Ana Padurariu

Anne-Marie "Ana" Padurariu (Romanian: Ana Pădurariu; born August 1, 2002) is a Canadian artistic gymnast and the 2018 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam.

Ana Padurariu
Padurariu in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Anne-Marie Padurariu
Born	(2002-08-01) August 1, 2002 (age 21) Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
Hometown	Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2015–21 (CAN)
Club	Gemini Gymnastics
College team	UCLA Bruins (2021–24)
Head coach(es)	Yelena Davydova^[1]
Medal record Artistic gymnastics Representing  Canada World Championships 2018 Doha Balance Beam FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd All-Around World Cup 0 1 0

Early life

Ana Padurariu is of Romanian descent.^[2] Born in Bracebridge, Ontario, she resides in Whitby.^[3] She attended Sinclair Secondary School.^[4]

Padurariu's club is Gemini Gymnastics^[5] (located in Oshawa, Ontario), where she took up gymnastics at the age of four.^[6] Her favorite apparatus are beam and floor.^[5] Her dream is to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, just as former Gemini Gymnastics gymnast Kristina Vaculik did in London in 2012.^[4]

Gymnastics career

Junior

As a junior, in 2016–2017 Padurariu won every gold (five gold medals, the all-around and all four apparatus events) at the 2016 Olympic Hopes Cup, the 2017 Elite Canada, and the 2017 Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championships^[5][7][8][9] and four golds (except on vault) at the 2016 Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[5][10] She also did well at two international events, the City of Jesolo Trophy (Italy) and the Gymnix Junior Cup (Montreal, Canada). As a result, she was named Gymnastics Canada's junior athlete of 2017.^[4]

Senior

2018

Padurariu debuted at the senior level at the 2018 Elite Canada, winning the all-around silver.^[5] She was leading after three events, but fell on vault. Later she learned that she had two fractures in her left foot.^[4]

In September 2018, Padurariu was part of the Canadian team that finished in fourth place in the team competition at the 2018 senior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championship.^[11]

Padurariu was included in the Canadian team for the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar, where she helped Canada to its best-ever fourth place in the team event,^[12] and qualified in fifth place for the final on balance beam. In the beam final, she won silver with 14.100 points, behind Liu Tingting of China with 14.533 points and ahead of Simone Biles of the United States with 13.600 points.^{[12][13][14][15][16]} It was only the fourth worlds medal in the history of Canadian women's artistic gymnastics.^[17] Padurariu is also her country's second-ever world medalist on beam.^[18]

2019

In March Padurariu competed at the Stuttgart World Cup. She finished in second place behind Simone Biles.^[19] In May she competed at the Canadian National Championships. After the first day of competition Padurariu was leading, but a fall off the balance beam on the second day allowed Ellie Black to take the gold, leaving Padurariu with the silver. Additionally she won gold on uneven bars, silver on balance beam behind Brooklyn Moors, and bronze on floor exercise behind Black and Moors.^[20]

In June Padurariu was named to the team to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games alongside Black, Moors, Shallon Olsen, and Victoria-Kayen Woo.^[21] She later had to pull out after sustaining another fracture to her left foot.^[22]

On September 4 Padurariu was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Black, Olsen, Moors, and Woo.^[23] Due to her injury, Padruariu competed only on bars and beam in the qualification round, where she helped Canada qualify to the team final and individually qualified to the balance beam final. Canada placed seventh overall.^[24] In the event finals Padurariu competed on balance beam only but fell on her triple wolf turn.

In October Padurariu announced on Instagram that she had verbally committed to attend UCLA on a gymnastics scholarship.^[25] A month later she signed her National Letter of Intent with the Bruins, starting in the 2020–21 school year.^[26]

2020

In late January it was announced that Padurariu would compete at the Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March.^[27] In early February it was announced that she would also compete at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March.^[28] Her first competition of the season was Elite Canada, where she placed first in the all-around, ahead of Brooklyn Moors.^[29] The Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany^[30] as was the Birmingham World Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[31]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2015	International Gymnix^[32]		9		4
	City of Jesolo Trophy^[33]		7			6
2016	Elite Canada^[34]
	International Gymnix^[35]		6		8
	City of Jesolo Trophy^[36]		4		7	6	4
	Canadian Championships^[37]
	Pan American Championships^[38]
	Olympic Hopes Cup^[39]
2017	Elite Canada^[40]
	International Gymnix^[41]	4	10	5	4
	City of Jesolo Trophy^[42]	7	5		4		6
	Canadian Championships^[43]
	Junior Japan International^[44]		5		5
	Elite Gym Massilia (Masters)
	Elite Gym Massilia (Open)
Senior
2018	Elite Canada^[45]
	Canadian Championships
	Pan American Championships	4				4
	World Championships^[6]	4
2019	Elite Canada
	L'International Gymnix		11				7
	Stuttgart World Cup
	Canadian Championships
	World Championships	7				8
2020	Elite Canada				5

References

1. Johnson, Anna Rose (February 12, 2019). "Ana Padurariu and Canada's Quest for Success". Inside Gymnastics Magazine. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
2. "Ana Pădurariu, argint pentru Canada la Mondialele de gimnastică". Pagini Românești Montreal (in Romanian). November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
3. "PADURARIU Anne-Marie". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
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17. "WATCH VIDEO: Whitby's Ana Padurariu brings home silver from world gymnastics championships in Qatar". November 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2018. Whitby's Ana Padurariu capped a historic performance for Canada at the ... It marked just the fourth medal ever won by a Canadian female ...
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23. "Canadian team announced for 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". GymCan. September 4, 2019.
24. balancebeamsituation (October 8, 2019). "Live from Worlds – Women's Team Final". The Balance Beam Situation. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
25. "Beyond ecstatic to announce that I have verbally committed to UCLA on a full ride scholarship!". Instagram. October 27, 2019. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021.
26. "Malabuyo, Padurariu Sign with UCLA Gymnastics". UCLA Bruins. December 18, 2019.
27. "Olympic, World champions gear up for star-studded Stuttgart World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. January 30, 2020.
28. "Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars". FIG. February 7, 2020.
29. "Padurariu repeats as Senior All-around Champion at 2020 Elite Canada in Women's Artistic Gymnastics". GymCan. February 9, 2020.
30. "Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the upcoming FIG events". International Gymnastics Federation. March 11, 2020.
31. . British Gymnastics. March 16, 2020. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
32. "2015 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. March 8, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
33. "2015 City of Jesolo Trophy Final Results". The Gymternet. March 28, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
34. "2016 Elite Canada Results". The Gymternet. February 5, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
35. "2016 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
36. "2016 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. March 19, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
37. "2016 Canadian Championships Results". The Gymternet.
38. "2016 Pan American Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 17, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
39. "2016 Olympic Hopes Cup Results". The Gymternet. November 4, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
40. "2017 Elite Canada Results". The Gymternet. February 3, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
    "Elite Canada 2017: Čtyřboji dominovaly Chrobok a Padurariu". Svět sportovní gymnastiky. February 9, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
41. "2017 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. March 11, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
42. "2017 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. April 2, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
43. "2017 Canadian Championships Results". The Gymternet.
44. "2017 Junior Japan International Results". The Gymternet. September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
45. "2018 Elite Canada Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

External links

• Ana Padurariu at Gymnastics Canada
• Anne-Marie Padurariu at the International Gymnastics Federation