Occupation
Athlete
Education
Mathematics - University of Tampere, Finland
Spoken languages
English, Finnish
Club
Rekolan Raikas Ry [Finland]
Coach
Titta Heikkila [national], FIN (vantaansanomat.fi, 14 May 2018)
Choreographer
Elena Holodova [national], RUS (vantaansanomat.fi, 14 May 2018)
National Team
2010 (tampereenvoimistelijat.fi, 11 Jun 2015)
Start sporting career
She took up gymnastics in 1999 at age four. (voimistelu.fi, 24 Jul 2015; tampereenvoimistelijat.fi, 03 Feb 2015)
Reason for taking up the sport
Her mother took her to gymnastics lessons. (fig-gymnastics.com, 01 Sep 2015)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tampereenurheiluakatemia.fi, 13 Nov 2016)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Finishing 17th in the all-around competition at the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, Turkey. (fig-gymnastics.com, 01 Sep 2015)
Hero / Idol
Chinese rhythmic gymnast Deng Senyue, Russian rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva. (fig-gymnastics.com, 01 Sep 2015)
Awards
She was the 2012 recipient of the Tapio Rautavaara Award, an award given to young Finnish athletes. (sivistysrahasto.fi, 01 Jan 2015)
Additional information
General
BALLET
As a child she also did ballet, and was a member of the Finnish National Opera Ballet. She was eventually forced to chose between ballet and rhythmic gymnastics at age 12, due to time constraints. (fig-gymnastics.com, 01 Sep 2015)
Last update : 2018-08-29