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Amalia Lică

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Amalia Lică
Personal information
Full nameAmalia Maria Lică
Country represented Romania
Born (2009-05-11) 11 May 2009 (age 15)
Bucharest, Romania
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2022-
ClubACS Dandri
Head coach(es)Adriana Mitroi
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cluj-Napoca Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Cluj-Napoca Team
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tel Aviv Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tel Aviv Team
European Cup
Silver medal – second place 2024 Baku Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2024 Baku Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Baku Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Baku Ribbon

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

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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

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Routine music information

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Year Apparatus Music Title
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

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  1. ^ "LICA Amalia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Amalia Maria Lica ROU ACS Dandri Hoop Irina Deleanu Cup 19 May 2021, retrieved 2022-12-15
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Junior Ribbon Final IT Sofia Cup 2022, retrieved 2022-12-15
  6. ^ FIG 21st Irina Deleanu Cup - 2022 - day 1, retrieved 2022-12-15
  7. ^ "The 2022 junior European Champions … Elvira Krasnobaeva, Michelle Munits, Amalia Lica and Daniela Munits". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  8. ^ "2022 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
  9. ^ Malino, Glauco. "Le stelle della ritmica a Torino con Eurogymnica". www.giornalelavoce.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  10. ^ "Gymnastik International Results Book" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 5 March 2023.
  11. ^ "România are o super-campioană la gimnastică ritmică! Duminică a cucerit 4 medalii de aur". click.ro. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  12. ^ Dumitrescu, Radu (2024-05-23). "Romania becomes European Junior Champion in rhythmic gymnastics". Romania Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  13. ^ "Romania's Amalia Lica shines with three individual titles at #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-24.