Athlete, Coach

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Kachan School of Tumbling and Performance: Windsor, NSW, AUS

Dzmitry Kachan [club]

2018

In June 2017 he fractured the tibia and fibula in his right leg at the national championships in Australia. He returned to training nine months later. (asf.org.au, 2019; Facebook page, 04 Jun 2018)

He began tumbling at age 10 at the Kachan School of Tumbling and Performance in Windsor, NSW, Australia.

"I got into this sport by mistake, I was 10 years old and had been playing rugby league since I was five. At the time my NRL [National Rugby League] idols would do a backflip when they scored a try, I wanted to be like my idols. I went to a local tumbling school with one goal in mind, to learn to backflip! It wasn't long before I was noticed to have what it takes to be a tumbler. My hours increased and tumbling became my sport."

He trains four days a week.

Winning gold in the men's tumbling at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Instagram profile, 07 Jan 2023)

Coach Dima Kachan. (Facebook page, 25 Aug 2019)

He uses visualisation techniques to help control his nerves during competitions. (asf.org.au, 2019)

"I want to be the best, and if I say I want to do something, I'll give it everything I've got to make sure I achieve it." (hawkesburygazette.com.au, 04 Apr 2022)

He was named Senior International Tumbling Athlete of the Year for 2022 by Gymnastics New South Wales in Australia. (Gymnastics NSW Facebook page, 12 Feb 2023)

OCCUPATION
He works as a tumbling coach at the Kachan School of Tumbling and Performance in Windsor, NSW, Australia. He has also worked at a turf farm. "I have two casual jobs, working for a turf farm laying turf and coaching, I am fortunate to coach two junior development squads at the club that I train, Kachan School of Tumbling and Performance. Because tumbling isn't an Olympic sport, I have to work a lot to save up and that's meant I can't train as much, which is frustrating. I won't give up though. I have a lot of confidence, which some people may see as cocky but I just have a lot of belief in myself." (Kachan School of Tumbling and Performance Instagram profile, 18 Sep 2023; asf.org.au, 29 Apr 2022; hawkesburygazette.com.au, 04 Apr 2022; kstp.com.au, 2019)

MEMORABLE INJURY
In June 2017 he fractured the tibia and fibula in his right leg at the national championships in Australia. He has since been posting a comeback video every year to celebrate his recovery. "On the 3rd of June 2017, I was competing in double mini trampoline at the Australian Championships and had a terrible accident, going sideways on my dismount, landing with one leg on the side of the crash mat, causing my tibia and fibula to snap. Every year I repost my one-year comeback video, which shows every step of my recovery from June 2017 to June 2018. I was told that I would never return to high level tumbling again. This made me hungry to prove everyone wrong. Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible. You can achieve anything you set your mind to." (Instagram profile, 19 Sep 2023, 03 Jun 2023; Facebook page, 03 Jun 2022; International Gymnast Magazine Facebook page, 16 Jun 2021)