Amalia Lică
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| Full name | Amalia Maria Lică | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 2009 Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania (2022-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ACS Dandri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Adriana Mitroi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amalia Maria Lică (born 11 May 2009) is a Romanian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She became the first junior European Champion for Romania by winning gold with clubs in 2022.[2] She is also the 2025 World silver medalist with clubs.
Early life
Lică began gymnastics at age 5. Her mother saw her dancing around the house and first took her to ballet classes, then enrolled her in rhythmic gymnastics.[3]
Career
Lică made her international debut in 2021, when she participated in the Irina Deleanu Cup.[4]
Junior
In 2022, she became a junior. Her first competition was the Grand Prix in Moscow, where she won silver in the team competition.[5] She also took part in the International Sofia Tournament, where she won silver with ribbon,[6] and the Irina Deleanu Cup, where she won gold in all-around.[7] In June she was selected for her first European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. There she won silver in teams with Christina Dragan. Individually, she won a historical gold in the clubs apparatus final, which made her the first junior individual European Champion from Romania.[8][9]
In 2023, she made her debut competing in the Italian Serie A championship, joining the club Eurogymnica Torino.[10] In March she won bronze with clubs and gold with hoop at the Fellbach-Schminden tournament.[11] A week later she won four golds at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens.[12]
The next season, Lică competed at the 2024 European Cup Baku, where she won bronze medal in the team competition. Individually, she won silver medals with hoop and clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon. At the 2024 European Championships, she won the junior team gold along with Lisa Garac, then won three of the four junior apparatus finals in hoop, clubs, and ribbon.[13][14] In October, she won the Romanian junior national title in the all-around.[15]
Senior
In 2025, she became a senior. On March 7-9, she competed at International Tournament Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey and placed 14th in All-around.[16] She won silver in Team competition together with Andreea Verdes. On 4-6 April, she competed at 2025 World Cup Sofia, she big mistakes her ribbon routine and took 42nd place in the all-around and did not advance into apparatus finals. On April 18-20, she competed at Baku World Cup, where she took 40th place in all-around.[17]
She was selected to represent Romania together with Andreea Verdes at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She took 14th place in the all-around final.[18] She qualified to ribbon final, finishing 8th.[19] In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 29th place in the all-around.[20] On July 25-27, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and finished 7th in the all-around. She took 4th place in clubs and 8th in ribbon final.[21]
In August, she represented Romania at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and took 17th place in the all-around final. She qualified to clubs final, where she won a historic silver medal, the first World Championship medal of any color for Romania since Irina Deleanu, who won a bronze in 1992.[22]
In October, she competed in the Aeon Cup in Tokyo with teammates Ileana Dutu and Patricia Stanciu, where the ACS Dandri Bucharest took 5th place in team competition. In the senior all-around, Lică won the bronze medal behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and Rin Keys.[23]
Achievements
- First Romanian rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at the European Championships.
- First (and only) Romanian rhythmic gymnast to win an individual medal at the Junior World Championships.
