Olivia Cîmpian
Romanian artistic gymnast (born 2001)
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Olivia Cîmpian (born 1 January 2001) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2017 European Championships and finished 23rd in the all-around. At the junior level, she won a bronze medal with the Romanian team at the 2016 European Championships.
| Olivia Cîmpian | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 2001 Arad, Romania |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Country represented | |
Gymnastics career
Junior
Cîmpian won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia behind Belgium's Axelle Klinckaert.[1] Then at the 2014 Top Gym Tournament, she won the gold medal on the floor exercise.[2] She competed with the Romanian team that finished fourth at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival,[3] and she finished seventh in the floor exercise final.[4]
Cîmpian tied with Alice Kinsella for the bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2016 International Gymnix.[5] She competed alongside Alisia Botnaru, Ioana Crișan, Carmen Ghiciuc, and Denisa Golgotă at the 2016 Junior European Championships, and they won the bronze medal behind Russia and Great Britain.[6] She then won the all-around title at the 2016 Romanian Junior Championships.[7]
Senior
Cîmpian became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2017. She made her senior debut at the Doha World Cup but did not advance into any apparatus finals.[8] She qualified for the all-around final at the 2017 European Championships and finished 23rd.[9]
After the European Championships, Cîmpian's father announced she would be leaving Romania to train in Hungary and would pursue citizenship to compete for Hungary internationally.[10] She was able to receive Hungarian citizenship in September 2017 because her grandmother was Hungarian.[11] The nationality change request was approved by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in October,[12] but Cîmpian would have to sit out of competition for one year because Romania did not release her.[13] However, in July 2018, Cîmpian and her family returned to Romania with the intent of competing for Romania again.[14] Her father indicated that her education was the main reason to return to Romania.[11] The FIG approved the change back to Romania in December 2018, but the Hungarian federation refused to release Cîmpian, meaning she would be ineligible to compete until December 2019.[15]
Cîmpian announced her retirement from gymnastics in October 2020 to attend medical school at the Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad.[16]
Post-gymnastics
In 2020, Cîmpian was featured as one of the athletes in the music video for the Robin Schulz song All We Got.[17]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | |||||||
| 2014 | Nadia Comaneci Invitational | ||||||
| Elite Gym Massilia | 9 | ||||||
| Top Gym Tournament | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 2015 | Nadia Comaneci Invitational | ||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 4 | 14 | 7 | ||||
| Romanian Championships | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 2016 | International Gymnix | 5 | 12 | ||||
| BEL-ROU Friendly | 4 | ||||||
| FRA-ROU Friendly | |||||||
| Junior European Championships | 8 | WD | |||||
| Junior Romanian Championships | |||||||
| Top Gym Tournament | |||||||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2017 | |||||||
| European Championships | 23 | ||||||