Amalia Lică
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| Full name | Amalia Maria Lică | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 2009 Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2022- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ACS Dandri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Adriana Mitroi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amalia Maria Lică (born 11 May 2009) is a Romanian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She became the first junior European Champion for Romania by winning gold with clubs in 2022.[2]
Career
[edit]Amalia made her international debut in 2021 when she participated in the Irina Deleanu Cup.[3] In 2022 she became a junior. Her first competition was the Grand Prix in Moscow, where she won silver in the team competition.[4] She also took part in the International Sofia Tournament, where she won silver with ribbon,[5] and the Irina Deleanu Cup.[6] In June she was selected for her first European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. There she won silver in teams with Christina Dragan. Individually, she won a historical gold in the clubs apparatus final, which made her the first junior individual European Champion from Romania.[7][8]
In 2023, she made her debut competing in the Italian Serie A championship, joining the club Eurogymnica Torino.[9] In March she won bronze with clubs and gold with hoop at the Fellbach-Schminden tournament.[10] A week later she won four golds at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens.[11]
The next season, Lică competed at the 2024 European Cup Baku, where she won bronze medal in the team competition. Individually, she won silver medals with hoop and clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon. At the 2024 European Championships, she won the junior team gold along with Lisa Garac, then won three of the four junior apparatus finals in hoop, clubs, and ribbon.[12][13]
Achievements
[edit]- First Romanian rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at the European Championships.
Routine music information
[edit]| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
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| 2024 | Hoop | Prologue by Woodkid |
| Ball | Beethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano Guys | |
| Clubs | Crown of Vengeance, Lock And Key, Nexus by Timothy Shortell and Caleb Jordan Swift | |
| Ribbon | I NEED YOU by Jon Batiste | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Chopin: Fantasie by Robert Wells |
| Ball | Beethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano Guys | |
| Clubs | Crown of Vengeance, Lock And Key, Nexus by Timothy Shortell and Caleb Jordan Swift | |
| Ribbon | I NEED YOU by Jon Batiste | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor op. 66 by Johan Åhlén |
| Ball | Planetarium by Justin Hurwitz | |
| Clubs | Adiós by Benjamin Clementine | |
| Ribbon | Long Tall Sally by Cagey Strings | |
| 2021 | Hoop | Chopin: Fantasie by Robert Wells |
| Ball | Planetarium by Justin Hurwitz | |
| Clubs | Adiós by Benjamin Clementine | |
| Ribbon | Long Tall Sally by Cagey Strings |
References
[edit]- ^ "LICA Amalia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "Performanță istorică pentru gimnastica ritmică din România - Amalia Lică, aur la Europenele de la Tel Aviv". sport.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ Amalia Maria Lica ROU ACS Dandri Hoop Irina Deleanu Cup 19 May 2021, retrieved 2022-12-15
- ^ Maya (2022-02-09). "16-20.02.2022. Grand Prix Moscova Gimnastică Ritmică - Gimnastica ritmica 16-20.02.2022. Grand Prix Moscova Gimnastică Ritmică". Gimnastica ritmica. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ Junior Ribbon Final IT Sofia Cup 2022, retrieved 2022-12-15
- ^ FIG 21st Irina Deleanu Cup - 2022 - day 1, retrieved 2022-12-15
- ^ "The 2022 junior European Champions … Elvira Krasnobaeva, Michelle Munits, Amalia Lica and Daniela Munits". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "2022 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ Malino, Glauco. "Le stelle della ritmica a Torino con Eurogymnica". www.giornalelavoce.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "Gymnastik International Results Book" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 5 March 2023.
- ^ "România are o super-campioană la gimnastică ritmică! Duminică a cucerit 4 medalii de aur". click.ro. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ Dumitrescu, Radu (2024-05-23). "Romania becomes European Junior Champion in rhythmic gymnastics". Romania Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "Romania's Amalia Lica shines with three individual titles at #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-24.