- First (and only) Romanian rhythmic gymnast to win a silver medal in an individual apparatus final at World Championships.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hoop | Prologue by Woodkid |
| Ball | ||
| Clubs | Wepa by Gloria Estefan | |
| Ribbon | Golden Cage by Gabriel Saban & Sandia | |
| 2024 | Hoop | Prologue by Woodkid |
| Ball | Beethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano Guys | |
| Clubs | Crown of Vengeance, Lock And Key, Nexus by Timothy Shortell and Caleb Jordan Swift | |
| Ribbon | I NEED YOU by Jon Batiste | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Chopin: Fantasie by Robert Wells |
| Ball | Beethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano Guys | |
| Clubs | Crown of Vengeance, Lock And Key, Nexus by Timothy Shortell and Caleb Jordan Swift | |
| Ribbon | I NEED YOU by Jon Batiste | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor op. 66 by Johan Åhlén |
| Ball | Planetarium by Justin Hurwitz | |
| Clubs | Adiós by Benjamin Clementine | |
| Ribbon | Long Tall Sally by Cagey Strings | |
| 2021 | Hoop | Chopin: Fantasie by Robert Wells |
| Ball | Planetarium by Justin Hurwitz | |
| Clubs | Adiós by Benjamin Clementine | |
| Ribbon | Long Tall Sally by Cagey Strings |
Competitive highlights
(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
| International: Senior | |||||||
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| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2025 | World Championships | 17th | 12th (Q) | 19th (Q) | 2nd | 19th (Q) | |
| World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca | 7th | 9th (Q) | 12th (Q) | 4th | 8th | ||
| World Cup Milan | 29th | 32nd (Q) | 36th (Q) | 28th (Q) | 26th (Q) | ||
| European Championships | 14th | 8th | |||||
| European Cup Burgas | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | ||||
| European Cup Baku | 4th | 7th | 3rd | ||||
| World Cup Baku | 40th | 38th (Q) | 39th (Q) | 29th (Q) | 48th (Q) | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 42nd | 35th (Q) | 12th (Q) | 28th (Q) | 82nd (Q) | ||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2024 | Junior European Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| European Cup Baku | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| 2023 | Junior World Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | ||
| IT Aphrodite Cup | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| IT Fellbach-Schminden | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| 2022 | Junior European Championships | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| National: Junior | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2024 | Romanian National Championships | 1st | |||||
| 2023 | Romanian National Championships | 1st | |||||
| 2022 | Romanian National Championships | 1st | |||||
| 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) | |||||||
References
- ^ "LICA Amalia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Performanță istorică pentru gimnastica ritmică din România - Amalia Lică, aur la Europenele de la Tel Aviv". sport.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Neag, Mirela (3 June 2024). "Mama gimnastei Amalia Lică: "Mi-au fost luate mie picioarele pentru ca Amalia să primească aripi"" [Gymnast Amalia Lică's mother: "My legs were taken away so that Amalia could have wings"]. GOLAZO.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ Amalia Maria Lica ROU ACS Dandri Hoop Irina Deleanu Cup 19 May 2021, 28 May 2021, retrieved 15 December 2022
- ^ Maya (9 February 2022). "16-20.02.2022. Grand Prix Moscova Gimnastică Ritmică - Gimnastica ritmica 16-20.02.2022. Grand Prix Moscova Gimnastică Ritmică". Gimnastica ritmica. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Junior Ribbon Final IT Sofia Cup 2022, 3 April 2022, retrieved 15 December 2022
- ^ FIG 21st Irina Deleanu Cup - 2022 - day 1, 29 April 2022, retrieved 15 December 2022
- ^ "The 2022 junior European Champions … Elvira Krasnobaeva, Michelle Munits, Amalia Lica and Daniela Munits". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ Malino, Glauco (February 2023). "Le stelle della ritmica a Torino con Eurogymnica". www.giornalelavoce.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Gymnastik International Results Book" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 5 March 2023.
- ^ "România are o super-campioană la gimnastică ritmică! Duminică a cucerit 4 medalii de aur". click.ro. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Dumitrescu, Radu (23 May 2024). "Romania becomes European Junior Champion in rhythmic gymnastics". Romania Insider. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Romania's Amalia Lica shines with three individual titles at #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Campionatul Național de Junioare și Senioare". ksis.eu. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Bosphorus Cup". Turkish Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Rhythmic Olympic champions back in action at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "ECh Tallinn 2025 Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "ECh Tallinn 2025 Ribbon Final" (PDF).
- ^ "World Cup Milan Results Book (Media)". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "World Challenge Cup". rgform.eu. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "AMALIA LICĂ, MEDALIE ISTORICĂ PENTRU ROMÂNIA LA MONDIALELE DE GIMNASTICĂ RITMICĂ! ARGINT LA MĂCIUCI, LA DOAR 16 ANI" [AMALIA LICĂ, HISTORIC MEDAL FOR ROMANIA AT THE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! SILVER IN MACIUCI, AT JUST 16 YEARS OLD]. eurosport.ro (in Romanian). 24 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "Aeon Cup 2025 Results". seikosportslink.com. Retrieved 13 October 2025.