Ten Questions with Vasiliki Millousi @ The Couch Gymnast

Ten Questions with Vasiliki Millousi

Vasiliki Millousi competed for Greece at the 2000 Olympics but first made fans sit up and take notice at the 2009 European Championships when she performed an intricate, innovative and elegant beam routine to qualify first into the beam finals, two tenths of a point in front of Romania’s Anamaria Tamirjan and Russia’s Ksenia Semeonova.  Sadly, mistakes cost her and she finished seventh in the final.  Since then, the Greek gymnast has been a regular in beam finals and has become renowned for the elegeance and style she brings to gymnastics.  No one has brought as much recognition to Greece for their lovely and difficult gymnastics since her countrywoman, Stefani Bismpikou.  Vasiliki started 2012 beautifully by winning a gold medal on her pet event at the 2012 Test Event in London.

What is your coach always having to remind you?

To have patience and faith

If you were to play any other sport, what would it be?

Football- its easier!

If you could change any rule in gymnastics, what would it be?

I wish I had a second chance.

What has been your proudest moment?

When I heard the national anthem in London , and it was for me.

What has been your most embarrassing moment?

When I injured my knee in Tokyo (Vasiliki injured her knee warming up vault, but was fine to compete)

What was the last thing you saw that made you go ‘wow’!

In the beam final in Tokyo, the routine of the first Chinese girl (Sui Lu!)

What is/was your best subject in school?

Literature.

What would make a perfect day for you?

The one after Olympic games- with good results!

If you could have the career of any other gymnast, who would it be and why?

I would be Svetlana Khorkina.  She had very nice career and finished it in the the best way!

What makes gymnastics so different from other sports?

It combines many sports and personas together.

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