Tara Dragas

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Tara Dragas
Born (2007-02-17) 17 February 2007 (age 17)
San Daniele del Friuli, Italy
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic Gymnastics
Country representedFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Years on national team2020-present
LevelInternational Elite
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] She has an older brother Marko.

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 attended more international competitions on high level. She competed at World Challenge Cup Portimao in Portugal, where she took 13th place in All-around. She qualified to Ball final and ended on 6th place. 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. In July, she competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and placed 14th in All-around. [10]

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic Title
2025HoopWake up by Tommee Profitt
Ball I Want to Know What Love Is by Mariah Carey
ClubsCaravan by Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra
Ribbon
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
2021Hoop
Ball
ClubsRave de Favela by Major Lazer, MC Lan, BEAM
RibbonCaravan by Raphael Gualazzi

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

International: Senior
YearEventAATeam Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2024 European Championships 2nd15th (Q)
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca 14th16th (Q)20th (Q)10th (Q)17th (Q)
World Cup Portimao 13th14th (Q)6th10th (Q)30th (Q)
World Cup Baku 11th4th6th
2023 World Cup Sofia 19th15th (Q)20th (Q)21st (Q)24th (Q)
International: Junior
YearEventAATeam Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2022 Junior European Championships 5th4th2nd
National
YearEventAATeam Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2024 Italian National Championships 4th2nd3rd2nd1st
2023 Italian National Championships 7th2nd13th (Q)3rd15th (Q)
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record;WD = Withdrew;NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)

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