Athlete, Coach, Personal Trainer

Physical Education, Sports and Recreation Studies - KHK Turnhout: Belgium

Partner Karl

Dutch, English

Ambitious Pro Gymnastics: Puurs, BEL

Elyne de Meyst [club, national]

She took up recreational gymnastics at age nine at ARK Lille in Belgium.

To compete at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, AL, United States of America. (hln.be, 27 Jun 2021)

COMEBACK
After having retired from the sport due to injuries, she decided to make a comeback in June 2020 after a four-year break. Her former partner, Elyne de Meyst, who now coaches at Ambitious Pro Gymnastics, persuaded her to make a comeback. "She called me because Yana Vastavel, one of the girls in the team, had to retire because of a back injury. I knew I couldn't let this opportunity go and said yes. My partner and parents know how much I loved acrobatics and they knew that I would have loved to have a different ending to my career when I retired. I had to take up this challenge, because otherwise I would regret not taking the chance." (gva.be, 15 Mar 2022; ambitious-pro-gymnastics.be, 19 Jun 2020; innerme.eu, 2020; Facebook profile, 16 Jun 2020; morethangym.be, 01 Jun 2020)

COACH
Besides being an elite gymnast, she combines her 27 hours of training with her work as a CrossFit coach at CrossFit Mechelen, Belgium and a personal trainer at Keep it Moving in Kapelle op den Bos, Belgium. (Facebook profile, 30 May 2022; Instagram profile, 26 Apr 2022; Auto's Verschueren Facebook page, 30 Mar 2022; innerme.eu, 2020)