Anica Profitt

is 13 years old

She started gymnastics about 4 years ago.

She is a grade 8 student at the ACE School in Swakopmund.

Anica is a Junior Olympic (FIG) rhythmic gymnast

and works with apparatus such as rope, hoop, ribbon

and ball in her individual routines.

Being very supple and also very strong is a prerequisite of becoming

a top rhythmic gymnast she says.

Anica represented the Namibia Gymnastics Federation

twice at the Zone 6 competition

and received gold team medals every time.

She also represented the NGF at the SA Games

when she still did the levels program.

Training 3 hours a day at the Walvis Bay Gymnastics Club with coach Roumiana Kostin,

gave her the opportunity to develop her skills and to travel .

She says it’s also a wonderful way to meet other people

who love the sport as much as she does.

Gymnastics has also ensured a sense of commitment and determination and brought an increased concentration level for her school work.

Anica’s dream is to represent Namibia at the Olympics one day.

To her being a member of the team that brought back gold team medals

at the Zone 6 competitions for Namibia and

being named her club’s rhythmic gymnast of the year are her greatest achievements to date.

Her role model is Anna Bessonova, the World Champion.

‘She is my role model because she did not allow politics (sometimes bad) in the sport to bring her down’, states Anica.

To her it is 100% better to spend your time in the gym and

not on the streets and if you persist, you will also travel the world one day.