Imke Glas

Imke Glas (born 30 August 1994) is a Dutch artistic gymnast.

Imke Glas
Full nameImke Glas
Country representedNetherlands
Born (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994
Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands
HometownBroek op Langedijk, Netherlands
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelJunior International Elite
GymBATO Haarlem
Head coach(es)Katarina Sarisska

Personal life

Glas was born on 30 August 1994 in Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands. She has two siblings.

Gymnastics career

Glas began gymnastics at the age of three when her parents took her to a local gym, BSV / ODIS. Glas was one of the most promising junior elite gymnasts on the Dutch Junior National Team and was a contender to compete at the 2008 European Junior Gymnastic Championships.[1] However, on 26 October 2007 she was severely injured in an accident on vault.[2]

While in training, Glas was performing a round-off half-on, a variation of the Yurchenko type vault,[3] when her hands missed the vault table and she fell on her head. She severely damaged her sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae, warranting extensive surgery in which neurosurgeons took a piece of her hip bone and placed it in her neck for stabilization. Glas and her family were told that she would never walk again, but she made a full recovery.[4][5]

References
  1. international Gymnast- May 2008
  2. The Gymblog- Dutch gymnast likely paralyzed
  3. Gymnastic Zone- Not the Way to Do it
  4. Imke Glas takes first steps in Heliomare- Noordhollands Dagblad
  5. The first steps of Imke Glas- De Stentor
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