Christina Dragan

Christina Dragan (born 19 April 2007) is a Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast.

Christina Dragan
Country represented Romania
Born (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007
Orange County, California, United States
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2020-present
ClubSportul Studentesc Bucuresti / Nimble Rhythmic Gymnastics
Head coach(es)Irina Deleanu
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Tel AvivTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 Tel AvivBall

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
  1. "Dragan Rhythmic Gymnasts". rythmicgymnasts. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  2. REGISTRY.GYMDATA.ONLINE (2020-11-20). "36th RG ECh 2020, Kyiv – Event Nominative Applications" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  3. "2020 Irina Deleanu Cup | FRGR". Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  4. "ksis". rgform.eu. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  5. Mica Gimnasta (in Romanian)
  6. "36th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships – Kyiv 2020" (PDF). 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  7. "9. European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romeania (20.-23. May 1993)". rsg.net. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  8. Maya (2022-08-09). "Imnul pentru gimnastele junioare din România". Gimnastica ritmica. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  9. "38TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Team Results" (PDF). 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  10. "Gymnastics - European Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  11. "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Tashkent 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.


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