Growing up in a family of professional fencers, from the moment I started to learn how to walk, I was already spending lots of time in the fencing venues. My parents often used to take me to practices and competitions. You would think that inevitably my experience with the sport life started with fencing; however, surprisingly, that wasn’t my first serious sports passion. I initially became involved in sports due to difficulties I encountered in school, particularly with learning the Estonian language. My native language is Russian, but I went to a special class where, from the first grade, all subjects were taught in Estonian, and I was struggling with it. In the second grade, when I was barely passing the classes, one day my parents saw an advertisement in the newspaper: a nearby club was inviting kids to join badminton practice conducted in Estonian. They thought it would be a great way to learn Estonian for me. So, I started playing badminton, and I liked it a lot. I stayed in this sport for 7 years, and my parents were proven right: I learned Estonian quickly through the sport. Badminton equipped me with great agility, speed, stamina, strength, and