th all-around at the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ghent, Belgium.
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, Richardson became Commonwealth All-Around Champion, also winning gold on Balance Beam. She competed for Canada at two Summer Olympic Games - Sydney 2000, where she placed 15th all-around, and Athens 2004, where she qualified for the Floor Exercise final, placing 7th. She was the first Canadian woman to qualify for an Olympic final. Even more remarkable was the fact that she qualified for the Olympics while competing in the NCAA, a feat not achieved in women's gymnastics since Kelly Garrison Steves in 1988. Fellow Bruin Mohini Bhardwaj also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, after her NCAA career was completed.
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