Hungarian girl with Down syndrome on stage
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Tímea Bőczy can do a standing split while twirling a baton in her hand. She also has Down syndrome, but you cannot tell when she is on stage, reports abcug.hu.
She has been training for 14 years, since the time her trainer recognized her extraordinary talent. Her family is poor, she cannot pay tuition and her doctors and special needs teachers did not encourage her, yet here she is, winning competitions against healthy acrobats.
Tímea has a moderate form of Down syndrome, but since she stepped foot in the gym at 5-years-old, it was clear that she was very talented. Her trainer is Beatrix Kovács, and when she asks Tímea to raise her leg higher or to stand up straight, she does it immediately. She has tremendous willpower.
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It is hard for her to speak, but she is always so happy. She is practically glowing when she gets a compliment. They are working with music, Tímea’s favorite is Coldplay. Her coach teaches a mixture of dance moves, drama, and acrobatic elements.
From the very first time, she was at least as good as the rest of the class, if not better, so she was never excluded from the group. She competes just like every other acrobat, she never got special treatment just because she has Down syndrome. The only thing that mattered was her knowledge. She won the Berczik Sára competition both in 2014 and this year, she got the Göllesz Viktor and MATEHETSZ scholarships, got special awards at talent shows and performed at the Circus Night in Zamárdi.