{"id":30,"date":"2024-09-07T21:39:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2024-09-08T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T12:55:27","slug":"acrobatic-gymnastics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/acrobatic-gymnastics\/","title":{"rendered":"My life before sitski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started acrobatic gymnastics when I was just 5 years old at <strong>Creative Schelle<\/strong>, where I quickly fell in love with tumbling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 480 \/ 480;\" width=\"480\" controls src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2024-09-07-at-21.39.23-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>At the same time, I began my journey in acro at <strong>Ambitious Pro Gymnastics<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.38.52-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It didn\u2019t took long till I got to compete for the first time as a top with <strong>Femke<\/strong> in the \u201cI\u201d category.\u00a0We won a lot of medals in the Belgian competition and ended our season with a fourth place in a higher level internationally. Alltough we didn\u2019t took home a medal, a 4th place was completely unexpected after only training for a month in that level. From there, things took off quickly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC1806-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC1806-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC1806-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC1806-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC1806-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC1806-1368x2048.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC1806-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"382\" data-id=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20180304_174130_CDGP2046-600x900-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20180304_174130_CDGP2046-600x900-2.jpg 421w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20180304_174130_CDGP2046-600x900-2-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new partnership and again a lot of Belgian medals and really high scores for technicality and artistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not long after, I had the chance to compete internationally again. Together with my partners <strong>Alina <\/strong>and <strong>Anika<\/strong>, we headed to Portugal for the <strong>MIAC <\/strong>competition, where we took home a silver medal! The excitement from that achievement only pushed me to work harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"34\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53868501_308274086550675_3500108753775099904_n-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53868501_308274086550675_3500108753775099904_n-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53868501_308274086550675_3500108753775099904_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53868501_308274086550675_3500108753775099904_n-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53868501_308274086550675_3500108753775099904_n-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53868501_308274086550675_3500108753775099904_n-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53868501_308274086550675_3500108753775099904_n-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/54434126_2093844960735432_625575648953368576_n-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/54434126_2093844960735432_625575648953368576_n-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/54434126_2093844960735432_625575648953368576_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/54434126_2093844960735432_625575648953368576_n-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/54434126_2093844960735432_625575648953368576_n-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/54434126_2093844960735432_625575648953368576_n-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/54434126_2093844960735432_625575648953368576_n-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" data-id=\"35\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC02178-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC02178-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC02178-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC02178-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC02178-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC02178-2048x1154.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The next year, again a new partnership, in the A category this time, again Belgian medals and I returned to the <strong>Maia International Acro Cup<\/strong>, this year partnering with <strong>Sofie Jaeken<\/strong>, and we won <strong>gold<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"41\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is 2020-03-07-08.19.57-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-07-08.20.10-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-07-08.20.10-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-07-08.20.10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-07-08.20.10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-07-08.20.10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-07-08.20.10.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"38\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-11-14.41.02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-11-14.41.02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-11-14.41.02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-11-14.41.02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-11-14.41.02-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2020-03-11-14.41.02.jpg 1661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But shortly after coming back to Belgium, the world changed as we went into lockdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though everything stopped, I kept training on my own, determined not to lose progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.01.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That year, some other incredible thing happened: at 10 years old, I was invited to join <strong>Topsport Vlaanderen in Ghent<\/strong> as the youngest gymnast on the team. Moving to boarding school and training with <strong>Lauren and Sofie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 480 \/ 480;\" width=\"480\" controls src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2024-09-08-at-11.44.03.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and later with <strong>Tuur<\/strong> under the guidance of <strong>Elyne<\/strong> and <strong>Sergei<\/strong>, the top coaches for acrobatic gymnastics in Belgium, was an incredible step in my journey as a young athlete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-07-at-21.39.57.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>All of that stopped when we found out that I have a rare bone disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started acrobatic gymnastics when I was just 5 years old at Creative Schelle, where I quickly fell in love with tumbling. At the same time, I began my journey in acro at Ambitious Pro Gymnastics. It didn\u2019t took long till I got to compete for the first time as a top with Femke in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/acrobatic-gymnastics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees verder<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My life before sitski&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.martegoossen.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}