Jovi Loh

Name: Jia Le Jovi Loh

Name in Chinese Character: 罗家乐

Date of Birth: 14-05-2008

Height: 153cm 

Current School: Singapore Sports School

Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: I began gymnastics at 6 years old. I was an extremely active kid who loved to climb onto structures and swing around. I enjoyed the thrill of trying out dangerous stunts at the playground. My grandfather then suggested that I be enrolled in gymnastics classes to learn proper skills and techniques of doing physical manoeuvres safely.

First Club: Bazgym Gymnastics School

First Coach: Coach Bruce Dierl

Current Club: National Training Centre

Current Coach: Coach Park Gi Yong

Favourite apparatus: Floor Exercise

Favourite skill: Kovacs on Horizontal Bar

Most difficult skill to learn so far: Kolman on Horizontal Bar

Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: IAA score of 74.765 at Singapore Gymnastics National Championships 2024

Major Sporting Achievements:

• 2023 Junior World Championships held in Antayla, Turkey – 14th on the Parallel Bars 
• 2023 Junior World Championships held in Antayla, Turkey – 27th on the Floor Exercise
• IAA Gold at JRC Stars Artistic Championships 2023 held in Bangkok, Thailand
• 2023 Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships – 5th on the Parallel Bars 
• 2023 Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships – 9th on the Floor Exercise 
• 2023 Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships – 7th on the Pommel Horse 
• 2023 Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships – 14th Individual All-Around
• 2023 Junior Artistic Championships: 10th on the Parallel Bars
• 2022 National Championships - Gold for Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Vault and Parallel Bars, Silver for Still Rings and High Bar
• 2021 Singapore Gymnastics Classic (Inaugural) - Gold for Floor Exercise, Parallel Bars and High Bar, Silver for Still Rings and Bronze for Pommel Horse
• 16th International Clubs Tournament 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria - Gold for Floor Exercise, Still Rings and Vault, Bronze for Parallel Bars and Gold for Individual All-Around
• 27th PRIME Gymnastics Invitational 2019 - Gold for Floor Exercise and Parallel Bars, Silver for High Bar and Still Rings, Bronze for Vault, 4th placing in Pommel Horse and Gold for Individual All-Around
• 16th Singapore Open Gymnastics Championships 2019 - Scoring 13.066 for Floor Exercise

Competition Experiences:

• World Championships: 2023
• Asian Championships: 2023

Previous Sports Awards / MAP Awards received: 

• Best Sportsboy for Gymnastics (Artistic), Singapore Schools Sports Council Colours Award 2023 
• Singapore Gymnastics Annual Awards 2022 – International Athlete of the Year Award (Junior Men's Artistic Gymnastics)
• Singapore Gymnastics Annual Awards 2021 - National Athlete of the Year Award (High Performance - Men's Artistic Gymnastics)
• Singapore Gymnastics Annual Awards 2019 - National Athlete of the Year Award (High Performance - Men's Artistic Gymnastics)
• Singapore Gymnastics Annual Awards 2017 - National Athlete of the Year Award (Men’s Artistic Gymnastics)

Sporting motto or saying: No pain, no gain

Most admired sports person: Kohei Uchimura

Who is your favourite gymnast and why ? : Kohei Uchimura is my favourite gymnast as he is a skilful all-rounder who prioritises neatness and tidiness in his routines. He holds 6 World Champion titles, yet remains humble. His hard work and dedication to the sport is inspirational to all gymnasts.

Favourite music: K-pop

Favourite movie: Naruto

My favourite local dish is: Nasi Lemak is my favourite local dish because the rice cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf is particularly fragrant and scrumptious, and I can add different ingredients to the dish according to my preference. 

My main support group consist of: My teammates, my coach and my family.

If I was not an athlete, I would like to be: A food vlogger.

Top 3 items in my bucket list includes: 

• Bungee Jumping
• Skydiving 
• Going to Japan and trying all the different kinds of sushi and ramen. 

One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is: I love cheese.

What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?

A few years ago I sprained my ankle during training and had to go through a competition enduring the pain. That caused my ankle injury to worsen, so I had to stop doing Floor Exercise and Vault for a very long time. It was frustrating that my training was affected. I had to go through many sessions of physiotherapy and acupuncture before I started to recover gradually. I had to work doubly hard thereafter to catch up on my skills. It was a slow and painful process, but patience, perseverance and trust in the rehabilitation process saw me through this challenge eventually.