Student

Economics - Zagreb School of Economics and Management: Croatia

Croatian, English

ZTD Hrvatski Sokol: Zagreb, CRO

She underwent ankle surgery in 2022. (Instagram profile, 04 Sep 2022)

She took up the sport at age four at ZTD Hrvatski Sokol in Zagreb, Croatia.

"The summer before my fourth birthday, we were walking around the city and saw some acrobats, and later I found out that they were gymnasts. I had a great time doing somersaults, flying in the air, and I immediately told my mum and dad that it was that, the sport I wanted to do. Mum and dad actually enrolled me in gymnastics because it was a basic sport, they thought to leave me there for two or three years until I developed a little coordination, however it was love at first sight."

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (vecernji.hr, 20 Sep 2021)

"I train all-around every day. I do all the equipment mainly because it is much easier to qualify for the Olympic Games and other big competitions through all-around."

Winning gold on balance beam at the 2020 World Cup event in Szombathely, Hungary, and reaching two individual finals at the 2020 European Championships in Mersin, Turkiye. (womeninadria.com, 16 Aug 2023)

Croatian alpine ski racer Ivica Kostelic. (sportske.jutarnji.hr, 10 Oct 2020)

"You should always fight, never give up, no matter how hard it is. You should always do your best because all that effort will pay off. Sport is here to remind us every day how important it is to work on yourself, both physically and mentally." (womeninadria.com, 16 Aug 2023)

SPORT AND STUDIES
In 2021 she began studying at Zagreb School of Economics and Management in Croatia. "I train for five or six hours a day, and there are also obligations at the university and it is not easy for me at all. There is not much difference between college and high school, because going to classes takes up my time equally. It is important that I still have the motivation to take sports seriously." (vecernji.hr, 20 Sep 2021)

PSYCHOLOGY
She has worked with a sports psychologist to help maintain her mental fitness. "I myself have been in that state when you ask yourself 'how to proceed' and you have had enough of everything. These are the moments when the brain wants one thing and the body just can't. Talking to a psychologist helps a lot. I have been cooperating with [sports psychologist] Renata Baric for three years [speaking in 2021] and she helps me a lot." (vecernji.hr, 20 Sep 2021)