Anamaria Tămârjan

Anamaria "Ana" Tămârjan (also spelled Tămîrjan, born 8 May 1991) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is a bronze Olympic medalist and a gold European medalist with the team. Individually, she is a European silver medalist on balance beam and a bronze medalist on floor. Her favorite events are the floor and the balance beam.[2]

Anamaria Tămârjan
Alternative name(s)
  • Anamaria Tămîrjan
  • Ana Marija Tamarjan
Country represented Romania
Born (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991
Constanţa, Romania
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International
GymDeva National Training Center/CS Petrolul Ploieşti
Head coach(es)Nicolae Forminte
Former coach(es)Camelia Rădulescu, Gabriela Tavaru, Doina Olaru[1]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Clermont Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Milan Balance Beam
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Clermont Floor

Early life and career

She is an identical twin; her sister Adriana was also a world-class gymnast and a member of the Romanian national team, but she is now retired.[2] Tămârjan began training in gymnastics at the age of 4 in Ploieşti with coach Camelia Rădulescu.[1] She moved to the junior national training center in Oneşti at the age of 12 and was invited to the Deva National Training Center a few years later. During her junior career she competed at Siska Gym International (2006) where she tied for silver on floor with Ekaterina Kramarenko and placed seventh all around.[3] She ranked sixth all around at the 2006 Romanian nationals.[4] Although a member of the junior national team, she missed the 2006 European Championships with an elbow injury.[2]

Senior career

Tămârjan was a member of the Romanian team at the 2007 World Championships, but was replaced by alternate Andreea Grigore. She was training on the uneven bars before the competition and she slipped from the bar and broke her leg.[5] She also missed the 2008 Romanian national championships with an injury.[6] However, she had a good meet at the 2008 European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France, winning the gold medal with the team and the bronze medal on floor.

She was selected alongside Sandra Izbaşa, Steliana Nistor, Andreea Grigore, Andreea Acatrinei and Gabriela Drăgoi to be a member of the Romanian team at the 2008 Olympic Games. Here she helped her team to qualify in the fourth position in the team finals by competing on all four events vault (15.025) uneven bars (14.275), beam (15.200), and on floor (14.500).[7] In the team final event she supported the team to win the bronze medal by improving all the scores obtained in the preliminaries: vault (15.125) uneven bars (14.425), beam (15.425), and floor (14.950).[8] She also placed 16th in the qualification for the all around but she did not compete in the finals due to the two per country rule.[9]

Struggling with health problems she was not at her full physical potential at the 2009 European Championships.[10] However, she managed to qualify second all around, second on beam and fifth on floor.[11] She failed to medal in the all around event due to a fall during the floor exercise.[12] She placed fifth all around, won silver on balance beam and placed fourth on floor.[13] Later that year she competed at the 2009 World Championships where she qualified only in the all around final. She ended her second world championships experience by placing ninth all around.[14] After her return to Romania she underwent surgery to both knees with little chances of making a comeback at the 2010 European Championships.[15] Due to health problems she retired in June 2010. She enrolled the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in Bucharest.[16]

References
  1. Adrian Rădulescu (27 August 2009). "Camelia Rădulescu trains young gymnast for Olympic Games (Romanian)". The Truth (Adevărul).
  2. Ayako Murao (31 July 2008). "Interview: Anamaria Tamarjan (Romania)". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  3. "10th Siska Gym International Women". Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Ana Marija Tamarjan
  4. "2006 Romanian Championships: Women's AA". Gymn Forum. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Ana Tamarjan
  5. Amanda Turner (30 August 2007). "Tamârjan Out of Worlds with Leg Fracture". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Ana Maria Tamârjan
  6. Ayako Murao (27 June 2008). "Romanian Nationals Begin". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Ana Maria Tamarjan
  7. "Gymnastics Artistic > Women's Qualification". Official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. TAMIRJAN Anamaria
  8. Wikipedia Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics; Women’s team final
  9. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ana Tămârjan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Anamaria "Ana" Tămârjan
  10. Amanda Turner (26 March 2009). "Romanians Confident of Medals in Milan". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Anamaria Tamarjan
  11. Amanda Turner (2 April 2009). "Semyonova Leads European Qualification". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Anamaria Tamarjan
  12. Amanda Turner (4 April 2009). "Semyonova Captures European Crown". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Anamaria Tamarjan
  13. Amanda Turner (5 April 2009). "France, Britain Double Winners in Milan". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Anamaria Tamarjan
  14. "41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 - Artistic Gymnastics Women". Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original on 10 December 2009. TAMIRJAN Anamaria
  15. "Compilation of English translation of Romanian articles". Steliana Nistor Unofficial Site News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Anamaria Tamarjan
  16. Beatrice Gheorghişor. "The Joys and Sorrows of Anamaria Tamarjan: An Interview with the Romanian Swan". The Couch Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
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