Annaliese Dragan

Annaliese Dragan (born September 15, 2005) is a Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast.[2] Along Andreea Verdes she was the first Romanian gymnast to qualify for finals at the World Championships in 26 years in 2022.

Annaliese Dragan
Full nameAnnaliese Dragan
Country represented Romania
Former countries represented United States
Born (2005-09-15) September 15, 2005
Orange County, United States
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Years on national team2020–present
ClubSportul Studentesc Bucuresti[1]
Head coach(es)Irina Deleanu

Career

Junior

Dragan was invited by the Romanian federation to compete for them, thanks to her parents' nationality, her first international competition was the 2020 European Championship in Kiyv, Ukraine. She was 9th in the all around and qualified for the rope, clubs and ribbon final.[3]

Senior

Dragan competed with clubs and ribbon at the 2021 Pesaro World Cup, and the World Challenge Cup in Cluji-Napoca where she placed 8th in the hoop final. In June she was part of the team that competed at the European Championship in Varna, Bulgaria along with Andreea Verdes and Denisa Mailat.[4] Later in the year she was also selected for the World Championship in Kitakyushu, Japan, where she ended on 22nd place in All-around Qualifications and failed to advance into Final.

In 2022, Dragan became Romania's second gymnast and inaugurated her season with the World Cup in Palaio Faliro where she qualified for the hoop and clubs final, and then at the stage in Sofia. She was selected again for the 2022 European Championship in Tel Aviv, Israel, together with Verdes and her sister along Amalia Lica for the junior team. She placed 20th in All-around Final.

In September, she competed at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She placed 12th in All-around Qualifications and qualified to final, where she ended on 18th place because of mistakes with clubs. Dragan qualified to three Apparatus finals, placing 8th in Ball, 7th in Clubs and 6th in Ribbon.[5]

At the World Championships in 2023 she qualified for the All-Around final in 17th place and thus earning a spot for the 2024 Olympic Games, the first for Romania since Ana Luiza Filiorianu in 2016.[6][7]

Routine music information
Year Apparatus Music Title
2023 Hoop Ehyeh by Alessandro Safina
Ball Domestic Pressures by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Clubs Great Spirit (feat. Hilight Tribe) by Armin van Buuren and Vini Vici
Ribbon La boda de Luis Alfonso
2022 Hoop Unstoppable by E.S. Posthumus
Ball Domestic Pressures by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Clubs That Man by Caro Emerald
Ribbon La boda de Luis Alfonso
2021 Hoop You're X-Men/End Titles by John Ottman
Ball The Heat by Peter Gabriel
Clubs That Man by Caro Emerald
Ribbon Grand Central by Patrick Doyle
2020 Rope Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!
Ball Rhapsody in Rock VI by Robert Wells
Clubs No Hay Problema by Pink Martini
Ribbon Grand Central by Patrick Doyle

References
  1. "Annaliese Dragan FIG profile". FIG.
  2. "DRAGAN Annaliese - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  3. "Gimnastică ritmică: Anneliese Drăgan, calificată în trei finale la Europenele de junioare de la Kiev" (in Romanian). November 27, 2020.
  4. "PARTICIPANTS – 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships". Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  5. "Annaliese Drăgan, pe locul 18 în finala individuală de la Campionatele Mondiale de Gimnastică Ritmică" (in Romanian). September 17, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  6. "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.com.
  7. Roman, Comitetul Olimpic si Sportiv (2018). "Annaliese Drăgan, vis împlinit - s-a calificat la Jocurile Olimpice". www.cosr.ro. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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