Alexandra Piscupescu (born 10 June 1994) is a retired
Romania
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rhythmic gymnast
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. She is a 6-time Romanian National champion.
Career
Piscupescu as a junior has competed at the 2009 Irina Deleanu Cup where she won the junior all-around gold medal.
Piscupescu debuted as a senior in 2010, she competed at the
2010 World Championships in
Moscow
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and
2011 World Championships in
Montpellier
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, France where she finished 17th in all-around. She participated at the
2012 London Test Event where she finished 5th place in All Around Final.
Picupescu finished 18th in all-around at the
2012 European Championships in
Nizhny Novgorod
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,
Russia
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.
In 2013, Piscupescu won her first World cup medals at the
2013 Irina Deleanu Cup, she won silver in hoop and ball, bronze in ribbon final. Piscupescu finished 17th at the
2013 World Championships All-around final behind Azeri gymnast
Marina Durunda
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Durunda started her senior career in 2 ...
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In 2014, Piscupescu won the 2014 Irina Deleanu Cup. On 10–15 June Piscupescu competed at the
2014 European Championships and finished 18th in all-around. She then competed at the
2014 World Championships placing 32nd in the all-around qualifications. She won her 6th National title, where she also announced her retirement from Rhythmic Gymnastics after the competition.
In 2015, Piscupescu made a comeback in RG in August, Piscupescu finished 22nd in the all-around at the
2015 Budapest World Cup. On 9–13 September Piscupescu competed at the
2015 World Championships in
Stuttgart
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finishing 33rd in the All-around qualifications and did not advance into the Top 24 finals.
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Romanian rhythmic gymnasts
Gymnasts from Bucharest
20th-century Romanian women
21st-century Romanian women
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