Amalia Alexandra Ghigoarță (born 28 January 2007) is a Romanian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. She represented

Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics Romania competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's official debut in the same venue. Although the nation's participation started in 1900, Romanian athletes have appeared ...

. She is the 2022 Junior European Championships team and all-around silver medalist.

Junior gymnastics career

Ghigoarță began gymnastics when she was seven years old.

Espoir

Ghigoarță made her international debut at the 2019 Elek Matolay Memorial and placed fourth all-around in the espoir division. At the 2019 Petrom Cup, a domestic competition, she placed fifth all-around. She then finished second in the all-around behind Amalia Puflea at the 2019 Romanian Junior Championships in the youth age group.

2020–21

Ghigoarță's only competition of 2020 was the Romanian Championships in November. She placed tenth in the open all-around and won the bronze medal in the junior floor exercise final. At the 2021 Romanian Championships, Ghigoarță only competed on the uneven bars and balance beam, finishing third and fourth, respectively. Then at the Tournoi International, she won a gold medal with teammates

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and the bronze medal in the all-around. In the event finals, she won a gold medal on the floor exercise and a bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Germany's Helen Kevric.

2022

Ghigoarță began the 2022 season at the

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, helping the Romanian team place fourth. Individually, she won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Americans

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and

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. She then won the all-around title at the Romanian Junior Championships. She also won the all-around gold medal in the junior division of the Petrom Cup. She was selected to compete at the

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alongside

and Amalia Puflea, and they won the team gold medal. She also placed fifth in the all-around and on the uneven bars. Ghigoarță competed at the Junior European Championships and won a silver medal alongside her Romanian teammates. Individually, she won a silver medal in the all-around behind Germany's Helen Kevric. She also qualified for the uneven bars and balance beam event finals, placing eighth and sixth, respectively. She competed against the senior gymnasts at the Romanian Championships and won the all-around silver medal behind

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. In the event finals, she won a gold medal on the floor exercise and a silver medal on the balance beam. Then at the Gymnova Cup, she won gold medals on both the balance beam and the floor exercise. She only competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the Romanian Junior Individual Championships, winning gold medals on both.

Senior gymnastics career

2023

Ghigoarță became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2023. She made her senior international debut at the

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and contributed on all four apparatus toward Romania's fifth-place finish. Individually, she qualified for the all-around final where she finished 19th and for the balance beam final where she finished sixth. She competed at the Heidelberg Friendly with the Romanian team that won a silver medal behind Germany. She was selected to compete at the

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alongside

, Lilia Cosman,

, and

. The team finished in tenth place, earning Romania a team berth for the Olympic Games for the first time since 2012.

2024

Ghigoarță competed at the 2024 European Championships and helped the Romanian team finish fourth in the team final. At the 2024 RomGym Trophy, she placed fifth in the all-around and fourth on the uneven bars, and she won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Algeria's Kaylia Nemour. She was selected to compete at the

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alongside

, Lilia Cosman,

, and

2025

In early 2025 Ghigoarță verbally committed to compete for the

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in NCAA gymnastics.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghigoarță, Amalia 2007 births Living people Romanian female artistic gymnasts 21st-century Romanian sportswomen Sportspeople from Lugoj Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Romania