Spending time with family and friends, going to the cinema, walking. (noticias.up.pt, 18 Jan 2016)
OccupationAthlete
EducationSports Science - University of Porto, Portugal
Spoken languagesEnglish, Portuguese
ClubSport Clube do Porto [Portugal]
CoachCristina Gomes [club], POR; Jose Ferreirinha [national], POR (ammagazine.pt, 21 Apr 2017; wagtrainingcamp.sunlive.pt, 28 Aug 2017)
InjuriesShe required operations on her right ankle in both September and October 2016. She returned to full training in January 2017. (Facebook page, 06 Jan 2017)
Start sporting careerShe took up gymnastics at age four at Sport Clube do Porto in Portugal. (RTP YouTube channel, 02 Aug 2016; sol.pt, 16 Nov 2014)
Reason for taking up the sportThe mother of another child invited her to take up the sport after seeing her in the physical education classes in her kindergarten. (RTP YouTube channel, 02 Aug 2016; sol.pt, 16 Nov 2014)
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 06 Jan 2017; maisfutebol.iol.pt, 23 Sep 2016)
TrainingsShe trains six days a week, for between three and six hours a day. (RTP YouTube channel, 02 Aug 2016 )
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning the floor exercise at the 2014 World Cup event in Anadia, Portugal. (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 23 Sep 2016)
Hero / IdolUS gymnast Dominique Moceanu. (noticias.up.pt, 18 Jan 2016)
Philosophy / Motto"Gymnastics until I die." (Facebook page, 14 Sep 2017)
AwardsShe was named the 2015 Female Athlete of the Year by the Portuguese Sports Confederation [CDP]. (cdp.pt, 12 Nov 2015)
Last update : 2018-07-09
Medina Lorena
Spending time with family and friends, going to the cinema, walking. (noticias.up.pt, 18 Jan 2016)
OccupationAthlete
EducationSports Science - University of Porto, Portugal
Spoken languagesEnglish, Portuguese
ClubSport Clube do Porto [Portugal]
CoachCristina Gomes [club], POR; Jose Ferreirinha [national], POR (ammagazine.pt, 21 Apr 2017; wagtrainingcamp.sunlive.pt, 28 Aug 2017)
InjuriesShe required operations on her right ankle in both September and October 2016. She returned to full training in January 2017. (Facebook page, 06 Jan 2017)
Start sporting careerShe took up gymnastics at age four at Sport Clube do Porto in Portugal. (RTP YouTube channel, 02 Aug 2016; sol.pt, 16 Nov 2014)
Reason for taking up the sportThe mother of another child invited her to take up the sport after seeing her in the physical education classes in her kindergarten. (RTP YouTube channel, 02 Aug 2016; sol.pt, 16 Nov 2014)
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 06 Jan 2017; maisfutebol.iol.pt, 23 Sep 2016)
TrainingsShe trains six days a week, for between three and six hours a day. (RTP YouTube channel, 02 Aug 2016 )
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning the floor exercise at the 2014 World Cup event in Anadia, Portugal. (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 23 Sep 2016)
Hero / IdolUS gymnast Dominique Moceanu. (noticias.up.pt, 18 Jan 2016)
Philosophy / Motto"Gymnastics until I die." (Facebook page, 14 Sep 2017)
AwardsShe was named the 2015 Female Athlete of the Year by the Portuguese Sports Confederation [CDP]. (cdp.pt, 12 Nov 2015)
Last update : 2018-07-09