Amelia Racea
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Tîrgu Jiu
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| Full name | Elena Amelia Racea | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Ama | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1994 Tîrgu Jiu | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSS Deva | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Octavian Bellu, Mariana Bitang | |||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Liliana Cozma, Lucian Sandu, Mircea Vintila | |||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Nicolae Forminte, Florin Cotutiu,[1][2] Ramona Micu, Corina Dodean[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Puia Valer | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Amelia Racea (born 29 August 1994 in Tîrgu Jiu, Romania) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is a European champion on balance beam and a European all around and team bronze medalist.
Racea started gymnastics at the age of 6 and won her first all around national title in her age category in 2007. In 2008, she joined the junior national team in Deva.[1] She had a successful junior career, medaling at various international competitions. She won silver on beam and bronze on floor and placed fourth all around and with the team at the 2008 Junior European Championships.[3] In 2009, she placed fifth all around at the prestigious American Cup ahead of more experienced gymnasts such as Koko Tsurumi and Kristina Goryunova.[4] If not for a fall from uneven bars she might have placed higher.[1] Later that year she won the all around junior title at both the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy and the Lugano Trophy in Switzerland.[5][6] The 10th European Youth Olympic Festival in Tampere was a very successful meet for Racea. Here she won a total of six medals, two gold (vault and beam) and four silver (floor, uneven bars, all around and with the team).[7]
