Meet the plus-sized gymnast who has competed in 40 national competitions and wants to show the sport is for anyone.<br /><br />Angela Salvatore, 25, started gymnastics when she was 12-years-old and came third in the Junior Olympics in 2013.<br /><br />Since then, she has entered dozens of competitions with her unique routines - most recently the NAIGC Nationals in April, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she came 39th out of 375 gymnasts.<br /><br />Angela, who describes herself as plus size, says she knows she is larger than her usually-petite competitors.<br /><br />But she says she hasn't been treated differently when competing against them.<br /><br />She said that she has heard of the "harsh treatment" in gymnastics in the US but hasn't experienced any herself.<br /><br />And says her plus-size frame does not hold her back at all - and she can still execute perfect cartwheels, vaults, tumbles and jumps.
