South African Gymnastics CEO

For Tseko Mogotsi, the city of Odense (DEN) will always be the city of Trampoline and Tumbling. It was at the 2001 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Odense that Tseko Mogotsi and his South African teammates won the World silver medal in Men’s Team Tumbling, South Africa’s best-ever World finish in the discipline. …

What was your favorite skill to perform?

Tseko Mogotsi: “Double back salto to punch double front. I learned this skill by accident actually. The idea came during the Indo Pacific Championships in Japan 1995. I could not fit my eight skill pass on the tumbling track and came up with an idea to do 7 skills and a punch front as the last skill. The punch front just showed incredible potential that I started working on the double punch front.” …

Mogotsi: “There are three tumblers who made an impression on my tumbling, particularly because they were innovative:

• Rayshine Harris (USA) – The first to compete three double straight saltos in one pass.

• Alexander Kryjanovski (RUS) – The first to compete full in triple salto.

• Vladimir Ignatenkov (RUS) – The first to compete double straight with a quadruple twist. He was also very fast and powerful. Great to watch.” …

FIG interview – Tseko Mogotsi (RSA)