The Shooting star award goes to … Harald Wibye (NOR)

At the conclusion of the 2024 European Championships in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics in Rimini (ITA), Aida Shaliyeva, Project Manager of our global partner SmartScoring presented the SmartScoring Shooting star award to Norway’s Harald Wibye.

Started in 2018, this award aims to put a gymnast with an exceptional story in the spotlight, someone who is an inspiration for the future generation of gymnasts and the general public alike.

When listening to Harald Wibye’s story, there’s only one possible conclusion: he’s Superman.

The 24-year-old from Fredrikstad leads a busy life: he studies from early morning, then trains himself and coaches others for seven hours, and then more studying until late into the night for his Law degree and additional Masters in Economics.

He cut down his own training hours from 30 hours a week, to around 20, stating that he finds that when he has more to think about than just his own career, he became more focused. When his coach left for a contract abroad, Harald took over although that was no planned at all. Aside from competing here in Rimini himself, he coaches 2 of the other participants: Niklas Syverhuset in the men’s senior competition and Juliane Tøssebro in the women’s senior competition.

So can you combine your own career, with studying and working? Harald definitely can.