| Gabriela Vănoagă | |
| Full Name: | Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 2008 |
| Birth Place: | Constanța, Romania |
| Discipline: | WAG |
| Level: | Junior International Elite |
| Natlteam: | 2021 - present (ROU) |
| Club: | Farul Constanta |
| Headcoach: | Ciprian Cretu |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă (born 21 October 2008)[1] is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World and 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival balance beam silver medalist.
Vănoagă won the all-around silver medal in the level 5 division at the 2021 Romanian Junior Championships.[2] She then made her international debut at the FIT Challenge and won the bronze medal with the Romanian junior team. Individually, she finished 19th in the all-around, eighth in the uneven bars final, and seventh in the floor exercise final.[3] Then at the senior-level Romanian Championships, she finished ninth all-around.[4]
Vănoagă began the 2022 season at a friendly meet against Hungary in Tata. The Romanian team won, and Vănoagă won the all-around gold medal.[5] She then finished seventh all-around at the Romanian Junior Championships due to mistakes on the uneven bars.[6] She once again finished seventh in the all-around at the Petrom Cup.[7] At the senior-level Romanian Championships, she finished eighth in the all-around and in the vault final and sixth in the balance beam final. In the floor exercise final, she won the silver medal behind Amalia Ghigoarta.[8] She then competed at the Tournoi International in Combs-la-Ville, France. After only scoring 8.366 on the uneven bars, she finished 20th in the all-around and sixth with her team.[9] She won the all-around title at the Romanian Junior Individual Championships.[10]
Vănoagă began the 2023 season at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and helped the Romanian junior team place sixth. Individually, she finished sixth in the all-around and fourth in the balance beam final.[11] She was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Crina Tudor and Anamaria Mihăescu, and the team finished in eighth place.[12] Individually, she qualified for the balance beam final in fourth place.[13] In the event final, she won the silver medal behind Yu Hanyue with a score of 12.833.[14] She also qualified for the all-around final where she finished 17th.[15] She won Romania's only medal at the Junior World Championships.[16]
Vănoagă won the all-around silver medal at the Rising Stars Trophy in Bucharest behind Croatian Mila Prpic.[17] She was then selected to compete at the European Youth Olympic Festival, and she was selected as one of Romania's flag bearers for the opening ceremony.[18] She qualified for the all-around final where she finished seventh.[19] She then won the silver medal in the balance beam final behind Germany's Helen Kevric with a score of 12.866.[20] She finished sixth in the floor exercise final with a score of 12.366.[21]
| align=center | Year | align=center | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | |||||||||
| 2021 | Romanian Junior Championships | ||||||||
| FIT Challenge | 19 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Romanian Championships | 9 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Tata Junior Friendly | ||||||||
| Romanian Junior Championships | 7 | ||||||||
| Petrom Cup | 7 | ||||||||
| Romanian Championships | 8 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
| Tournoi International | 6 | 20 | |||||||
| Romanian Junior Individual Championships | |||||||||
| 2023 | DTB Pokal Stuttgart | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| 8 | 17 | ||||||||
| Rising Stars Trophy | |||||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| Senior | |||||||||
| 2024 | align=left | 9 | |||||||
| align=left | RomGym Trophy | 12 | |||||||