Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
English, Portuguese
Club
Centro Norton de Matos [Coimbra, POR]
Coach
Nina Chevts [national], RUS; Darina Vasileva [national], BUL (jm-madeira.pt, 20 May 2017)
Start sporting career
She took up rhythmic gymnastics at age seven. (asbeiras.pt, 31 Aug 2015)
Reason for taking up the sport
"I first did ballet, but when I was on a summer holiday in the Algarve [in Portugal] I saw the Olympics on television. I fell in love with the sport and asked my mother if I could switch from ballet to rhythmic gymnastics. I tried a class and never looked back." (diarioaveiro.pt, 12 May 2016; asbeiras.pt, 31 Aug 2015)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (aprmovies.blogspot.pt, 12 May 2016)
Trainings
She trains five times a week, for around five hours a day. (aprmovies.blogspot.pt, 12 May 2016)
Most influential person in career
Coach Nina Chevts. (aprmovies.blogspot.pt, 12 May 2016)
Additional information
General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2017 she appeared on the Portuguese television programme 'Os Extraordinarios' [The Extraordinary Ones], making it to the final of the show. (diarioleiria.pt, 03 Jan 2017; media.rtp.pt, 03 Jan 2017)
Last update : 2017-08-08