It was a coincidence that Melanie Staaf got her eyes open for just wakeboarding.

As a 13-year-old, a wakeboard park was started in her hometown Västerås - and since then she has been stuck.

- I have tried many different team sports but I have not been so much for it.

I have wanted to do my own thing and I am a very individual athlete, Staaf says to SVT Sport.

Meet the 19-year-old who is described as incredibly determined, but who has to learn to let go of control sometimes.

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19 years and two World Cup golds - but Staaf is unknown in Sweden