Nickname
Yosha, Alexi (Instagram profile, 30 Oct 2019)
Hobbies
Cooking, coffee, mixed martial arts. (usagym.org, 29 Jun 2021)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Political Science - University of Louisiana at Lafayette: United States
Spoken languages
English, Russian
Club
Trampoline and Tumbling Express: Lafayette, LA, USA
Sporting relatives
His father Alexandr Chostak represented Belarus in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Nov 2022; usagym.org, 29 Jun 2021)
International senior debut
2012
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age six and participated in his first competition in 2002 at the Trampoline and Tumbling Express club in Lafayette, LA, United States of America.
Reason for taking up the sport
His parents were gymnastics coaches. After moving to the United States of America, he began practising artistic gymnastics. One day he became frustrated at not being able to perform well on pommel horse so he started jumping on a trampoline. "It was like freedom. You feel weightless in a way."
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (usagym.org, 30 Jul 2021)
Hero / Idol
Russian trampoline gymnast Dmitry Ushakov. (olympictrampolineacademy.com, 2015)
Philosophy / Motto
"You know us as athletes. We're so much more. We are artists, activists, dreamers, and doers. And we are unstoppable." (Instagram profile, 21 Apr 2021)
Additional information
MOVE TO THE UNITED STATES
He was born in Minsk, Belarus. Both of his parents are artistic gymnastic coaches, and when he was six the whole family relocated to the United States of America. (usagym.org, 30 Jul 2021, 29 Jun 2021)
Last update : 2024-07-22
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