Tara Dragas

Italian rhythmic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tara Dragas (born 17 February 2007) is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast[2] of Montenegrin-Slovenian descent. She is the 2022 European ribbon junior silver medalist.

Born (2007-02-17) 17 February 2007 (age 19)
Country
represented
 Italy
(2020–present)
Former countries represented Slovenia
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Tara Dragas
Born (2007-02-17) 17 February 2007 (age 19)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Italy
(2020–present)
Former countries represented Slovenia
ClubAssociazione Sportiva Udinese
Head coach(es)Špela Dragaš
Eponymous skillsThe Dragas: a 360 degree turning Arabesque, free leg horizontal backward with help, and with horizontal backbend[1]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 1 1 0
European Cup 0 2 1
World Cup 1 1 3
Grand Prix Final 2 3 2
Junior European Championships 0 1 0
Total 4 8 6
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 TallinnTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 BudapestTeam
European Cup
Silver medal – second place2025 BakuClubs
Silver medal – second place2025 BakuRibbon
Bronze medal – third place2025 BakuHoop
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place2025 BrnoRibbon
Silver medal – second place2025 BrnoAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2025 BrnoHoop
Bronze medal – third place2025 BrnoBall
Bronze medal – third place2025 BrnoClubs
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Tel AvivRibbon
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At the national level, she is the 2025 Italian all-around silver medalist, the 2022 Italian Junior champion and a two-time (2020, 2021) Italian Junior silver medalist.[3]

Personal life

Her mother, Špela Dragaš, is her coach and also the head coach of the Associazione Sportiva Udinese, where Dragas trains.[4] Her father, Sasha Dragas, is a Croatian born Montenegrin singer and actor from the village of Dragaši.[5][6][7] She has an older brother, Marko. Her maternal family comes from the Slovene minority in Italy. She fluently speaks three languages: Italian, Slovenian, and English.[8]

Career

Drags took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of four at the Associazione Sportiva Udinese. In her younger years, she also competed in Slovenia, representing KRG Narodni dom. She won the Slovenian National Championship title three times (2015–2017) in the girls' category.[9][10] Afterward, she began participating in Italian national competitions.

Junior

Dragas debuted as a member of the national team in November 2020 at a bilateral competition held between Italy and Germany in Desio.[11]

In 2022, she won 3 gold medals at the 5th edition of Comegym tournament[12] and two gold medals at the international tournament in Portimão.[13] She represented Italy at the Junior European Championships in Tel Aviv and won the silver medal in the ribbon final. Together with Alice Taglietti, she placed 5th in the team competition.[14] Later in the year, she participated in the Tart Cup in Brno, where she won four golds and a silver medal.[15]

Senior

2023

In 2023, Dragas made her senior international debut at the World Cup Sofia, along with veterans Milena Baldassarri and Sofia Raffaeli.[16] Ultimately, she placed 19th place in the all-around competition.[17] In June, Dragas competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships, her first as a senior, and finished in 7th place in the all-around competition.[18] The next day, she won a silver medal with clubs and a bronze medal in the hoop final.[19]

2024

In 2024, she attended more international competitions. On 19–21 April, she competed at Baku World Cup and placed 11th in the all-around. She advanced into two apparatus finals, finishing 4th in hoop and 6th in ball.[20] She next competed at World Challenge Cup Portimao in Portugal, where she took 13th place in the all-around. She qualified to the all final and ended in 6th place.

In May, Dragas was selected to represent Italy at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, together with Sofia Raffaeli and Milena Baldassarri. They won the silver medal in the team competition. On 8 June, Dragaš competed at the 2024 Italian National Championships and finished in 4th place in the all-around.[21] She also won the gold medal in the ribbon final, silver medals in hoop and clubs and bronze in the ball final. In July, she competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and placed 14th in the all-around.[22]

2025

In 2025, Dragas began her international season competing at the Grand Prix Thiais in late March. She won the silver medal in the all-around behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and qualified for all four apparatus finals.[23] She won silver medals in the clubs and ribbon finals and bronze medals with hoop and ball.[24] On 18-20 April, she competed at the Baku World Cup, where she finished in 11th place in the all-around and advanced into two apparatus finals. She won bronze in the ribbon final, which was her first World Cup medal.[25][26] On 1-4 May, Dragas competed at the 2025 European Cup Baku, where she won a bronze medal with hoop and silver medals with clubs and ribbon. In the cross-battles she was defeated in the first round by Lian Rona.

