Athlete

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Burlington Trampoline and Tumbling: Canada

Teresa Mikola [club]

He took up artistic gymnastics at age three and began training in trampolining in 2015. "I was put in a pretty high level to start because I had the background in [artistic] gymnastics but I didn't think I would get super high up until I started getting through the levels really fast and then I thought I could do this, I could go far with this."

He practised artistic gymnastics while he was growing up and switched to trampolining due to a shoulder injury. "I started off in [artistic] gymnastics and got pretty good and then had a shoulder injury and that kind of pushed me away from gymnastics because I didn't have the same flexibility in my shoulder as before. I still had that spatial awareness and heard about a friend who was doing [trampolining] and thought it might be cool thing to do so I went there and tried it and it turned out I was pretty good at it."

Winning gold in double mini trampoline at the 2019 World Age Group Championships in Tokyo, Japan. (Gymnastics Ontario Facebook page, 12 Feb 2021)

He listens to rap music before competitions. (Gymnastics Ontario Facebook page, 24 Feb 2021)

He was named 2019/20 Junior Athlete of the Year in Trampoline Gymnastics by Gymnastics Canada. (Burlington Trampoline and Tumbling Facebook page, 23 May 2020)