Junior Sports Star has found his winning form with a new club and ex-Olympian coach

Adrian raises the bar with his rapid success and has been unbeatable on all apparatus recently with dominant form to finish the season

JSS nominee Adrian Borazio, 11 of Glenwood, is a talented gymnast.

Adrian Borazio became a gymnast by chance five years ago and now he’s a national­ champion.

The Glenwood 11-year-old started gymnastics when his mother Maria saw an article in a newspaper for a school holiday day clinic.

The coaches there spotted his talent at just six years old and asked him to join their club. Adrian continued to train at the Castle Hill RSL Club until November last year.

He moved to the Sydney Gymnastic and Aquatic Centre at Rooty Hill to train under Olympian Sam Simpson and Mandy McLean.

JSS nominee Adrian Borazio, 11 of Glenwood, is a talented gymnast.

Adrian’s father Aldo said he trained about 14 hours a week and has had amazing success recently.

“He was always rating in the top 10 in competition and under Sam Simpson and Mandy McLean he went from fifth place to first in every competition,” Aldo said.

JSS nominee Adrian Borazio, 11 of Glenwood, is a talented gymnast.

Last weekend, he came first in the rings, high bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, vault and floor at the Junior State Championships. In his high bar routine he got 10.8 out of 11, that was amazing

In September he competed in the National Club Championships and came first in that against 71 competitors.

JSS nominee Adrian Borazio, 11 of Glenwood, is a talented gymnast.

“His favourite apparatus is the high bars at the moment but he says that while he’s walking on his hands!’’ Aldo said.

“He’s always doing round offs where ever we go, and when we go to someone’s place he always walks on his hands.” Adrian said he wanted to compete at the Olympics and he’d like to be a gymnastics coach. “He’s already asking the club to coach other kids and he’s only 11,” Aldo said. The Junior Sports star Awards are sponsored by Rebel Sport. Nominations have closed.