Gabriela Vănoagă

Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă (born 21 October 2008)^[1] is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World and 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival balance beam silver medalist.

Gabriela Vănoagă
Full name	Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă
Country represented	Romania
Born	(2008-10-21) 21 October 2008 (age 16) Constanța, Romania
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Junior International Elite
Years on national team	2021 - present (ROU)
Club	Farul Constanta
Head coach(es)	Ciprian Cretu
Medal record Representing  Romania Junior World Championships 2023 Antalya Balance beam

Career

2021

Vănoagă won the all-around silver medal in the level 5 division at the 2021 Romanian Junior Championships.^[2] She then made her international debut at the FIT Challenge and won the bronze medal with the Romanian junior team. Individually, she finished 19th in the all-around, eighth in the uneven bars final, and seventh in the floor exercise final.^[3] Then at the senior-level Romanian Championships, she finished ninth all-around.^[4]

2022

Vănoagă began the 2022 season at a friendly meet against Hungary in Tata. The Romanian team won, and Vănoagă won the all-around gold medal.^[5] She then finished seventh all-around at the Romanian Junior Championships due to mistakes on the uneven bars.^[6] She once again finished seventh in the all-around at the Petrom Cup.^[7] At the senior-level Romanian Championships, she finished eighth in the all-around and in the vault final and sixth in the balance beam final. In the floor exercise final, she won the silver medal behind Amalia Ghigoarta.^[8] She then competed at the Tournoi International in Combs-la-Ville, France. After only scoring 8.366 on the uneven bars, she finished 20th in the all-around and sixth with her team.^[9] She won the all-around title at the Romanian Junior Individual Championships.^[10]

2023

Vănoagă began the 2023 season at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and helped the Romanian junior team place sixth. Individually, she finished sixth in the all-around and fourth in the balance beam final.^[11] She was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Crina Tudor and Anamaria Mihăescu, and the team finished in eighth place.^[12] Individually, she qualified for the balance beam final in fourth place.^[13] In the event final, she won the silver medal behind Yu Hanyue with a score of 12.833.^[14] She also qualified for the all-around final where she finished 17th.^[15] She won Romania's only medal at the Junior World Championships.^[16]

Vănoagă won the all-around silver medal at the Rising Stars Trophy in Bucharest behind Croatian Mila Prpic.^[17] She was then selected to compete at the European Youth Olympic Festival, and she was selected as one of Romania's flag bearers for the opening ceremony.^[18] She qualified for the all-around final where she finished seventh.^[19] She then won the silver medal in the balance beam final behind Germany's Helen Kevric with a score of 12.866.^[20] She finished sixth in the floor exercise final with a score of 12.366.^[21]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2021	Romanian Junior Championships
	FIT Challenge		19			8	7
	Romanian Championships		9
2022	Tata Junior Friendly
	Romanian Junior Championships		7
	Petrom Cup		7
	Romanian Championships		8	8		6
	Tournoi International	6	20
	Romanian Junior Individual Championships
2023	DTB Pokal Stuttgart	6	6			4
	Junior World Championships	8	17
	Rising Stars Trophy
	European Youth Olympic Festival	6	7				6
Senior
2024	DTB Pokal Team Challenge	9
	RomGym Trophy		12

References

1. "2nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Antalya (TUR), 29 March - 2 April 2023 Women Entry List by NOC" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 April 2023. p. 9. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
2. Hopkins, Lauren (12 June 2021). "2021 Romanian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
3. Hopkins, Lauren (1 July 2021). "2021 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
4. Hopkins, Lauren (19 September 2021). "2021 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
5. Hopkins, Lauren (22 May 2022). "2022 Tata Junior Friendly Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
6. Hopkins, Lauren (4 July 2022). "2022 Romanian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
7. Hopkins, Lauren (17 July 2022). "2022 Petrom Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
8. Hopkins, Lauren (3 October 2022). "2022 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
9. Hopkins, Lauren (15 May 2022). "2022 Tournoi International Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
10. Hopkins, Lauren (28 November 2022). "2022 Romanian Junior Individual Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
11. Hopkins, Lauren (20 March 2023). "2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
12. "Medalie de argint pentru România, la Campionatele Mondiale de gimnastică" [Silver medal for Romania at the World Gymnastics Championships]. Spot Media (in Romanian). 2 April 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
13. "2nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Antalya (TUR), 29 March - 2 April 2023 Women's Event Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 1 April 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
14. Dădăcuș, Mirela (2 April 2023). "Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă, argint în finala la bârnă, la CM de juniori din Antalya" [Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă, silver in the beam final, at the Junior WC in Antalya]. RFI (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
15. "CM Gimnastică, juniori: Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă, medalie de argint la bârnă" [WC Gymnastics, juniors: Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă, silver medal on beam]. HotNews (in Romanian). 2 April 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
16. Colț, Mihai (3 April 2023). "Argint pentru Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă la Campionatele Mondiale de gimnastică artistică pentru juniori" [Silver for Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă at the World Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championships]. Ordinea Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
17. Hopkins, Lauren (17 June 2023). "2023 Rising Stars Trophy Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
18. "Alexia Vânoagă și Mihai Motorca vor purta drapelul României la deschiderea Festivalului Olimpic al Tineretului European de la Maribor" [Alexia Vânoagă and Mihai Motorca will carry the Romanian flag at the opening of the European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor]. Glasul Cetății (in Romanian). 22 July 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
19. "Kevric comfortably defends EYOF all-around title". European Gymnastics. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
20. "Gymnastics Artistic Results - Girls Beam Final". 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
21. "Gymnastics Artistic Results - Girls Floor Exercise Final". 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. Retrieved 30 August 2023.