Hobbies
Hiking. (Instagram profile, 05 Jul 2023)
Occupation
Athlete, Coach
Family
Wife Hana
Spoken languages
English, Russian
Club
SK Hradcany: Prague, CZE
Milestones
He became the first artistic gymnast representing Albania to win a medal at the European championships by claiming gold on pommel horse at the 2020 edition of the tournament in Mersin, Turkey. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Dec 2020; shqiptarja.com, 13 Dec 2020; lequipe.fr, 13 Dec 2020)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Instagram profile, 08 Aug 2021)
Trainings
He trains for about two hours a day.
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 08 Aug 2021)
Additional information
REPRESENTING ALBANIA
He competed for the Russian Federation earlier in his career. He made the switch to represent Albania in 2018. "When I didn't reach the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, I completely finished my sports career and moved to Prague to work as a coach. I didn't think about continuing my sports career. But during my working day as a coach I had some free time, so I started to train again and realised that actually I was still in not bad shape. And I was just lucky, because the director of the gym where I have been working is Albanian. This is how my Albanian story started." (intlgymnast.com, 06 May 2022, 19 Jan 2019)
Last update : 2024-07-22
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