Daniela Mogurean

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Daniela Mogurean
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Personal information
Nickname(s)Dana
Born (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)
Chișinău, Moldova
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Years on national team2015-
Former countries representedFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
ClubGinnastica Ritmica Padova
Head coach(es)Emanuela Maccarani
ChoreographerFederica Bagnera
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Group All-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Group All-around
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Sofia Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Sofia5 Hoops
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 KitakyushuTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 KitakyushuGroup All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Kitakyushu5 Balls
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Sofia3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Valencia Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Valencia5 Hoops
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv 5 Hoops
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Tel Aviv3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Budapest 5 Hoops
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Varna Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Tel AvivGroup All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Tel AvivTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 BudapestTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 BudapestGroup All-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Varna3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Baku 5 Hoops
European Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Baku Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Baku5 Hoops
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Baku3 Ribbons + 2 Balls

Daniela Mogurean (born 16 July 2001) is a Moldovan rhythmic gymnast that represents Italy. She won Olympic bronze medals with the Italian group at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is a 2021 World champion in 3 hoops and 4 clubs and a 2022 World champion in 5 hoops. She also won two gold medals at the 2022 European Championships and one gold medal at the 2024 European Championships.

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Early life

Mogurean was born on 16 July 2001 in Chișinău, Moldova, [1] and grew up in Tighina. [2] She started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of four after following her older sister into the sport. The family moved to Mestre, Italy, [3] when she was eight years old. [4] She continued her rhythmic gymnastics training in Italy. [5]

Gymnastics career

The International Gymnastics Federation approved Mogurean's nationality change request to represent Italy internationally in February 2015. [6] She joined the Italian junior national group and competed at the 2015 European Junior Championships, where they finished sixth in the group all-around and fifth in the 5 balls final. [7]

2021

Mogurean was a reserve for Italy's senior national group for four years before being added to the main team in 2021. [4] She helped the Italian group sweep the silver medals, all behind Bulgaria, at the Baku World Cup. [8] Then at the Pesaro World Cup, they won gold medals in both event finals ahead of Russia. [9] She competed at the 2021 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, and won a silver medal in the group all-around and a bronze medal in the 3 hoops and 4 clubs final. [10] [11] She then represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Agnese Duranti, Alessia Maurelli, Martina Centofanti, and Martina Santandrea. They qualified for the group all-around final in third place, [12] and they won the bronze medal in the final. [5]

Mogurean and the Italian group then competed at the 2021 World Championships. [13] They won the silver medal in the group all-around behind Russia. [14] In the event finals, they won the gold medal in 3 hoops and 4 clubs and the silver medal in 5 balls. [15] Additionally, the Italian group and individuals Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, Milena Baldassarri, and Sofia Raffaeli won the silver medal in the team competition. [16]

2022

Mogurean and the Italian group won two gold medals and one silver medal at the Baku World Cup. [17] [18] They then swept the gold medals at both the Pamplona World Challenge Cup and at the Pesaro World Cup. [19] [20] At the 2022 European Championships, they won a silver medal in the group all-around behind Israel. They then won the gold medals in both event finals. [21] They missed out on a group all-around medal and an Olympic berth at the 2022 World Championships due to mistakes, but the Italian team of the group, Milena Baldassarri, and Sofia Raffaeli won the team competition. [22] In the event finals, they improved their performance to win the gold medal in 5 hoops and the silver medal behind Bulgaria in 3 ribbons and 2 balls. [23]

2023

Mogurean helped the Italian group win a gold medal in 3 ribbons and 2 balls at the Athens World Cup. [24] At the Milan World Cup, they won the all-around title after winning a tie-breaker over Israel. They then lost to Israel in the 5 hoops final but won the 3 ribbons and 2 balls final. [25] They then won the bronze medal in 5 hoops at the European Championships. [26] At the 2023 World Championships, the Italian group finished fourth in the all-around after multiple mistakes in their 3 ribbons and 2 balls routine. However, they did qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics as they were among the top five eligible groups. [27] They did qualify for the 5 hoops final and won the bronze medal behind China and Spain. Additionally, they won a bronze medal in the team event. [28]

2024

Mogurean helped the Italian group sweep the gold medals at the Athens World Cup. [29] They then swept the silver medals at the first-ever European Cup. [30] Then at the European Championships, they won the gold medal in 5 hoops. [31] Additionally, they won silver medals in the group all-around and team events. [32] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Alessia Maurelli, Agnese Duranti, Martina Centofanti, and Laura Paris. The group won the second-consecutive bronze medal in the group all-around final, behind China and Israel. [33]

