Laura Jurca

Laura Jurca (born 14 September 1999, in Munich) is a Romanian artistic gymnast and a member of Romania's women's artistic gymnastics team. She is the 2014 European junior all-around silver medalist.[1] She also represented Romania at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

Laura Jurca
Laura Jurca at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy
Personal information
Country represented Romania
Born (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999
Munich, Germany
HometownDeva, Romania
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Club CNS Cetate Deva, STV Lenzburg
Head coach(es)Ioan Coroiu
Assistant coach(es)Adela Popa
Former coach(es)Ulpia Barbu

Junior career

2012

Laura competed at the Trnava Gym Festival and placed first with the Romanian team. A few months later she placed fourth on vault and seventh on vault at Romanian Nationals.

2013

Jurca debuted internationally at the International Gymnix where she placed seventh with the Romanian junior team. A few months later she competed in a friendly meet against France, winning the gold medal with her team and the bronze in the vault, and additionally she placed fifth on floor and eighth in the all-around. In July, she was selected, along Silvia Zarzu and Andreea Iridon, to represent Romania at the European Youth Olympic Festival, held in Utrecht, Nederlands. There, Laura had a good meet, placing 3rd with her team and second on vault. She also qualified to the balance beam and all-around final, placing sixth and seventh respectively. In September she tied for first on vault and with her team at Romanian Nationals.

2014

In March, Laura traveled to Italy to represent her country at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy. She placed second with her team and won the silver medal on floor and bronze on vault. She also placed fourth in the all-around, fifth on beam and eight on bars. In April, she competed at a tri-meet against France and Belgium as a preparation for the European Championships. She won gold with the Romanian team and bronze in the all-around. In May she was selected to compete at the 2014 Junior European Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won bronze with the team, behind Russia and Great Britain and individually placed 2nd in the all-around and on vault and placed fifth on floor. In August she was chosen to represent her country at the Youth Olympic Games held in Nanjing, China. While she qualified to all event finals, she left Nanjing empty handed. She was one of the favorites for an all-around medal, but mistakes on floor kept her out of the podium and finished 7th. In the vault final, she performed a full twisting yurchenko and a double twisting yurchenko, and while they were well-executed, she didn't have enough difficulty to challenge for a medal, so she finished 4th. In the bars final, she fell on her gienger release and finished 7th. In the beam final she fell on her layout step-out series, finishing last. In the floor final she finished 0.1 away from the bronze medal, which went to Great Britain's Ellie Downie.

Senior career

2015

Laura competed at the Doha World Cup where she placed 4th on balance beam and uneven bars and 2nd on floor. She placed 7th in the all-around at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In May she also competed at Trofeo Torino 4 Nazioni where she placed 7th in the all-around and 3rd with the Romanian team. In June she was selected to compete at the 2015 European Games, where she placed 7th with the team and 9th in the all-around after replacing Andreea Iridon. In September she competed at the friendly meet between Romania and France and helped the Romanian team finish in 1st place. Individually she placed 5th in the all-around.

Competitive history
Laura Jurca in 2015.
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2012Gym Festival Trnava1st
National Championships4th7th
2013International Gymnix7th
France-Romania Junior Friendly1st8th3rd5th
European Youth Olympic Festival3rd7th2nd6th
National Championships1st6th1st4th
2014City of Jesolo Trophy2nd4th3rd8th5th2nd
BEL-FRA-ROU Friendly1st3rd
Junior European Championships3rd2nd2nd5th
Youth Olympic Games7th4th7th8th4th
2015Doha World Cup4th4th2nd
European Championships7th
Trofeo Torino 4 Nazioni3rd7th
European Games7th9th
FRA-ROU Friendly1st5th
National Championships2nd2nd3rd
Novara Cup1st8th
World Championships8th
Elite Gym Massilia3rd8th1st1st
2016Bundesliga Semifinals1st
2017First Bundesliga2nd
National Championships1st5th5th
Szombathely World Cup6th

References
  1. "Artistic gymnastics: Romanian Laura Jurca wins silver at European Championships in Sofia". AGERPRES. 17 May 2014.
    "Argint la sărituri pentru junioara Laura Jurcă". Romania Libera. 18 May 2014.
    "Laura Jurcă, o junioară de argint. Sportiva s-a clasat pe locul 2 în finala de la individual compus". 2014.
    "Junioarea Laura Jurca a câștigat medalia de argint la Campionatele Europene de la Sofia". evz.ru. 16 May 2014.
    "Argint pentru junioarele Romaniei la Europeanul de Gimnastica! Performanta reusita azi de Laura Jurca". Sport.ro. 16 May 2014.
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