Jija (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Dancing. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Student

English, Teaching - University Putra Malaysia: Malaysia

English, Malay

Yulia Ivanova [national], RUS; Lidia Legotina [national], RUS

2016

In 2016 she tore the meniscus cartilage in both knees. She put off surgery to make the 2017 South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and then underwent rehabilitation at the National Sports Institute in Kuala Lumpur. She went on to win two gold medals at the 2017 South East Asian Games. The injury continued to trouble her and in January 2021 she decided to have surgery for the meniscus tear in her left knee, and returned to training in May that year. (malaymail.com, 10 Dec 2021; bharian.com.my, 25 May 2021; thestar.com.my, 26 Jan 2021, 03 Jul 2017; Instagram profile, 23 Jan 2021)

She took up the sport at age five.

She fell in love with the movements, the leotards and the different equipment used in the sport. "My mother was a yoga instructor, so she kind of introduced me to the sport. My first idol was [Malaysian rhythmic gymnast] Amy Kwan. I saw her once competing back then and thought, 'How beautiful!'"

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (prestigeonline.com, 10 Sep 2022)

Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Anna Bessonova. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Her mother. (prestigeonline.com, 10 Sep 2022)

"My mindset is that you must stick to your principles and finish what you start." (prestigeonline.com, 10 Sep 2022)

In 2022 she was named in Prestige magazine's '40 Under 40', which honours Malaysia's most successful, innovative, and influential young people. (prestigeonline.com, 10 Sep 2022)

In 2019 she received the Best Sportsgirl Award from the Malaysian Ministry of Education and School Sports Council. (thestar.com.my, 12 Apr 2019)

BOOK
In 2022 she published her autobiography '18 Years of the Life of a Gymnast'. "After a fruitful 18 years being in this competitive sport, we have finally made it through and we are coming out with a biography-coffee table book that composes my story since the very beginning to the end of my era as a gymnast." (Instagram profile, 15 Dec 2022, 16 Oct 2022)