In June, Dragas was selected to represent Italy, along with Alice Taglietti and Sofia Raffaeli, at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn. Together with the senior group, they won the gold medal in the team competition.[27] She qualified to her first all-around final, where she ended in 5th place. On 14 June, she competed at the 2025 Italian National Championships and won the silver medal in the all-around. In a tight race with Raffaeli, she lost by 0.35 points.[28] The day after, she won gold medals in the clubs and ribbon finals and silver in hoop and ball behind Raffaeli.[29] In July, she took 5th place in all-around at Milan World Cup.[30] She qualified to three finals, winning her first World Cup gold medal, in ribbon final and a bronze medal with ball. She placed 6th in clubs final. Then she competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and took 5th place in all-around, again. She won bronze medal in ball final and silver in clubs.[31]

Dragas was selected to represent Italy alongside Sofia Raffaeli at the 2025 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[32] In her first world championship all-around final, she finished in 13th place. Together with Sofia Raffaeli and senior group she took 6th place in team competition.[33] She also took 6th place in ball and 4th place in ribbon final.[34] In September, she won silver medal in all-around behind Taisiia Onofriichuk at Brno Grand Prix. In finals, she won gold with ribbon, silver with hoop and bronze with ball and clubs.[35]

2026

Dragas began her 2026 season by competing at the Miss Valentine Grand Prix in Tartu in late February, where she won the gold medal in the ball final and the silver medal in the clubs final.[36] On March 21-22, she competed at Grand Prix Marbella, where she took 4th place in all-around. In finals, she won silver in ball and bronze in ribbon.

Routine music information

More information Year, Apparatus ...
Year Apparatus Music Title
2026 Hoop Due vite (Live) by Marco Mengoni
Ball Pokémon Black & White- Battle Vs. Ghetsis
Clubs Dracula- Euphoria Season 2 Official Score by Labrinth
Ribbon Ciganka sam mala by Jelena Tomašević
2025 Hoop Wake up (feat. XEAH by Tommee Profitt
Ball (first) I Want to Know What Love Is by Mariah Carey
Ball (second) Vranjanka (Live version) by Jelena Tomašević
Clubs Caravan by Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra
Ribbon Cria Da Ivete (Ao Vivo) by Ivete Sangalo
2024 Hoop Guide Me Home by Freddie Mercury
Ball Como La Flor (feat. Mayre Martinez) from Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Clubs Turn Down for What by DJ Snake, Lil John, Prrrum and Rompe (Instrumental) by Daddy Yankee, Cosculluela
Ribbon Fato, mori dušmanke by Louis
2023 Hoop Craw-Fever by Elvis Presley
Ball SOS by Dimash
Clubs Quantum Utopia (feat. Eugene Hütz) by Goran Bregović
Ribbon Vegas Rehearsal/That's All Right by Austin Butler and Elvis Presley
2022 Hoop Beauty and the beast (Cinematic Piano/ Cello) cover by Jennifer Thomas and Armen Ksajikian
Ball SOS by Dimash
Clubs Opera by Gabry Ponte & La Diva
Ribbon Stalker's Tango by Autoheart
2021 Hoop
Ball
Clubs Rave de Favela by Major Lazer, MC Lan, BEAM
Ribbon Caravan by Raphael Gualazzi
2018 Ball Ya Mustafa by Manifico
Ribbon Melody of Heartbeat by Artem Uzunov
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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
2026 Grand Prix Marbella4th5th2nd3rd
Grand Prix Tartu4th4th1st2nd17th (Q)
2025 Grand Prix Brno2nd2nd3rd3rd1st
World Championships13th6th18th (Q)6th15th (Q)4th
World Cup Challenge Cluj-Napoca5th6th3rd2nd10th (Q)
World Cup Milan5th28th (Q)3rd6th1st
European Championships5th1st10th (Q)6th5th
European Cup Baku3rd2nd2nd
World Cup Baku11th11th (Q)27th (Q)6th3rd
Grand Prix Thiais2nd3rd3rd2nd2nd
2024 European Championships2nd15th (Q)
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca14th16th (Q)20th (Q)10th (Q)17th (Q)
World Cup Portimao13th14th (Q)6th10th (Q)30th (Q)
World Cup Baku11th4th6th18th (Q)18th (Q)
2023 MTM Ljubljana Tournament1st1st2nd3rd1st
World Cup Sofia19th15th (Q)20th (Q)21st (Q)24th (Q)
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2022 IT Tart Cup1st1st1st1st2nd
Junior European Championships5th4th2nd
IT Portimao1st1st
National: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2025Italian National Championships2nd2nd2nd1st1st
2024Italian National Championships4th2nd3rd2nd1st
2023Italian National Championships7th2nd13th (Q)3rd15th (Q)
National: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2022Italian National Championships1st
2021Italian National Championships2nd
2020Italian National Championships2nd
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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