Lilia Cosman | |
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Born | Lansing, Michigan, United States | August 6, 2007
Hometown | Delhi Charter Township, Michigan |
Residence | Deva, Romania |
Gymnastics career | |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Country represented | Romania |
Years on national team | 2022–present (ROU) |
College team | Michigan State Spartans (2026–2030) |
Club | Cetate Deva, CSM Oneşti |
Gym | Capital City Flips Gymnastics |
Head coach(es) | Liliana Cosma, Kristin Buese |
Lilia Cosman (born August 6, 2007) is a Romanian-American artistic gymnast. She joined the Romania women's national artistic gymnastics team in 2022, becoming the national champion on the uneven bars. She represented Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Cosman was born on August 6, 2007 [1] in Lansing, Michigan, [2] as a dual citizen of the United States and Romania. Her parents were both born in Romania and immigrated to the United States in 2001. [3] She began gymnastics at the age of four because her older sister was also a gymnast. [4]
Cosman moved to Deva, Romania, at age 15, in 2022 and joined the Romanian national team. [5] [6] She began training under coach Liliana Cosma. [7] At the 2022 Romanian Championships, she became the national champion on the uneven bars and also placed fifth in the all-around and on the balance beam. [8] She then competed at the Gymnova Cup held in Keerbergen, Belgium, placing fourth in the all-around and winning a bronze medal in the team competition. [9] Then at the Romanian Junior Individual Championships, she won a bronze medal in the all-around and silver medals on the vault and uneven bars. [10]
Cosman became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2023. She made her senior international debut at the 2023 European Championships and contributed on the vault and uneven bars toward Romania's fifth-place finish. [11] She won the bronze medal in the all-around at the Romanian Championships behind Ana Bărbosu and Sabrina Voinea, and she won a silver medal in the balance beam final. [12] She competed at the Heidelberg Friendly with the Romanian team that won a silver medal behind Germany. [13] She was selected to compete at the 2023 World Championships alongside Bărbosu, Voinea, Amalia Ghigoarță, and Andreea Preda. The team finished in tenth place, earning Romania a team berth for the Olympic Games for the first time since 2012. [14] [15]
Cosman competed at the 2024 European Championships and placed fourth in the balance beam final. [16] She also helped Romania place fourth in the team final, [17] and she finished eighth in the individual all-around. [18] She finished fourth in the all-around at the 2024 RomGym Trophy, and she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Algeria's Kaylia Nemour and Hungary's Zsófia Kovács. [19] Later that year, Cosman was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Ana Bărbosu, Amalia Ghigoarță, Andreea Preda, and Sabrina Voinea. [20]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Junior | |||||||
2022 | Romanian Championships | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||
Gymnova Cup | 4 | 6 | |||||
Romanian Junior Individual Championships | 5 | 4 | |||||
Senior | |||||||
2023 | |||||||
European Championships | 5 | ||||||
Romanian Championships | |||||||
Heidelberg Friendly | 19 | ||||||
World Championships | 10 | ||||||
2024 | |||||||
European Championships | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||
RomGym Trophy | 4 | ||||||
Olympic Games | 7 |
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