About: Jelica Vazzaz

Jelica Helena Zoe Vazzaz was a Slovenian-Yugoslavian artistic gymnast. She was a part of the silver-medal-winning Yugoslavian team at the 2nd-ever World Championships at which a women's competition was included. A survivor of World War II concentration camps and political persecution, Vazzaz was a teacher of both academics and gymnastics, the Yugoslavian National Team Coach for over two decades, a top-level international judge, a pioneer of Rhythmic gymnastics, a professor, an author of many monographs and journal articles, and an overall promoter of physical well-being.