Lisa Garac

In her first year as a junior gymnast, she debuted at the 2023 Fellbach-Schmiden international tournament, where she competed with ball, ending 3rd in teams and 7th in the apparatus final.^[1][2] In March, she won bronze in the all-around at the Aphrodite Cup in the category for those born in 2010.^[3] At the International Tournament Sofia Cupm, she was 22nd in the all-around.^[4] In May she was 4th in teams, 11th in the all-around and 8th in the ball final at the Gdynia Cup.^[5][6][7] In July, she was selected for the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca, where she won bronze in teams alongside Amalia Lică and the junior national group.^[8]

In 2024 she was selected for the European Cup in Baku, where she won bronze in the team event.^[9] At the 2024 European Championships, she won the junior team gold along with Lică; this was the first time a Romanian team had won the junior team event.^[10] She qualified for the ball final, where she placed 5th.^[11]

At the end of 2024, Garac won the junior gold medal at the Winter Cup in Germany. It was reported that shortly afterward, her coach, Alexandra Piscupescu was removed from the national team with no explanation. Garac was able to continue training, though without her coach.^[12]

After this, Garac's family moved to Germany, where her grandmother is from. Piscupescu alleged that as part of a conflict within the Romanian federation and with its head Irina Deleanu, Garac was told that she would not receive assignments to major competitions unless she changed coaches. Deleanu contended that Garac was given no such condition, and that she moved because her mother was a doctor and found a job at a German hospital.^[13]

In 2025, Garac became the junior national champion of Germany.^[13] Her nationality change was approved in March 2026.^[14]

• Part of the first Romanian team to win a team medal at the World Championships.