Hobbies
Ballet, cycling. (efe.com, 08 Sep 2021)
Occupation
Athlete, Coach, Student
Education
Criminology - National Distance Education University [UNED]: Madrid, ESP
Spoken languages
Catalan, English, Italian, Spanish
Club
Club Esportiu Xelska: Palma de Mallorca, ESP
Coach
Pedro Mir [club], ESP
Other sports
She has competed in road cycling at regional level in Mallorca, Spain. (ultimahora.es, 07 Jul 2021)
Injuries
She has undergone surgery on her right knee five times, and on her left knee four times. A knee injury ended her chances of competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and she then had her fourth left knee operation in September 2021. (marca.com, 06 Oct 2018; gymnovosti.com, 09 Oct 2018; arabianpunchfront.blogspot.com, 01 Aug 2018; diariodemallorca.es, 06 Jun 2021; efe.com, 08 Sep 2021)
Start sporting career
She took up the sport at age three.
Reason for taking up the sport
She became interested in gymnastics after watching her sister practise it. "I would always go pick her up [from the gym] with my mother. I saw her doing gymnastics and I fell in love with the sport. Ever since I started, I haven't been able to stop."
Trainings
She trains at the Technical Sports Centre of the Balearic Islands [CTEIB] in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Hero / Idol
Romanian artistic gymnast Catalina Ponor. (marca.com, 06 Oct 2018)
Most influential person in career
Her mother, and coach Pedro Mir. (gymnasticsbeambars.blogspot.com, 11 Mar 2015; marca.com, 06 Oct 2018)
Philosophy / Motto
"If you work with passion constantly, and you give it your all, it may go wrong, but most likely it will go well." (arabianpunchfront.blogspot.com, 01 Aug 2018)
Awards
In 2019 she received the Gymnastics Award from the Ramon Grosso Foundation in Madrid, Spain. (femaddi.org, 19 Mar 2019)
Additional information
ROAD CYCLING
Having struggled with knee problems throughout her career, another knee injury ruled her out of the 2020 Olympic Games, and she then decided to begin participating in road cycling competitions in Spain. Previously she had incorporated cycling into her fitness routine. In September 2021 she had knee surgery that was expected to require up to 10 months of rehabilitation, and she said that after she recovered, she hoped to combine gymnastics and competitive cycling. "Cycling has always complemented my training and helped to keep me in shape. In the future, if I'm able to combine it with gymnastics I will definitely do it. I love the aerobic effort required on the bike." (efe.com, 08 Sep 2021)
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