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Dina began Rhythmic Gymnastics at age four and competed until
the age of 17 when she reached Level 9. She has competed in many
competitions around the country as well as in Prague, Czech
Republic. She began coaching at the age of 13 and judging at the
age of 16. Following her high school graduation, Dina went to
college at UC San Diego and joined the UC San Diego Dancesport
team.
Dina’s experience in the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics has
continued to play a positive role in her life in these last four
years at UCSD. She took the conditioning, flexibility and
discipline that she gained from Rhythmic and applied it to a new
sport, Latin Ballroom dancing. Although the two sports are very
different, Dina’s background in rhythmic helped her excel
quickly. In November of 2008, she travelled with her dance team
to Ohio where they took home the formation team national title.
She has also consistently placed top three in couples amateur
competitions in the pre-novice/novice category.
While participating in ballroom dancing as well as coaching and
judging Rhythmic Gymnastics, Dina has consistently maintained a
straight A average in UCSD’s well regarded Economics Program.
She believes that the discipline she gained in rhythmic, as well
as the focused, efficient use of her academic study time that
she developed in order to maintain her after school rhythmic
training, have helped her to succeed and have given her an
advantage compared to many of her college peers.
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