Nickname
Ruru (Instagram profile, 13 Jan 2019)
Spoken languages
English
Club
Visions Gymnastics: Roodepoort, RSA
Coach
Derick Scholtz [personal]; Kevin Basson [national]
Start sporting career
He began gymnastics at age nine.
Reason for taking up the sport
"Gymnastics is the best sport in the world. Being very flexible and strong is the nicest part."
Milestones
He became the first South African to win a gymnastics medal at the Youth Olympic Games when he was part of the mixed NOC multi-discipline team [Team Simone Biles] that won gold at the 2018 Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Jun 2019; olympic.org, 10 Oct 2018)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 13 Jan 2019; krugersdorpnews.co.za, 01 Jun 2019)
Trainings
Her trains up to five hours a day, six days a week.
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (olympic.org, 10 Oct 2018; roodepoortnorthsider.co.za, 26 Oct 2018)
Additional information
GOING SOLO
He was South Africa's only representative at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Gyor, Hungary. "Travelling to these events, you can feel a little bit alone, it's taken me a while to get used to it. You have to stay more mentally focused when you're training without teammates. It's easy to get demotivated." (gymnastics.sport, 28 Jun 2019)
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