| Christina Dragan | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 2007 Orange County, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2020-present | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti / Nimble Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alexandra Piscupescu | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christina Dragan (born 19 April 2007) is a Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast.
Personal life
She took the sport following her sister Annaliese's footsteps, in 2019 the sisters were invited by the Romanian federation to compete for them, thanks to their parents' nationality.[1] They represented Romania together at the 2020 European Championship.[2]
Career
Junior
Her debut for Romania was the 2020 Irina Deleanu's cup where the two sisters were 4th in the team competition, Christina ended 4th with rope, 11th with ball, 6th with clubs and 4th with ribbon.[3] In October she beat her sister to become the national champion in the junior category,[4] and won silver at the Romanian Cup a few weeks later.[5] Her major international competition was the 2020 European Championship in Kyiv, Ukraine. She ended up 10th in the All-Around just behind her sister and was the first reserve for the ball final.[6]
In 2021 she maintained her national title and won some medals in international tournaments.
In 2022 she joined her sister at the European Championship once again, even though Annaliese competed in the senior category. Dragan performed with hoop and ball qualifying for both event finals and getting the second highest hoop score (30.95), at the end of the first day Christina and her teammate Amalia Lică won silver, only the second medals for Romania in a junior European Championship,[7] in the team event behind Israel and above Bulgaria.[8][9] The next day Dragan also won bronze in the ball final.[10]
Senior
Christina became a senior in 2023, debuting at the World Cup in Tashkent taking the 19th place in the All-Around.[11]
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hoop | Skyfall by Adele |
| Ball | Nature Boy by Céline Dion | |
| Clubs | Forever Young by Alphaville | |
| Ribbon | Una Noche Mas by Yasmin Levy | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke |
| Ball | The Forest Queen by Peter Gundry | |
| Clubs | Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen by The Hot Sardines | |
| Ribbon | ||
| 2021 | Hoop | |
| Ball | ||
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | ||
| 2020 | Rope | |
| Ball | George Valentin by The Brussels Philharmonic & The Orchestra Of Flanders | |
| Clubs | I'm Still Standing by Taron Egerton | |
| Ribbon | Padam, Padam by Mireille Mathieu |
"9. European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romania (20.-23. May 1993)"
References
- ↑ "Dragan Rhythmic Gymnasts". rythmicgymnasts. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ REGISTRY.GYMDATA.ONLINE (2020-11-20). "36th RG ECh 2020, Kyiv – Event Nominative Applications" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "2020 Irina Deleanu Cup | FRGR". Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "ksis". rgform.eu. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Mica Gimnasta (in Romanian)
- ↑ "36th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships – Kyiv 2020" (PDF). 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "9. European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romeania (20.-23. May 1993)". rsg.net. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Maya (2022-08-09). "Imnul pentru gimnastele junioare din România". Gimnastica ritmica. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ↑ "38TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Team Results" (PDF). 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Gymnastics - European Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ↑ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Tashkent 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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