Tara Dragas

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Tara Dragas
Country representedFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (2007-02-17) 17 February 2007 (age 17)
San Daniele del Friuli, Italy
Discipline Rhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2020-present
ClubAssociazione Sportiva Udinese
Head coach(es)Špela Dragaš
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
European Championships 010
Junior European Championships 010
Total020
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Rhythmic Gymnastics
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Budapest Team
Junior European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv Ribbon

Tara Dragas (born 17 February 2007) is an Italian rhythmic gymnast [1] of Slovenian descent. She is the 2022 European ribbon junior silver medalist.

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At the national level, she is the 2022 Italian Junior champion, and a two-time (2020, 2021) Italian Junior silver medalist.

Personal life

She took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of four at the Associazione Sportiva Udinese, coached by her mother Špela Dragaš. [2]

Career

Junior

Dragas debuted in the national team in November 2020 on the occasion of the bilateral between Italy and Germany held in Desio. [3]

In 2022, she won 3 gold medals at the 5th edition of Comegym tournament, [4] two gold medals at the international tournament in Portimão, [5] and a silver medal with ribbon at the European Championships in Tel Aviv. [6] Later in the year, she participated in Tart Cup, where she won four golds and a silver medal.

Senior

In 2023, Dragas made her senior international debut at the World Cup Sofia along veterans Milena Baldassarri and Sofia Raffaeli. [7] Ultimately, she placed 19th place in All-around competition. [8] In June, Dragas competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships, her first one as a senior and finished in 7th place in the all-around competition. The next day, she won a silver medal with clubs and a bronze medal in the hoop final.

In 2024, she was selected to represent Italy at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, together with Sofia Raffaeli and Milena Baldassarri. They won silver medal in team competition. On 8 June, Dragaš competed at the 2024 Italian National Championships and finished on 4th place in All-around. [9] She also managed to win three gold medal in Ribbon, silver medals in Hoop and Clubs and bronze in Ball final.

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic Title
2024HoopGuide Me Home by Freddie Mercury
BallComo La Flor (feat. Mayre Martinez) from Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Clubs Turn Down for What by DJ Snake, Lil John, Prrrum and Rompe (Instrumental) by Daddy Yankee, Cosculluela
RibbonFato, mori dušmanke by Louis
2023HoopCraw-Fever by Elvis Presley
BallSOS by Dimash
ClubsQuantum Utopia (feat. Eugene Hütz) by Goran Bregović
RibbonVegas Rehearsal/That's All Right by Austin Butler and Elvis Presley
2022HoopBeauty and the beast (Cinematic Piano/ Cello) cover by Jennifer Thomas and Armen Ksajikian
BallSOS by Dimash
ClubsOpera by Gabry Ponte & La Diva
RibbonStalker's Tango by Autoheart

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References

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  2. ↑ "La figlia d'arte Tara Dragas già a medaglia È lei la promessa della ritmica italiana". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Desio – Road to Kiev 2020, il bilaterale di Ritmica tra Italia-Germania verso gli Europei". www.federginnastica.it. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Mersin - Arriva l'acuto anche dalla Ritmica. Taglietti e Dragas trionfano nell'All Around per Team". www.federginnastica.it. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  5. ↑ "2022 Portimão Results" (PDF). ginastica.org.
  6. ↑ "2022 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
  7. ↑ "ASU - Tara Dragaš called up with the seniors for the World Cup in Sofia".
  8. ↑ "SOFIA WORLD CUP 2023 - RESULTS" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  9. ↑ "Ginnastica ritmica, Assoluti Folgaria 2024: Sofia Raffaeli concede il tris nel Concorso Generale". Sportface.it (in Italian). 2024-06-08.
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