| Annaliese Dragan | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Annaliese Dragan |
| Country represented |  Romania |
| Former countries represented |  United States |
| Born | September 15, 2005 Orange County, United States |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Level | Senior Elite |
| Years on national team | 2020–present |
| Club | Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti[1] |
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deleanu |
Annaliese Dragan (born September 15, 2005) is a Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast.[2] Along Andreea Verdes she was the first Romanian gymnast to qualify for finals at the World Championships in 26 years in 2022.
Career
Junior
Dragan was invited by the Romanian federation to compete for them, thanks to her parents' nationality, her first international competition was the 2020 European Championship in Kiyv, Ukraine. She was 9th in the all around and qualified for the rope, clubs and ribbon final.[3]
Senior
Dragan competed with clubs and ribbon at the 2021 Pesaro World Cup, and the World Challenge Cup in Cluji-Napoca where she placed 8th in the hoop final. In June she was part of the team that competed at the European Championship in Varna, Bulgaria along with Andreea Verdes and Denisa Mailat.[4] Later in the year she was also selected for the World Championship in Kitakyushu, Japan, where she ended on 22nd place in All-around Qualifications and failed to advance into Final.
In 2022, Dragan became Romania's second gymnast and inaugurated her season with the World Cup in Palaio Faliro where she qualified for the hoop and clubs final, and then at the stage in Sofia. She was selected again for the 2022 European Championship in Tel Aviv, Israel, together with Verdes and her sister along Amalia Lica for the junior team. She placed 20th in All-around Final.
In September, she competed at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She placed 12th in All-around Qualifications and qualified to final, where she ended on 18th place because of mistakes with clubs. Dragan qualified to three Apparatus finals, placing 8th in Ball, 7th in Clubs and 6th in Ribbon.[5]
At the World Championships in 2023 she qualified for the All-Around final in 17th place and thus earning a spot for the 2024 Olympic Games, the first for Romania since Ana Luiza Filiorianu in 2016.[6][7]
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hoop | Ehyeh by Alessandro Safina |
| Ball | Domestic Pressures by Jóhann Jóhannsson | |
| Clubs | Great Spirit (feat. Hilight Tribe) by Armin van Buuren and Vini Vici | |
| Ribbon | La boda de Luis Alfonso | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Unstoppable by E.S. Posthumus |
| Ball | Domestic Pressures by Jóhann Jóhannsson | |
| Clubs | That Man by Caro Emerald | |
| Ribbon | La boda de Luis Alfonso | |
| 2021 | Hoop | You're X-Men/End Titles by John Ottman |
| Ball | The Heat by Peter Gabriel | |
| Clubs | That Man by Caro Emerald | |
| Ribbon | Grand Central by Patrick Doyle | |
| 2020 | Rope | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham! |
| Ball | Rhapsody in Rock VI by Robert Wells | |
| Clubs | No Hay Problema by Pink Martini | |
| Ribbon | Grand Central by Patrick Doyle |
References
- ↑ "Annaliese Dragan FIG profile". FIG.
- ↑ "DRAGAN Annaliese - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Gimnastică ritmică: Anneliese Drăgan, calificată în trei finale la Europenele de junioare de la Kiev" (in Romanian). November 27, 2020.
- ↑ "PARTICIPANTS – 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships". Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ↑ "Annaliese Drăgan, pe locul 18 în finala individuală de la Campionatele Mondiale de Gimnastică Ritmică" (in Romanian). September 17, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ↑ "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.com.
- ↑ Roman, Comitetul Olimpic si Sportiv (2018). "Annaliese Drăgan, vis împlinit - s-a calificat la Jocurile Olimpice". www.cosr.ro. Retrieved September 14, 2023.