Daniela Trică
| Daniela Trică | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 June 2004 Bârlad, Romania | |||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania (2017–2021) | |||||||||||
| Club | CSS Bârlad | |||||||||||
| Retired | 2021[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniela Trică (born 21 June 2004) is a Romanian retired artistic gymnast. She won a silver medal in the team competition at the 2020 European Championships.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Trică competed as a junior from 2017 to 2019. She made her international debut at the 2017 Nadia Comaneci Invitational and won a gold medal in the team event. Individually, she won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind teammate Ioana Stănciulescu.[2] At the 2017 Romanian Championships, she placed sixth in the all-around and fourth on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise.[3] She competed at the 2018 Junior European Championships alongside Stănciulescu, Silviana Sfiringu, Antonia Duță, and Ana Maria Puiu, and they finished fourth in the team competition.[4] She then finished fourth in the all-around at the 2018 Romanian Championships, and she won the gold medal in the balance beam final. Additionally, she finished fourth in the vault final, seventh in the uneven bars final, and sixth in the floor exercise final.[5]
Trică won the gold medal with the junior Romanian team at the 2019 FIT Challenge, and she won the gold medal on the floor exercise.[6] At the 2019 Romanian Junior Championships, she won the all-around bronze medal behind Sfiringu and Stănciulescu.[7] Then at the senior-level Romanian Championships, she won a silver medal on the balance beam behind Stănciulescu.[8]
Trică started her senior career in 2020. In November, she made her senior debut at the Romanian Championships. She finished seventh in the all-around, won the bronze medal on vault, finished fourth on uneven bars, won silver on balance beam, and won bronze on floor.[9] She was selected to make her senior international debut at the 2020 European Championships alongside Antonia Duță, Larisa Iordache, Silviana Sfiringu, and Ioana Stănciulescu.[10] The team won the silver medal behind Ukraine, with Trică contributing on the balance beam.[11]
Trică announced her retirement from the sport on her Instagram account on 28 April 2021.[1]
Competitive history
[edit]| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2020 | Romanian National Championships | 7 |  |
4 |  |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Daniela Trica [@trica_daniela]; (28 April 2021). "Știu ca e greu de înțeles și de înghițit dar da! Totul are un început și un sfârși" [I know it's hard to understand and swallow but yes! Everything has a beginning and an end!] (in Romanian) – via Instagram.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (15 February 2017). "2017 Nadia Comaneci Invitational Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (2 September 2017). "2017 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnasts Women's Team Juniors" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (13 October 2018). "2018 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (10 June 2019). "2019 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "2019 Romanian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (9 September 2019). "2019 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (21 November 2020). "2020 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Preview of the 2020 Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Mersin (TUR)". European Gymnastics. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "33rd European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics Teams Team Final Seniors" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
