Hobbies
Tennis. (turnsupporter.nl, 05 Aug 2016)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Sports and Recreation - CIOS Heerenveen: Netherlands
Spoken languages
Dutch, English
Coach
Bram Van Bokhoven [national]
International senior debut
2010
Injuries
In 2017 he sustained an injury to his foot. (alphensnieuwsblad.nl, 03 Oct 2017)
He required surgery on a broken arm in 2010, and then suffered a shoulder injury. His recovery took a significant amount of time and he considered quitting the sport for a period. (lc.nl, 20 Jun 2015; sports2visuals.com, 05 Oct 2014)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age seven.
Reason for taking up the sport
"One day I went to the gym with my mother to pick up my sister. I was bored and sitting in the stands. The gymnastics coaches saw me doing a trick and thought I had a talent for the sport."
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (omropfryslan.nl, 17 Jun 2017)
Hero / Idol
Dutch gymnast Epke Zonderland. (Athlete, 05 Oct 2011)
Philosophy / Motto
"I have to be more arrogant and at the same time remain myself. Sometimes you need arrogance [but] I am not such a person. I always watch the cat from the tree, I should be more proactive. I often say to myself now, 'You see, you can do it. They did not choose you for nothing'." (lc.nl, 15 Apr 2017)
Awards
He was named the 2010 Male Athlete of the Year in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. (gympower.nl, 30 Dec 2010)
Additional information
OLYMPIC DETERMINATION
He missed out on a place on the Dutch Olympic team for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro and has set his sights on competing in Tokyo in 2020. "I am going to make sure that I am not in the same position for the next Olympics, the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. I will make sure that they can no longer get around me. I want to be there at every major tournament from now on. I now know I have talent." (omropfryslan.nl, 17 Jun 2017; lc.nl, 15 Apr 2017)
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