Manuela started practicing rhythmic gymnastics when she was eight. She was fond of the Angelina Ballerina local TV show, where a little mouse performed ballet routines. Manuela told her mom that she wants to have similar plasticity. However, there was no ballet school in her city. There was a gymnastics club instead. That is how the destiny of Manuela was decided upon. She dreams now of becoming the Olympic champion.

Hobbies: spending time with her family, traveling, movies, walking in the open, reading and dogs.