Occupation
Athlete, Coach
Spoken languages
English, Estonian
Club
Glimmer Athletic Club [Scarborough, ON, CAN]
Coach
Janika Molder [club, mother], EST (vkjanika.ee, 02 Mar 2016)
Sporting relatives
Her mother Janika Molder is a former world champion in rhythmic gymnastics. (olympic.ca, 31 May 2019)
National Team
2019 (gymcan.org, 01 Aug 2019)
Start sporting career
She began taking gymnastics lessons at age two. (olympic.ca, 31 May 2019)
Reason for taking up the sport
She would go to the gym with her mother, who was a coach, when she was still a baby. (olympic.ca, 31 May 2019)
Rituals
She always talks to her grandmother before competing. (olympic.ca, 31 May 2019)
Philosophy / Motto
"Never lose faith, never say you can't, because you can. Just believe, everything is possible." (glimmerathletic.com, 29 Aug 2019)
Additional information
General
MOVE TO CANADA
In 2013 her family relocated from Estonia to Canada. She represented Estonia at the world championships in 2014 and 2015, but in December 2018 the International Gymnastics Federation [FIG] approved her request to switch nationality from Estonia to Canada. She made her debut for her new country at the 2019 World Cup event in Baku, Azerbaijan. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Sep 2019; Instagram profile, 03 Sep 2019; olympic.ca, 31 May 2019; gymnastics.sport, 04 Dec 2018)
OCCUPATION
She works as a gymnastics show organiser. (olympic.ca, 31 May 2019)
Last update : 2019-09-04
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