Mojca Rode

Mojca Rode (born 6 June 1983) is a Slovenian rhythmic gymnast who competed both as an individual and group member. She is a five-time (2003, 2004, 2007–2009) Slovenian National all-around champion. She now works as a coach and a judge.

Career Rode began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five, after a coach visited her kindergarten to scout for flexible children. She was selected and enjoyed watching the ribbons when rhythmic gymnastics was on television, so she began training. As a gymnast, her favorite gymnasts were Anna Bessonova, Simona Peycheva, and Alexandra Orlando.

She was a part of the Slovenian senior group which competed at the 1999 European Championships in Budapest and placed 8th in the 10 clubs final. Later that year, they finished in 16th place in the group all-around at the 1999 World Championships in Osaka, Japan.

In 2000, she started competing as an individual gymnast again. She and her teammates Dušica Jeremič and Tina Čas placed 13th in the team competition at the 2001 World Championships in Madrid, Spain. She also qualified to the individual all-around final, where she ended in 20th place, behind Eleni Andriola from Greece.

In 2001, she competed at the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan, where she finished in 8th place in the hoop final. She won the silver medal in all-around at the 2001 Slovenian National Championships behind Dušica Jeremič.

In 2003, Rode won the gold medal in the all-around and all four apparatus finals at the Slovenian National Championships. She competed at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea and qualified to the clubs final, where she finished in 6th place. She then competed at the 2003 World Championships in Budapest, where she finished her season.

At the 2006 European Championships, she finished in 14th place in the all-around.

After initially retiring in 2009, she made a comeback in 2013 after having two children. Her last competition, at the age of 30, was the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv. She finished in 59th place in the all-around qualifications.

Post-competitive career Rode now leads a rhythmic gymnastics club, which she founded in 2014 with her partner, Petkovšek,

Personal life She is in a relationship with Slovenian gymnast Mitja Petkovšek, with whom she has two daughters, Gaja and Asja. She studied primary school education at university, which she graduated from in 2007.