Tijana Korent is a Croatian artistic gymnast. She is a vault specialist, and she qualified for the vault event finals at the 2020 and 2013 European Championships. In 2013, she became the first Croatian female gymnast to qualify for an event final at the European Championships.
Tijana Korent was born on 27 April 1989, in Čakovec. Her mother put her into gymnastics classes at the age of four. She has a degree in sports management from the Polytechnic of Medimurje in Cakovec, and she speaks English in addition to Croatian. She wants to become a gymnastics judge after she retires. She currently works as an accountant, and she frequently volunteers at a cat shelter.
She competed at the 2006 World Championships where she finished 121st in the all-around with a score of 48.600. In 2007, she injured her ankle and could not compete for two years. She competed at the 2011 World Championships where she finished 18th on vault in the qualification round.
At the 2013 European Championships, she qualified to the vault event final where she finished in 8th place with a score of 13.183. This was the first time that a Croatian female had qualified for an event final at the European Championships.
During the 2019 FIG World Cup series, she won the bronze medal on vault at the World Cup in Mersin, Turkey, and the silver medal on vault at the World Cup in Guimaraes, Portugal. She qualified for the vault event final at the 2020 World Cup in Baku before the event finals were canceled due to COVID-19.
She competed at the 2020 European Championships along with Ana Đerek, Christina Zwicker, Tina Zelčić, and Petra Furač. The team finished in 6th place, and Korent finished 8th in the vault final.
At the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Korent finished sixteenth on vault during the qualification round.
Medal record Representing Croatia
| EIG World Cup | |||
| Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| World Challenge Cup | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The Artistic Gymnastics World Cup is a competition series for in 2007, she injured her ankle and could not compete for two years. Sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG).
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar catches up with Tijana Korent is an exceptionally talented Croatian artistic gymnast, winner of gold medal on vault at the 2023 World Cup, here she talks about her fitness routine, her diet, and her success story.
Namita Nayyar:
You were born in Čakovec, Croatia. Where did you have your early education? Your mother put you into gymnastics classes at the age of four. You have a degree in sports management from the Polytechnic of Medimurje in Cakovec. You competed at the 2006 World Championships where you finished 121st in the all-around with a score of 48.600.This later propelled your career to the height where for you became the first time a Croatian female gymnast had qualified for an event final at the European Championships. Tell us more about your professional journey of exceptional hard work, tenacity, and endurance?
Tijana Korent:
Well, my gymnastics career started off at young age, I was 4 when I first stepped in to the gymnastics hall, and fell in love with the sport.
There is a lot of hours of training that needs to be put in to it, before you can even go to your first competition, and this is probably the hardest thing about gymnastics, that sometimes, you can’t see the results as fast as you would want. But with a lot of support and encouragement from my family and friends (and later on my husband as well) I just kept going and believing in myself. And the results came after that. I am beyond proud being the first Croatian female gymnast to get in to the European championship finals, and writing the history of Croatian gymnastics.
Namita Nayyar:
It is a dream for a gymnast to play in the FIG World Cup. During the 2019 FIG World Cup series, you won the bronze medal on vault at the World Cup in Mersin, Turkey, and the silver medal on vault at the World Cup in Guimaraes, Portugal. Tell us more about these spectacular achievements of yours?
Tijana Korent:
Of course it’s a dream being a part of such big competitions. You always hope that day will come, that you will come to a big stage and shine. And I managed to do it quite a few times. It makes me very happy but also it is a huge push forward giving you the inspiration to try and do more and to keep going. I also won gold in World cup in Bulgaria in 2023, and silver at World Cup in Koper 2024, and was 2nd at world challenge ranking list on vault for 2023 and 2024, so I’m hoping there is a lot more to come as well.
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