Christina Dragan
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| Christina Dragan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 April 2007 Orange County, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2020-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti / Nimble Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alexandra Piscupescu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christina Dragan (born 19 April 2007) is a Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast.
Personal life
[edit]Dragan began the sport following in her sister Annaliese's footsteps. Their parents are Romanina, and in 2019, the sisters were invited to compete for the Romanian federation.[1] They represented Romania together at the 2020 European Championship.[2]
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]Dragan made her debut for Romania at the 2020 Irina Deleanu Cup. She was 4th in the team competition with her sister, and individually, she ended 4th with rope, 11th with ball, 6th with clubs and 4th with ribbon.[3] In October she beat her sister to become the national champion in the junior category and won silver at the Romanian Cup a few weeks later.[4][5]
Her first major international competition was the 2020 European Championship in Kyiv, Ukraine. She finished 10th in the all-around just behind her sister and was the first reserve for the ball final.[6]
In 2021 she repeated her national title and won medals in international tournaments.
In 2022 she joined her sister at the European Championship once again; Annaliese competed in the senior category. Dragan performed with hoop and ball and qualified for both event finals. In the qualification round, she had the second highest hoop score (30.95).[7] In the team event, she and her teammate Amalia Lică won silver, only the second medals for Romania in a junior European Championship and the first since 1993,[8] behind Israel and above Bulgaria.[9][7] The next day, Dragan also won bronze in the ball final.[10]
Senior
[edit]Dragan became a senior in 2023. She made her senior debut at the World Cup in Tashkent, where she took 19th place in the all-around.[11]
In October 2024, there was a dispute between Irina Deleanu, the president of the Romanian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, and Dragan's father, who accused Deleanu of abusing Dragan, her sister, and other athletes. Following this dispute, Dragan was removed from the Romanian national team and given only two hours a day for training. In December, she competed in the Winter Cup in Leverkusen and won first place.[12]
Routine music information
[edit]| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hoop | Skyfall by Adele |
| Ball | Nature Boy by Céline Dion | |
| Clubs | Forever Young by Alphaville | |
| Ribbon | Una Noche Mas by Yasmin Levy | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke |
| Ball | The Forest Queen by Peter Gundry | |
| Clubs | Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen by The Hot Sardines | |
| Ribbon | ||
| 2021 | Hoop | |
| Ball | ||
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | ||
| 2020 | Rope | |
| Ball | George Valentin by The Brussels Philharmonic & The Orchestra Of Flanders | |
| Clubs | I'm Still Standing by Taron Egerton | |
| Ribbon | Padam, Padam by Mireille Mathieu |
References
[edit]- ^ "Dragan Rhythmic Gymnasts". rythmicgymnasts. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ REGISTRY.GYMDATA.ONLINE (2020-11-20). "36th RG ECh 2020, Kyiv – Event Nominative Applications" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "2020 Irina Deleanu Cup | FRGR". Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "ksis". rgform.eu. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ Mica Gimnasta (in Romanian)
- ^ "36th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships – Kyiv 2020" (PDF). 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ a b "38TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Team Results" (PDF). 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "9. European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romeania (20.-23. May 1993)". rsg.net. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ Maya (2022-08-09). "Imnul pentru gimnastele junioare din România". Gimnastica ritmica. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Gymnastics - European Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Tashkent 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ Nazare, Daniel (2024-12-19). "Cine a furat covorul sportivelor de la gimnastică ritmică din Sala Floreasca? Sora Annalisei Drăgan a luat locul 1 la un concurs internațional la Leverkusen" [Who stole the carpet from the rhythmic gymnasts in Sala Floreasca? Annaliese Drăgan's sister took 1st place at an international competition in Leverkusen]. Prosport (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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