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Christina Dragan
Christina Dragan (born 19 April 2007) is a Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast. Personal lifeDragan began the sport following in her sister Annaliese's footsteps. Their parents are Romanina, and in 2019, the sisters were invited to compete for the Romanian federation.[1] They represented Romania together at the 2020 European Championship.[2] CareerJuniorDragan made her debut for Romania at the 2020 Irina Deleanu Cup. She was 4th in the team competition with her sister, and individually, she ended 4th with rope, 11th with ball, 6th with clubs and 4th with ribbon.[3] In October she beat her sister to become the national champion in the junior category and won silver at the Romanian Cup a few weeks later.[4][5] Her first major international competition was the 2020 European Championship in Kyiv, Ukraine. She finished 10th in the all-around just behind her sister and was the first reserve for the ball final.[6] In 2021 she repeated her national title and won medals in international tournaments. In 2022 she joined her sister at the European Championship once again; Annaliese competed in the senior category. Dragan performed with hoop and ball and qualified for both event finals. In the qualification round, she had the second highest hoop score (30.95).[7] In the team event, she and her teammate Amalia Lică won silver, only the second medals for Romania in a junior European Championship and the first since 1993,[8] behind Israel and above Bulgaria.[9][7] The next day, Dragan also won bronze in the ball final.[10] SeniorDragan became a senior in 2023. She made her senior debut at the World Cup in Tashkent, where she took 19th place in the all-around.[11] In October 2024, there was a dispute between Irina Deleanu, the president of the Romanian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, and Dragan's father, who accused Deleanu of abusing Dragan, her sister, and other athletes. Following this dispute, Dragan was removed from the Romanian national team and given only two hours a day for training. In December, she competed in the Winter Cup in Leverkusen and won first place.[12] Routine music information
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