Hobbies
Cycling, shopping, cleaning. (revija-liza.si, 01 Aug 2017; rtvslo.si, 01 Mar 2017)
Family
Partner Ziga Silc, one son [2021]
Spoken languages
English, Slovene
Club
GD Zelena Jama: Ljubljana, SLO
Coach
Andrej Mavric [national], SLO
Sporting relatives
Her partner Ziga Silc has represented Slovenia in artistic gymnastics, and competed at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, People's Republic of China, as well as five editions of the European championships between 2007 and 2017. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Sep 2019; Instagram profile, 20 Jul 2019)
Injuries
She suffered an injury to her ankle at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Germany, which took her about a month to recover. (siol.net, 30 Sep 2022; rtvslo.si, 11 Aug 2022)
She was affected by a foot injury at the 2019 European Championships in Szczecin, Poland. (slovenskenovice.si, 15 Apr 2019)
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.
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.
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in vault at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. (siol.net, 30 Jun 2019)
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)
Additional information
RETURN TO COMPETITION
She did not compete in 2021 due to pregnancy, and returned to the international stage at the 2022 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt. (delo.si, 20 Mar 2022)
Last update : 2024-07-22
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