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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] She is also the 2025 World silver medalist with clubs.

FullnameAmalia Maria Lică
Born (2009-05-11) 11 May 2009 (age 17)
Bucharest, Romania
Country represented
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Amalia Lică
Personal information
Full nameAmalia Maria Lică
Born (2009-05-11) 11 May 2009 (age 17)
Bucharest, Romania
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented
ClubACS Dandri
Head coach
Adriana Mitroi
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Romania
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIG World Cup 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Rio de JaneiroClubs
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Cluj-NapocaHoop
Bronze medal – third place2023 Cluj-NapocaTeam
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Tel AvivClubs
Gold medal – first place2024 BudapestTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 BudapestHoop
Gold medal – first place2024 BudapestClubs
Gold medal – first place2024 BudapestRibbon
Silver medal – second place2022 Tel AvivTeam
European Cup
Silver medal – second place2024 BakuJunior Hoop
Silver medal – second place2024 BakuJunior Clubs
Silver medal – second place2025 BurgasClubs
Bronze medal – third place2024 BakuJunior Team
Bronze medal – third place2024 BakuJunior Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place2025 BakuRibbon
Bronze medal – third place2025 BurgasHoop
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Early life

Lică began gymnastics at age 5. Her mother saw her dancing around the house and first took her to ballet classes, then enrolled her in rhythmic gymnastics.[3]

Career

Lică made her international debut in 2021, when she participated in the Irina Deleanu Cup.[4]

Junior

2022

In 2022, she became a junior. Her first competition was the Grand Prix in Moscow, where she won silver in the team competition.[5] She also took part in the International Sofia Tournament, where she won silver with ribbon,[6] and the Irina Deleanu Cup, where she won gold in all-around.[7] 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.[8][9]

2023

In 2023, she made her debut competing in the Italian Serie A championship, joining the club Eurogymnica Torino.[10] In March she won bronze with clubs and gold with hoop at the Fellbach-Schminden tournament.[11] A week later she won four golds at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens.[12]

2024

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.[13][14] In October, she won the Romanian junior national title in the all-around.[15]

Senior

2025

In 2025, she became a senior. On March 7-9, she competed at International Tournament Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey and placed 14th in All-around.[16] She won silver in Team competition together with Andreea Verdes. On 4-6 April, she competed at 2025 World Cup Sofia, she big mistakes her ribbon routine and took 42nd place in the all-around and did not advance into apparatus finals. On April 18-20, she competed at Baku World Cup, where she took 40th place in all-around.[17]

She was selected to represent Romania together with Andreea Verdes at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She took 14th place in the all-around final.[18] She qualified to ribbon final, finishing 8th.[19] In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 29th place in the all-around.[20] On July 25-27, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and finished 7th in the all-around. She took 4th place in clubs and 8th in ribbon final.[21]

In August, she represented Romania at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and took 17th place in the all-around final. She qualified to clubs final, where she won a historic silver medal, the first World Championship medal of any color for Romania since Irina Deleanu, who won a bronze in 1992.[22]

In October, she competed in the Aeon Cup in Tokyo with teammates Ileana Dutu and Patricia Stanciu, where the ACS Dandri Bucharest took 5th place in team competition. In the senior all-around, Lică won the bronze medal behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and Rin Keys.[23]

2026

Amalia started the season competing at Sofia World Cup, where she took 27th place in all-around. In April, she competed at Tashkent World Cup and took 21st place in all-around. In May, she lost cross battle against Sofia Raffaeli in 1st round at European Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was 7th with ribbon. In the end of May, she competed at the 2026 European Championships in Varna, and finished on 18th place in the all-around final.[24] Together with Andreea Verdeș and senior group she took 10th place in team competition.[25] She qualified to clubs final and ended on 5th place.[26]

In June, Amalia took 6th place in all-around at World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca. She qualified to three apparatus finals, winning bronze medal in ball, and placing 6th in hoop and ribbon.[27] In July, she took 15th place in all-around at Milan World Cup.

Achievements

Routine music information

More information Year, Apparatus ...
Year Apparatus Music Title
2026 Hoop The Heat by Peter Gabriel
Ball
Clubs (first) Bocca di rosa by musica nuda
Clubs (second) Wepa by Gloria Estefan
Ribbon Dragostea Din Tei (Radu Sirbu Remix) by O-Zone
2025 Hoop Prologue by Woodkid
Ball
Clubs Wepa by Gloria Estefan
Ribbon Golden Cage by Gabriel Saban & Sandia
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
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Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

More information International: Senior, Year ...
International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2025 World Championships17th12th (Q)19th (Q)2nd19th (Q)
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca7th9th (Q)12th (Q)4th8th
World Cup Milan29th32nd (Q)36th (Q)28th (Q)26th (Q)
European Championships14th8th
European Cup Burgas3rd4th2nd
European Cup Baku4th7th3rd
World Cup Baku40th38th (Q)39th (Q)29th (Q)48th (Q)
World Cup Sofia42nd35th (Q)12th (Q)28th (Q)82nd (Q)
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2024 Junior European Championships1st1st1st1st
European Cup Baku3rd2nd2nd3rd
2023 Junior World Championships3rd2nd5th4th
IT Aphrodite Cup1st3rd1st1st1st
IT Fellbach-Schminden1st3rd
2022 Junior European Championships2nd1st
National: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2024Romanian National Championships1st
2023Romanian National Championships1st
2022Romanian National Championships1st
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)
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