Detailed Olympic results

YearCompetition DescriptionLocationMusicApparatusRankScore-FinalRankScore-Qualifying
2020Olympics Tokyo All-around3rd87.7003rd87.150
Butterfly-Ninja
by Maxime Rodriguez 		5 Balls4th44.8503rd44.600
Tree of Life Suite
by R. Cacciapaglia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra		3 Hoops + 4 Clubs3rd42.8504th42.550
2024Olympics Paris All-around3rd68.1002nd69.350
Scherzo Molto Vivace from Symphony No. 9, Greatness
by Audiomachine, Vo Williams 		5 Hoops3rd36.1002nd38.200
The Ecstasy of Gold
by Ennio Morricone, Czech National Symphony Orchestra		3 Ribbons + 2 Balls4th32.0006th31.150

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rhythmic Gymnastics - Mogurean Daniela". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Daniela Mogurean, gimnastă originară din Republica Moldova, a câștigat bronzul pentru Italia la JO de la Paris" [Daniela Mogurean, a gymnast originally from the Republic of Moldova, won bronze for Italy at the Paris Olympics]. Radio Chișinău (in Romanian). 11 August 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Daniela Mogurean". Italian National Olympic Committee . Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "La doar 21 de ani, o tanara orginara din Moldova, traieste visul unei sportive de performanta, adunand zeci de medalii si exceland la campionate internationale" [At just 21 years old, a young woman originally from Moldova is living the dream of a high-performance athlete, collecting dozens of medals and excelling at international championships]. ProTV Chișinău (in Romanian). Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020, la medaglia di bronzo Daniela Mogurean" [Tokyo 2020, bronze medalist Daniela Mogurean]. Corriere TV (in Italian). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "FIG Executive Committee - Official News". International Gymnastics Federation . 3 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Europei Ginnastica Ritmica, 5° Posto Della Squadra Junior Sulle Orme Delle "Farfalle"" [European Rhythmic Gymnastics, 5th place for the junior team in the footsteps of the "Butterflies"] (in Italian). Positano News. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ashram, Bulgarian Rhythmic Group prevail in Baku". International Gymnastics Federation . 10 May 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Averina sisters dominate as World Cup Series concludes in Pesaro". International Gymnastics Federation . 31 May 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Villa, Stefano (13 June 2021). "Ginnastica ritmica, Europei 2021: le Farfalle chiudono con un bronzo di specialità, titoli a Bulgaria e Israele" [Rhythmic Gymnastics, European Championships 2021: the Butterflies close with a bronze in their specialty, titles for Bulgaria and Israel] (in Italian). OA Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Europei di Varna - Le Farfalle fanno il bis e vincono il bronzo di specialità con l'esercizio misto" [Varna European Championships - The Butterflies do the double and win the bronze in the specialty with the mixed exercise] (in Italian). Italian Gymnastics Federation. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Bulgaria tops ROC in Rhythmic Group qualification". International Gymnastics Federation . 7 August 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Olympic medallists, newcomers headline Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation . 1 October 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  16. ↑ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Team All-Around Competition". Longines Timing. International Gymnastics Federation. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "Farfalle d'oro a Baku, prime la squadra e Raffaeli: l'Italia torna con nove medaglie" [Golden butterflies in Baku, team and Raffaeli first: Italy returns with nine medals]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 24 April 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  18. ↑ "Raffaeli, Farfalle turn Baku World Cup into Italian triumph". International Gymnastics Federation . 25 April 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "German gymnasts take three golds at first Rhythmic World Challenge Cup of 2022". International Gymnastics Federation . 23 May 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  20. ↑ "Raffaeli, 'Farfalle' land multiple golds in fabulous weekend for Italian Rhythmic Gymnastics". International Gymnastics Federation . 7 June 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  21. ↑ "Result Book 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 19 June 2022. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  22. ↑ "Brilliant Bulgarian Group grabs All-Around gold at Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation . 16 September 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  23. ↑ "Italian, Bulgarian Groups end Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds on top". International Gymnastics Federation . 18 September 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  24. ↑ "Rhythmic star Raffaeli opens season with a pair of golds at Athens World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  25. ↑ "Varfolomeev emerges as the toast of Milan as Italy and Israel share Group glory". International Gymnastics Federation . 24 July 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  26. ↑ "Onopriienko, Raffaeli, Varfolomeev, Israeli and Azerbaijani groups golden as #Baku2023 concludes". European Gymnastics . 21 May 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  27. ↑ "Historic Israeli Group wins maiden World title in Rhythmic Gymnastics". International Gymnastics Federation . 25 August 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  28. ↑ "Israel, China produce best-ever results in Group apparatus finals at Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation . 27 August 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  29. ↑ "A golden World Cup debut for Elvira Krasnobaeva". International Gymnastics Federation . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  30. ↑ "Bulgaria shine at inaugural European Cup". European Gymnastics . 5 May 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  31. ↑ "Great variety of apparatus medallists decided on closing day of #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics . 26 May 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  32. ↑ "Stiliana Nikolova crowned Queen of Europe". European Gymnastics . 25 May 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  33. ↑ Smirnova, Lena (10 August 2024). "An Olympic medal and a marriage proposal? Italy's rhythmic gymnast Alessia Maurelli says 'yes' to both". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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