Amalia Maria Lică (born 11 May 2009) is a Romanian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She became the first junior European Champion for Romania winning gold with club in 2022.[2]

Amalia Lică
Personal information
Full nameAmalia Maria Lică
Country represented Romania
Born (2009-05-11) 11 May 2009 (age 14)
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
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tel Aviv Team

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 team,[4] and taking part in the International Sofia Tournament where she won silver with ribbon,[5] then the Irina Deleanu Cup.[6] In June she was selected for her first European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, winning silver in team with Christina Dragan, and an historical gold in the final of clubs being the first junior individual European Champion for Romania.[7][8]

In 2023, she made her debut competing in the Italian serie a championship joining 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 4 golds at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens.[11]

Achievements edit

Routine music information edit

Year Apparatus Music Title
2024 Hoop Prologue by Woodkid
Ball Beethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano Guys
Clubs Lock And Key by 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 Lock And Key by 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

  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. ^ www.eurosport.com https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml. Retrieved 2023-04-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "România are o super-campioană la gimnastică ritmică! Duminică a cucerit 4 medalii de aur". click.ro. Retrieved 2023-04-08.