Hobbies
Skateboarding, basketball, shopping, surfing. (usagym.org, 01 Jul 2022)
Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
English
Club
Jyvaskylan Voimistelijat: Finland
Coach
Pauliina Savola [national]; Kim Tanskanen [mother]; Juha Tanskanen [father]
Sporting relatives
Her father Juha won Finnish national titles in artistic gymnastics. Her uncle Jani also competed in the sport and won gold on the horizontal bar at the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her mother has worked as a gymnastics coach, and her parents own the Mega Fun and Fitness gym in Novi, MI, United States of America. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Sep 2023; Inside Gymnastics Magazine YouTube channel, 19 Jul 2023; lapinkansa.fi, 06 May 2023; mega-gym.com, 01 Jan 2023)
Start sporting career
She took up the sport in 2008.
Reason for taking up the sport
Her parents own a gym, and she loved watching the sport.
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Inside Gymnastics Magazine YouTube channel, 19 Jul 2023)
Philosophy / Motto
"Having the dream is easy, making it come true is hard." [Serena Williams] (Instagram profile, 02 Oct 2022)
Additional information
EDUCATION
She has been offered a gymnastics scholarship at the University of Missouri in the United States of America, and is due to begin studying at the institution in 2024. (lapinkansa.fi, 06 May 2023; Instagram profile, 02 Oct 2022; mega-gym.com, 01 Jul 2022)
Last update : 2024-07-22
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