Athlete

Belak Teja

Ljubljana, Slovenia

155 cm / 5 ft 1 in cm / 48 kg / 106 lb kg

Info

Hobbies

Cycling, shopping, cleaning. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017; rtvslo.si, 01 Mar 2017)

Occupation

Athlete, Serves in the Army

Spoken languages

English, Slovene

Club

GD Zelena Jama [Ljubljana, SLO]

Coach

Andrej Mavric [national], SLO (sportklub.si, 02 Sep 2017)

Injuries

An ankle injury ruled her out of the 2018 World Cup event in Osijek, Croatia. (siol.net, 25 May 2018)

She required six months of rehabilitation after undergoing surgery on her Achilles tendon in 2014. (dnevnik.si, 20 Apr 2015; world-cup-ljubljana.si, 25 Mar 2015)

She struggled with a foot injury in 2013. (intlgymnast.com, 12 Sep 2013)

Start sporting career

She took up the sport at age six in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She began competing two years later. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017)

Reason for taking up the sport

She lived across the road from a gym, and her mother enrolled her in gymnastics classes because she was so lively. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to coach young gymnasts after retiring. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017; govori.se, 21 Nov 2016)

Trainings

She trains five days a week, for up to five hours a day. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017)

Awards

She was named the 2014 and 2015 Female Artistic Gymnast of the Year by the Gymnastics Association of Slovenia. (Gimnasticka Zveza Slovenije, 31 Jan 2016; klubrg-narodnidom.si, 24 Jan 2015)

Last update : 2018-06-08

Contacts

Athlete

Belak Teja

Ljubljana, Slovenia

155 cm / 5 ft 1 in cm / 48 kg / 106 lb kg

Info

Hobbies

Cycling, shopping, cleaning. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017; rtvslo.si, 01 Mar 2017)

Occupation

Athlete, Serves in the Army

Spoken languages

English, Slovene

Club

GD Zelena Jama [Ljubljana, SLO]

Coach

Andrej Mavric [national], SLO (sportklub.si, 02 Sep 2017)

Injuries

Start sporting career

She took up the sport at age six in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She began competing two years later. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017)

Reason for taking up the sport

She lived across the road from a gym, and her mother enrolled her in gymnastics classes because she was so lively. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to coach young gymnasts after retiring. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017; govori.se, 21 Nov 2016)

Trainings

She trains five days a week, for up to five hours a day. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017)

Awards

She was named the 2014 and 2015 Female Artistic Gymnast of the Year by the Gymnastics Association of Slovenia. (Gimnasticka Zveza Slovenije, 31 Jan 2016; klubrg-narodnidom.si, 24 Jan 2015)

Last update : 2018-06-08

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