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Silvia Zarzu
Silvia Zarzu
Personal information
Full name	Silvia Andreea Zarzu
Born	16 December 1998 (age 26); Onești, Bacău County, Romania
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Romania
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	CSM Onesti
Retired	2016
Representing Romania
European Championships

Silvia Andreea Zarzu (born 16 December 1998) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast.^[1] She was part of the Romanian team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2014 European Championships and placed fourth at the 2014 World Championships.^[2]

Junior career

Zarzu competed with Andreea Munteanu, Miriam Aribășoiu, Ștefania Stănilă, and Paula Tudorache at the 2012 European Junior Championships, and they won the bronze medal. Individually, Zarzu won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Maria Kharenkova from Russia.^[3] She competed with Andreea Iridon and Laura Jurca at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, and they won the team bronze medal behind Russia and Great Britain. Zarzu won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Kharenkova and Kim Janas.^[4]

Senior career

2014

Zarzu competed in a friendly meet between Belgium, France, and Romania and helped the Romanian team win the gold medal.^[5] She competed at the 2014 European Championships alongside Larisa Iordache, Diana Bulimar, Andreea Munteanu, and Ștefania Stănilă, and they won the team gold medal.^[6] In August, at the National Championships, Zarzu placed 13th in the all-around, 6th on vault, and 4th on floor.^[7] She competed at the 2014 World Championships with Larisa Iordache, Ștefania Stănilă, Andreea Munteanu, Anamaria Ocolișan, and Paula Tudorache, and they placed 4th in the team final.^[8]

2015

In May, Zarzu competed at Four Nations Trophy and helped the Romanian team place 3rd after Russia and Italy.^[9] She represented Romania at the 2015 European Games with Andreea Iridon and Laura Jurca, and they placed 7th in the team competition.^[10] Individually, Zarzu finished 5th in the floor exercise event final.^[11] In September, she competed at a friendly meet between Romania and France and helped the team win the gold medal.^[12] She won the silver medal on the floor exercise at the National Championships behind Larisa Irodache, and she finished 4th in the all-around.^[13]

Zarzu was selected to compete at the 2015 World Championships along with Diana Bulimar, Ana Maria Ocolişan, Laura Jurca, Larisa Iordache, and Catalina Ponor.^[14] However, Ponor withdrew after having surgery, and alternate Andreea Iridon was put in.^[15] On the day before the qualification round, Ocolisan injured her ankle and could not compete.^[16] The Romanian team finished in thirteenth place, meaning that they did not directly qualify for the 2016 Olympics and had to compete at the Test Event.^[17]

2016

Zarzu competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event with Diana Bulimar, Maria Holbură, Anamaria Ocolișan, Cătălina Ponor, and Dora Vulcan, but the team finished 7th, meaning they did not qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.^[18] She then competed with Anda Butuc, Ocolișan, Ponor, and Holbură at the 2016 European Championships where they finished 6th in the team final.^[19] In July, she placed seventh on uneven bars at the National Championships.^[20]

Competitive history

Year	Event	TF	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2011	ITA-FIN-GER-ROU Junior Friendly	2nd
2012
	Junior European Championships	3rd					2nd
	FRA-ROU Friendly	1st
2013	France-Romania Junior Friendly	1st	4th	6th			3rd
	European Youth Olympic Festival	3rd					3rd
	National Championships	5th		5th			6th
	Junior National Championships		9th
2014	BEL-FRA-ROU Friendly	1st
	European Championships	1st
	National Championships		13th	6th			4th
	SUI-GER-ROU Friendly	2nd		8th			7th
	World Championships	4th
2015	Trofeo Torino 4 Nazioni	3rd
	European Games	7th					5th
	FRA-ROU Friendly	1st
	National Championships		4th			6th	2nd
	Novara Cup	1st
2016	Belgium-Romania-Germany Friendly	2nd
	Olympic Test Event	7th
	European Championships	6th
	National Championships				7th

References

^ "ZARZU Silvia". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ "Echipa feminină de gimnastică a României a cucerit titlul continental". Libertatea.ro (in Romanian). 17 May 2014.
^ "29th European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women Seniors and Juniors". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (19 July 2013). "2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (19 April 2014). "2014 Beaumont en Véron Friendly Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ "30th UEG European Women's Artistic Gymnastic Team Championships Juniors and Seniors". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 September 2014). "2014 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ "Women's Team Final Results" (PDF). Nanning 2014. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (30 May 2015). "2015 Four Nations Trophy Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ "Gymnastics Artistic – Women's Team – Final – Results" (PDF). 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Individual All-Around Final Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Baku 2015 1st European Games. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (12 September 2015). "2015 Romania-France Friendly Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (27 September 2015). "2015 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ "Worlds 2015: Romania names WAG delegation". Full Twist. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ "World Team Preview: Romania". The Couch Gymnast. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 October 2015). "A New Challenge for Team Romania as Ocolisan is Injured". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (26 October 2015). "The Olympic and Test Event Qualifiers". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ Lupu, Victor (18 April 2016). "Gymnastics: Romania Women's And Men's Teams Fail To Qualify To Rio Olympics". Romania Journal. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (7 June 2016). "2016 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (4 July 2016). "2016 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 May 2021.