Ana Bărbosu
Personal information
Full nameAna Maria Bărbosu
Country represented Romania
Born (2006-07-26) 26 July 2006
Focșani, Romania
HometownFocșani, Romania
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2019 – present (ROU)
ClubCSS Focșani
Head coach(es)Lucian Sandu
Assistant coach(es)Gina Gogean
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 MersinTeam
Gold medal – first place2020 MersinAll-Around
Gold medal – first place2020 MersinVault
Gold medal – first place2020 MersinUneven bars
Gold medal – first place2020 MersinBalance beam
Gold medal – first place2020 MersinFloor exercise
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 4 0 1

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]

2021

At the Romanian Championships in September, Bărbosu won the gold medal on the uneven bars, and took the silver on floor as well as in the all-around.[9] In November, she competed at the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium, where she won the all-around, and also picked up the gold medals in the uneven bars and balance beam finals.[10]

Senior

2022

Bărbosu became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022, and made her senior debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy, where she finished fourteenth in the all-around and eighth on the uneven bars.[11] She then competed at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, where she won the gold medal on floor exercise, and took the bronze on balance beam behind Pauline Schäfer and Ana Đerek.[12] At the European Championships in Munich, Bărbosu finished seventh in the all-around, fourth on floor, and eighth on the balance beam.[13] Ana qualified to the beam final in first place. In the floor final she scored a 13.633. Additionally, she helped Romania qualify a full team for the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool.[14] In October Bărbosu competed at the Mersin Challenge Cup where she won gold on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. At the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool Bărbosu finished 20th in the all around final.

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2019Petrom Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior Romanian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romanian Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4763rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Romanian Individual Championships1st 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 Juniors1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Horizon Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Top Gym42nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020Junior Romanian Championships1st 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 Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior European Championships1st 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)
2021Romanian Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)72nd place, silver medalist(s)
Top Gym Tournament1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Senior
2022City of Jesolo Trophy4148
Osijek Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships7R384
Romanian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romgym Trophy1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mersin Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships20
2023ESP-ROU-SWE Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships59R3R17
RomGym Trophy1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Romanian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4
Heidelberg Friendly2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships1023

Source: [2]

References

  1. Hopkins, Lauren (13 November 2017). "2017 Romanian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet.
  2. 1 2 Hopkins, Lauren. "Ana Maria Barbosu". The Gymternet.
  3. 1 2 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).
  9. "2021 Romanian Championships results". 19 September 2021.
  10. "2021 Top Gym results". The Gymternet. 28 November 2021.
  11. "2022 City of Jesolo Trophy results". The Gymternet. 11 April 2022.
  12. "2022 Osijek Challenge Cup results". The Gymternet. 13 June 2022.
  13. "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  14. "Asia D'Amato claims women's all-around title as world qualifiers decided at 2022 European Gymnastics Championships". International Olympic Committee. 11 August 2022.
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