Antonia Duță

Antonia Duță
Duță at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Full nameIrina Antonia Duţă
Born (2004-10-08) 8 October 2004 (age 20)
Bucharest, Romania
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Romania
Years on national team2018–present (ROU)
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubCS Dinamo Bucuresti
Head coach(es)The Moldovans
(Coordinator: Nicolae Forminte)
Medal record
Representing  Romania
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Mersin Team

Irina Antonia Duţă (born 8 October 2004)[1] is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Romanian teams who competed at the inaugural Junior World Championships and who won silver at the 2020 European Championships.

Junior career

2017

In 2017, Duță had her junior elite debut, competing at the 2017 Romanian Junior Championships where she won a bronze medal for her level (Junior II Level 4) with an AA (all-around) score of 51.130. She also won the gold medal for her uneven bars routine.[2]

2018

In April 2018, Duță competed in Jesolo, Italy at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy, placing 6th with the team (Iulia Berar, Silviana Sfiringu, Ana Maria Puiu).[3] In July, Duță won the gold for her beam and led the team to victory at the Izvorani Friendly where she was also the 2nd best AA.[4] She then had her biggest competition so far in Glasgow, Scotland at the 2018 European Championships with teammates Ioana Stănciulescu, Daniela Trică, Silviana Sfiringu and Ana Maria Puiu. They finished 4th as a team. Duță also made the floor final with a score of 13.266, and in the final she placed 4th with a 12.9.[5] In October she competed at the national competition at the age of 14, where she won the floor silver medal.[6][7] Duță finished her 2018 at the 2018 Top Gym Tournament where she won floor.[8]

2019

2019 was the last junior year for Duță. Her first competition was the 2019 FIT Challenge in Ghent, Belgium where she won gold with the junior team and silver with the seniors led by Denisa Golgotă.[9] At the 2019 Romanian Junior Championships, Duță did not compete the AA due to injury but still had the 3rd best score on the uneven bars.[10] In June at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Győr, Hungary, Duță and her team (Ioana Stănciulescu and Silviana Sfiringu) finished 4th despite having a total of 6 falls.[11] At the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival she won team silver along with Silviana Sfiringu and Ioana Stanciulescu. Duță was out of the floor final due to the 2-per-country rule.[12] At the 2019 Romanian Championships (September 6 through September 8) in Ploiești, Romania, Duță finished 5th in the All Around with a score of 51.400. In this meet she was also able to win the uneven bars bronze medal with Silviana Sfiringu taking the gold and Ioana Stanciulescu the silver.[13]

Competitive history

Duță at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2017 Romanian Junior Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6
2018 City of Jesolo Trophy 6 33
Izvorani Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships 4 4
Romanian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 5 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Top Gym Tournament 11 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 FIT Challenge 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romanian Junior Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior World Championships 4
European Youth Olympic Festival 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Romanian National Championships 4 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5
Senior
2020 Romanian National Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
2021 FIT Challenge 8 16 4
Koper Challenge Cup 7 6
2022 Baku World Cup 4
2023 ESP-ROU-SWE Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s)
RomGym Trophy 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Romanian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4

References

  1. ^ "DUTA Antonia(ROU)". Federation Internationale de Gymnastique. 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. ^ "2017 Romanian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. ^ "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  4. ^ "In Preparation for Euros: The Friendly Meets". The Gymternet. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  5. ^ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  6. ^ "2018 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  7. ^ Romanian Gymnastics National Championships
  8. ^ "2018 Top Gym Tournament Results". The Gymternet. 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  9. ^ "2019 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  10. ^ "2019 Romanian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  11. ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  12. ^ "2019 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  13. ^ "2019 Romanian Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
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