# @marina.k.villatoro on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdBblcysCkL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70097129-marinakvillatoro-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/cd1828bf0e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08T10:30:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Marina Kuperman Villatoro (@marina.k.villatoro) — https://gondola.cc/marina.k.villatoro

## Caption

Hannah Roberts fractured her T4 vertebra at 10 years old. Her parents’ next decision changed everything.

🚴 Hannah Roberts | BMX Freestyle | 5× World Champion • Olympic silver medalist

At ten years old, Hannah crashed so badly she fractured her T4 vertebra. Her teeth were scattered on the ground. Doctors had never seen an injury like it in a child her age.

When she finally recovered, her parents faced a decision no one can make lightly.

They could have walked away from BMX forever. Instead, they trusted Hannah to return when she was ready.

Their family helped run a professional skatepark, and they gave her her own set of keys. Not because they weren’t scared but because they believed trust would take her further than fear.

Years later, Hannah became one of the greatest BMX riders in the world.

⁉️ When fear enters your child’s journey, will your decisions be led by fear or by trust? ⁉️

👩‍🔬 I spent years decoding what 100 elite athlete parents actually did. The uncomfortable truth about how athletes get made.

🏘️🌴 It takes a strategic village to raise an athlete. This is your village. 🥇

#gilmore #bmx #reelsinstagram

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- **Likes:** 37
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