en Sara Kragulj

Sara Kragulj
Sara Kragulj
Full name	Sara Kragulj
Born	26 October 1996 (age 28); Ljubljana, Slovenia
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Slovenia
Years on national team	2011–2018
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Moste
Gym	Športno Društvo GIB
Head coach(es)	Olga Mancevič
Assistant coach(es)	Ana Kokalj
Representing Slovenia
Rhythmic Gymnastics
National Championships

Sara Kragulj (born 26 October 1996) is a Slovenian rhythmic gymnast.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Career

Junior

Sara was part of junior team together with Katja Bogdanič and Emina Haračič, that represented Slovenia at the 2010 Junior European Championships in Bremen, Germany and finished on 19th place. She was the most successful in the team, competing with ball and hoop, with which she placed 11th in Qualifications.

Senior

In 2012, she won her first All-around medal at National Championships - silver and also won two silver in Clubs and Ribbon finals and two bronze in Hoop and Ball.

She represented her country at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, where she placed 9th All-Around Final.^[6] She competed at the 2013 European Championships - and ended on 28th place All-Around, 48th with Hoop (14.516), 27th with Ball (15.666), 45th with Clubs (14.000) and 42nd with Ribbon (14.433) - and at the 2015 European Championships - and ended on 19th place in Team competition (together with Špela Kratochwill and Monija Čebašek), 40th with Hoop (14.800), 34th with Ball (15.700) and 46th with Clubs (14.533).

In 2016, she switched to rhythmic group gymnastics. Together with Maša Bizjak, Kaja Purić, Zoja Marija Ivančič and Zala Dornig she competed at the 2016 European Championships and placed 14th in Group All-around. Next year, they took part in the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy and finished on 24th place in Group All-around. This was the first time Slovenia took part in group competition after so many years.

Routine music information

Year	Apparatus	Music title
2015	Hoop	The Power of Love by Celine Dion
	Ball	Sviridov: Romance From Musical Illustration by Large Symphony Orchestra
	Clubs	Emigrante by Tanghetto
	Ribbon
2013	Hoop
	Ball	Sviridov: Romance From Musical Illustration by Large Symphony Orchestra
	Clubs	Stars Align by Lindsey Stirling
	Ribbon	Les Deux Quitares by Charles Aznavour

Personal life

In 2021, Sara graduated in physical education at the Faculty of Sports in Ljubljana. After finishing her gymnastics career, she started coaching rhythmic gymnastics in sports club KRG TiM, owned by former rhythmic gymnast Mojca Rode. Among the others she was a coach of Nastja Podvratnik, who took part in the 2021 Summer World University Games, which were held in Chengdu in 2023.

References

^ "Prejemnik finančnih sredstev po izboru komisije". mladi-upi.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.
^ "Sara Kragulj". matejkolakovic.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.
^ "Sara Kragulj". ritmicnagimnastika.org (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.
^ "slovenias sara kragulj performs with a ball during the news photo". gettyimages.co.uk (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.
^ "Sara Kragulj". sport-tv.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.
^ "Sara Kragulj deveta v mnogoboju". STA (in Slovenian). 30 June 2013. Retrieved 2023-09-13.

External links

https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/26258/false?backUrl=

[1] "Prejemnik finančnih sredstev po izboru komisije". mladi-upi.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.

[2] "Sara Kragulj". matejkolakovic.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.

[3] "Sara Kragulj". ritmicnagimnastika.org (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.

[4] "slovenias sara kragulj performs with a ball during the news photo". gettyimages.co.uk (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.

[5] "Sara Kragulj". sport-tv.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2015-10-04.

[6] "Sara Kragulj deveta v mnogoboju". STA (in Slovenian). 30 June 2013. Retrieved 2023-09-13.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

Sara Kragulj