Ana Bărbosu

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Ana Bărbosu
Full nameAna Maria Bărbosu
Country represented Romania
Born (2006-07-26) 26 July 2006 (age 15)
Focșani, Romania
HometownFocșani, Romania
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelJunior international elite
Years on national team2019 – present (ROU)
ClubCSS Focșani
Head coach(es)Lucian Sandu
Assistant coach(es)Gina Gogean
Medal record
Representing  Romania

Ana Maria Bărbosu (born 26 July 2006) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 European junior team and all-around champion and the 2020 Romanian national all-around silver medalist.

Career[]

Junior[]

2017[]

Bărbosu competed in the Junior II Level 3 division at the 2017 Romanian Junior Championships, finishing fourth in the all-around. In event finals, she was fifth on vault and fourth on uneven bars, before she earned a silver medal on balance beam and a bronze medal on floor.[1]

2019[]

Bărbosu opened her season at the domestic Petrom Cup in June, winning gold in the all-around ahead of Sabrina Voinea and Maria Ceplinschi. She then won gold in the Espoir division at the 2019 Romanian Junior Championships the following week, again ahead of Voinea and Amalia Petre in third. At the senior Championships in September, Bărbosu won bronze in the all-around and on floor, while also placing sixth on vault and balance beam and seventh on uneven bars. The following month, at the Romanian Individual Championships, she nearly swept the Espoir division, winning titles in the all-around and on every event but vault, where she won silver behind Voinea.[2]

Bărbosu made her junior international debut in November at the Swiss Cup in Wallisellen, where she won gold with the Romanian team and individually in the all-around. She finished in the top two on every event.[3] Bărbosu competed at the Horizon Cup in Thessaloniki, Greece the following week, where she won the Espoir 2006 all-around title after posting the top score on every event but uneven bars.[3] She finished her international season at Top Gym in Charleroi, Belgium at the end of the month, where the combined Romanian/Singaporean team finished fourth. Individually, Bărbosu won the silver medal in the all-around between Russians Vladislava Urazova and Elena Gerasimova. In event finals, she won silver on floor, bronze on beam, and tied for bronze on bars with Lilou Besson of France.[4]

2020[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gymnasts had limited international competitive opportunities. At the 2020 Romanian Championships, Bărbosu won the silver medal behind Silviana Sfiringu and ahead of Ioana Stănciulescu to finish as the highest-placing junior in the combined all-around final. In the junior division, she again won all-around gold and also swept the event titles. As a result, Bărbosu was named to the nominative team for the 2020 European Junior Championships alongside Iulia Trestianu, Maria Ceplinschi, Andreea Preda, and Luiza Popa.[5]

At Junior Euros, Bărbosu led the Romanian team to a gold medal finish of more than 10 points ahead of Ukraine and Hungary.[6] Individually, she won the all-around title by over 4 points ahead of teammate Ceplinschi and Daniela Batrona of Ukraine and qualified first into all four of the event finals.[7] She then won gold in all four event finals.[8]

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2017 Romanian Junior Championships 4 5 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Petrom Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romanian Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romanian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 7 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Romanian Individual Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Swiss Cup Juniors 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Horizon Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Top Gym 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 Romanian Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romanian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Source: [2]

References[]

  1. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (13 November 2017). "2017 Romanian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet.
  2. ^ a b Hopkins, Lauren. "Ana Maria Barbosu". The Gymternet.
  3. ^ a b Hopkins, Lauren (20 December 2019). "What Have the Juniors Been Up To?". The Gymternet.
  4. ^ Lawrence, Blythe (1 December 2019). "Urazova oozes confidence in Top Gym win". Rocker Gymnastics.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (7 December 2020). "Iordache Added to Euros Team After Triumphant Comeback". The Gymternet.
  6. ^ "Ana Barbosu (ROU) dominates on her way to all-around and team gold". European Gymnastics. 18 December 2020.
  7. ^ Houston, Michael (18 December 2020). "Barbosu strikes double junior European Women's Artistic Gymnastics gold". Inside the Games.
  8. ^ Andronie, Alexandra (20 December 2020). "Românca Ana Bărbosu a câștigat patru medalii de aur la Europenele de gimastică pentru junioare" [Romanian Ana Bărbosu won four gold medals at the European Gymnastics Championships for juniors]. Digi24 (in Romanian).

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