Andreea Preda (born 23 May 2006) is a Romanian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She represented Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the 2020 Junior European team champion and balance beam bronze medalist.

Career

Espoir

Preda competed at the 2017 Romanian Junior Championships, placing eighth in the all-around in her age group. In the event finals, she placed seventh on uneven bars and balance beam and eighth on floor exercise. She placed fifth in the all-around at the 2019 Romanian Junior Championships in the espoir division. She then placed 17th in the all-around while competing against seniors at the 2019 Romanian Championships. Then at the 2019 Romanian Individual Championships, Preda finished fourth in the all-around in the espoir division. In the event finals, she won bronze medals on the vault and uneven bars in addition to placing fourth on the balance beam and fifth on the floor exercise. Preda made her international debut at the 2019 Salamunov Memorial, placing fourth in the all-around and winning the gold medal on the vault. She then competed at the Olympic Hopes Cup where the Romanian team finished seventh.

Junior

Preda finished second in the all-around among juniors at the 2020 Romanian Championships behind

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, and she won a bronze medal in the vault final. At the 2020 Junior European Championships, Preda won a gold medal with the Romanian team. Individually, she won a bronze medal on the balance beam behind Bărbosu and Hungary's

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. Preda won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2021 Romanian Junior Championships behind

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. She then placed fifth in the all-around while competing against seniors at the 2021 Romanian Championships, and she placed seventh in the uneven bars final. She finished the season competing at the Tournoi International with Amalia Ghigoarță and

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, and they won the team gold medal. Individually, Preda finished fourth in the all-around and sixth in the balance beam event final.

Senior

2022

Preda became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2022. She began the season at the

City of Jesolo Trophy The City of Jesolo Trophy is an annual women's gymnastics competition held in Jesolo, Italy. There are competitions for the senior division and junior division. The United States won the senior team competition every year from 2010 to 2017.

, helping the Romanian team place fourth. Then at the Petrom Cup, she won the all-around bronze medal behind

and

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. She competed at the Sedan Friendly where the Romanian team lost to France. At the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

, Preda and the Romanian team finished ninth in the qualification round, missing out on the team final. At the Romanian Championships, Preda won the all-around bronze medal behind Bărbosu and Amalia Ghigoarță. She won a silver medal on the balance beam and a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the Mersin World Challenge Cup. Despite qualifying a full team, Romania decided to only send two gymnasts to the

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– Bărbosu and Preda. Preda finished 58th in the all-around during the qualification round.

2023

Preda competed at the

, helping the Romanian team finish fifth. She placed fourth in the all-around at the Romanian Championships, and she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind

. She competed at the Heidelberg Friendly with the Romanian team that won a silver medal behind Germany. She was selected to compete at the

alongside Bărbosu, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarță, and

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

2024

Preda was selected to be the alternate for the

team. She competed at the Varna World Challenge Cup, placing sixth on the uneven bars and seventh on the balance beam. At the RomGym Trophy, Preda placed sixth in both the all-around and the balance beam. She was then selected to compete at the

2024 Summer Olympics ) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)'' , events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) , opening = 26 July 2024 , closing = 11 August 2024 , opened_by = , stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine , summer ...

alongside

, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarță, and

Competitive history

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Preda, Andreea 2006 births Living people Romanian female artistic gymnasts 21st-century Romanian sportswomen Sportspeople from Constanța Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Romania