Athlete, Student

Biomedical Science - University of Amsterdam: Netherlands

Dutch, English

Turnz Amsterdam Gymnastics: Netherlands

Jeroen Jacobs [national]

She tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her knee during training and underwent surgery in May 2022. (dutchgymnastics.nl, 10 Mar 2023)

She tore her Achilles tendon in 2013 and again in 2016. She now adapts some of her routines, especially on the floor exercise, to prevent any pain as a result of the injury. (gymnastics.sport, 18 Oct 2021; nos.nl, 14 Jun 2021)

She took up gymnastics in Deventer, Netherlands, and began competing at a high level at age nine.

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (dutchgymnastics.nl, 10 Mar 2023)

"What I think is really great about gymnastics is that there is no limit. If you think that everything is possible, you can learn a new twist, salto or landing. That makes everything new and exciting. There are always new goals that you can reach." (pushsports.eu, 26 Apr 2019)

EARLY DAYS
She was always one of the taller female gymnasts growing up, which she says was perceived negatively early in her career. "I'm a bit tall for a gymnast, and at the beginning of my career, there was the idea that a top gymnast had to be small and thin. Fortunately, that image has changed. With my 1.65 metres I always stood out above others, luckily not anymore. Gymnastics is now a very grown-up sport and not just for little, young girls anymore. We are now proving that again with the Dutch team." (destentor.nl, 16 Apr 2021)

OTHER STUDIES
After graduating from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 2017 with a degree in biomedical sciences, she began studying for a degree in philosophy at the same university. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2020)