Student

English, French, Romanian

University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA]: United States

In 2020 she underwent surgery on her left ankle. (intlgymnast.com, 13 Mar 2022)

She was affected by a foot injury at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. (International Gymnast, 01 Dec 2019)

She injured her left foot on landing a double pike somersault on floor exercise prior to the 2019 Pan American Games. She had fractured the same foot in 2018. "As it was not yet healed from the former injury, that injury just caused more trauma to the ligaments and bones that were already irritated." (International Gymnast, 01 Dec 2019)

In 2018 she sustained two avulsion fractures to her left foot after landing a vault awkwardly. (durhamregion.com, 08 Mar 2018)

She took up the sport at age four at the Gemini Gymnastics Club in Oshawa, ON, Canada.

To work as a sports physiotherapist. (intlgymnast.com, 13 Mar 2022)

Landing her routine in the balance beam final at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where she won silver. (uclabruins.com, 01 Dec 2021)

Canadian artistic gymnast Elsabeth Black. (uclabruins.com, 01 Dec 2021)

"Good is not good enough when better is expected." (Facebook profile, 14 Feb 2021)

In 2017 she was named Gymnastics Canada's Junior Athlete of the Year. (durhamregion.com, 08 Mar 2018)

OLYMPIC DISAPPOINTMENT
In 2020 she deferred her enrolment at the University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] by a year while preparing for the 2020 Olympic Games. However, her recovery from ankle surgery took longer than expected, and she ultimately gave up on her goal of competing at the 2020 Games. "That summer [mid-2020], because the Olympics were postponed, I decided to get surgery. It was a longer recovery than I thought it would be, and I did rush back trying to get to the Olympics, and that made things not so good. So I decided to make the hard decision of bypassing the Olympics, and restarting my recovery, so I could get all my strength and mobility back. That was very mentally challenging and really tested my patience a lot of days, but I also got the opportunity to really enjoy life in that moment and spend time with my family, and just do some things I'd never done before in the summer [2021]. I don't regret my decision. I was definitely really upset and there were a lot of days I spent crying about it, but I don't regret it." (intlgymnast.com, 13 Mar 2022; Instagram profile, 14 Sep 2020)

GROWTH SPURT
She had to adapt her routines after she grew about two inches between the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, and May 2019. "Bars is the event it takes the most toll on. Especially my stoop skills since the timing has to be really precise, and every time my centre of gravity changes [ie. she grows] then I have to readjust, and it just feels like a never-ending cycle. I think it'll be better soon." (flogymnastics.com, 20 May 2019)

HERITAGE
Her parents Cristinel and Aida relocated from Romania to Canada in 2000. "I am part of the Romanian community [in Canada] and I speak Romanian at home, and at church. I very much enjoy the Romanian traditions and holidays, and I am happy to help and participate." (International Gymnast, 01 Mar 2019)