DAY JOBS
(ANA RENTE)
(TRAMPOLINE, PORTUGAL / DOCTOR)
It's not worth doing something in life unless you enjoy it.
If we do things that we like
then we can be motivated to get better.
My name is Ana Rente, I live in Lisbon.
I'm a family doctor and I'm an Olympic trampoline gymnast.
(LISBON, PORTUGAL)
Usually my day starts at 08:00 in the health centre.
And then there is a rush to see the patients.
All right, you've already got a little bump.
Don't be scared, it's going to make some noise.
- Did you hear the heartbeat? - I did.
My medical career wasn't an immediate choice,
it wasn't a childhood dream of mine.
It came naturally with doing more sport
and a curiosity to know
a little more about the human body.
Like all children, I tried out many sports
to find out which I liked the most.
I tried judo, then swimming
and then gymnastics.
There were also trampolines at the club
and we used them to learn jumps for our acrobatics.
I really enjoyed that feeling of being on the trampoline,
of being able to fly a little.
I had a passion for the trampoline.
It was the logical progression in my sporting career.
And please welcome to the trampoline,
representing Portugal, Ana Rente.
Entering the Olympics Stadium in Beijing,
I felt immense joy.
I was very young, barely 20 years old
and we were being watched by millions of people.
The huge audience distracted me and it didn't allow me
to perform at my best.
My competition in London was easier.
I felt my previous experience in Beijing helped.
(LONDON 2012, RANKED: 11)
I really enjoyed London,
being able to compete again
in a stadium full of people.
I really enjoyed the competition,
it was a very beautiful moment.
My performance at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
was positive.
It didn't work out quite as I hoped.
The goal was to be a finalist,
to be in the top eight.
This didn't happen
in any of the three Olympics.
But when we cannot achieve our goals,
it gives us strength to improve in the future.
The Olympic Games
in Rio de Janeiro were special.
After the competition, under the Olympic rings...
...my boyfriend Gustavo proposed to me.
It was a beautiful moment.
(ANA'S FIANCE GUSTAVO SIMOES IS ALSO A GYMNAST
(AND IS STUDYING NUTRITION)
It makes life much easier,
with Ana being a great athlete and student.
She's chosen a difficult career
and often she is the one
pushing me in my studies because that will be my future.
At around 13:00, I break for lunch
for about an hour
and then I return to the health centre.
I stay there for the afternoon and see more patients.
It's always a tight schedule which is very tiring.
Diana is responsible for my medical residency.
She is a very special person to me.
She gives me support with my absence
due to my competitions and training.
She is always available to help and advise me.
Being a doctor is very hard.
I think Ana has a tremendous ability
to balance working 40 hours a week
and completing her studies.
I think you need unimaginable strength,
but she is a force of nature.
I feel that by the end of the day,
when I have to go to training, I'm very tired.
I feel that sometimes I don't make the most of training
because I'm having to combine my work and sports careers.
Before the Olympic Games in Rio,
I decided to stop my medical career for two months
to focus on my sporting career.
I felt that I was near physical and psychological exhaustion
and to do everything would be too much.
It's not just physical fatigue, it's also psychological,
knowing that every day is the same.
We work many hours every day
and then afterwards we have to train.
We have to be prepared physically and psychologically
to be able to improve and get better
during the training sessions.
That jump was spectacular!
Of course it's a dream to be able to compete
at the Olympic Games.
Right now I'm already training and I'm already competing,
knowing that it's going to be complicated,
and I'm living my life one day at a time.