Maria Holpore will pass the moment of retirement from gymnastics, overcome her problems and represent Romania in the hottest competition in the world!
Maria Holpore (20) qualified for the Olympics during the most difficult time for Romanian gymnastics. At the 2019 World Cup in Stuttgart, the Romanian team had one of the weakest performances and finished 22nd out of 24 without qualifying for the Olympics.
Instead, Maria grabbed the ticket to Tokyo at the personal compound. The news engulfed the little girl who wanted to drop performance games in the summer of 2019.
“I’m so proud of myself that I did not give up. I wanted to give up gymnastics. I had too many health issues. I did not want to continue. I said I would help the team in that World Cup. That’s what happened.”, Said gymnast Maria Holpure, who qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
“I don’t know if this is true or not.”
Maria received the news of the qualification with tears, and the first person she called was her mother.
“I don’t know if this is true … everyone told me, I only qualified for the Olympics, I could only go there. The first time I called my mom, she started to cry, I cried for this qualification too, I’m so sorry I did not win the team a second time.”, Qualifies individual gymnast Maria Holpur to qualify for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Maria’s plan before the Olympics is to be a Spartan, preparing athletes six hours a day, six days a week.
“I train for three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. I have some problems with my ankles. I am very well physically and mentally. I still need to work on my emotions.”, Tokyo Olympics qualifier individual gymnast Maria Holpur has been acknowledged.
He relaxes by drawing
Although he has a busy schedule, Maria also devotes time to the act of calming herself down.
I paint… They are ready-made paintings, I only put colors in them! You need to take care of them, you need a lot of time. “, Said gymnast Maria Holpure, a qualified individual at the Tokyo Olympics.
Maria qualified for the 54th Olympics
At the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Maria Holpore met Olympic criteria and qualified for the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo from 54th place.
Romania’s women’s gymnastics team finished 22nd in the world qualifiers and missed the Olympics in 24 matches. The United States, Russia, China, France, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Japan and Spain are the only countries where gymnasts have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
At the age of 5, he entered a gym
Maria went to a gym for the first time when she was 5 years old.
“I was selected from kindergarten and the next day I started this game”, He recalled Maria Holpore, qualified gymnast at the Tokyo Olympics.
To do performance sports and especially gymnastics, you also need sacrifices, the sacrifices Maria made when she was selected for the junior team.
“When I left home at the age of 12 and a half, I was selected for the junior team from Deva. “, Said gymnast Maria Holpure, a qualified individual at the Tokyo Olympics.
He underwent tendon surgery
The athlete wanted to quit gymnastics several times due to medical issues and injuries.
Since 2017, the tendon has had a pain that made it jump harder on the leg every time it landed. He paused, turned, the pain reappeared, stopped, and then continued.
“The pain started again in 2019. I wanted to retire. When I didn’t know what to do, I had a break in the summer, but eventually I said I was going to the World Cup. At the end of November I had surgery in Vienna.”, Said gymnast Maria Holpure, a qualified individual at the Tokyo Olympics.
As for the Olympics, Maria says she doesn’t want to put pressure on herself and knows she will have strong competition in Tokyo.
“They are athletes from many countries, they have more difficulty in fitness. I want to do my coordination better. I’m glad my dream came true when I started doing gymnastics: to go to the Olympics.”, Qualified gymnast Maria Holpore to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
