Diana Bulimar

Diana Bulimar
— Gymnast —
Diana Bulimar
Personal information
Full name	Diana Laura Bulimar
Nickname(s)	Didi
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1995-08-22) August 22, 1995 Timişoara, Romania
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	CS Dinamo Bucharest
Head coach(es)	Octavian Bellu, Mariana Bitang
Assistant coach(es)	Lucian Sandu, Mircea Vintila, Raluca Bugner
Former coach(es)	Cristian Moldovan, Lacramioara Moldovan
Choreographer	Mariana Ristea
Eponymous skills	switch leap with 1⁄4 turn to side position with additional 1⁄1 turn (floor) mount with jump to side split sit (take-off two feet), hand support permitted (balance beam)
Medal record Competitor for  Romania Olympic Games Bronze 2012 London Team European Championships Gold 2012 Brussels Team Silver 2013 Moscow Balance Beam Bronze 2013 Moscow Floor Exercise Bronze 2010 Birmingham Uneven Bars (Jr.) Youth Olympic Games Silver 2010 Singapore Floor Exercise World Cup Gold 2012 Ghent Floor Gold 2013 Doha Floor Gold 2013 Anadia Floor Silver 2012 Ghent Balance Beam Silver 2012 Doha Floor Silver 2013 La Roche-sur-Yon Floor Bronze 2013 Anadia Balance Beam

Diana Bulimar (Romanian pronunciation: [diˈana buliˈmar]; born August 22, 1995) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Junior career

2010

In April, Bulimar competed at the 2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 54.525 toward the Romanian team's second place finish.^[2] Individually, she placed fourth in the all around final with a score of 54.175.^[3] In event finals, she placed third on uneven bars scoring 13.575 and fourth on floor scoring 14.175.^[4]

In August, Bulimar competed at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. She placed sixth in the all around competition with a score of 53.950.^[5] In event finals, she placed seventh on vault scoring 13.412, seventh on uneven bars scoring 12.525, and second on floor scoring 14.325.^[6][7]

In September, Bulimar competed at the Romanian National Championships in Resita, Romania. She placed second in the all around competition with a score of 54.750.^[8]

Senior career

2011

In August, Bulimar competed at the Romanian National Championships in Onesti, Romania. She placed fourth in the all around with a score of 56.375.^[9]

In September, Bulimar at an international meet against Germany and Switzerland in Erzingen, Germany. She helped Romania to win the team competition and individually she placed third in the all around with a score of 56.350.^[10]

In October, Bulimar competed at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She contributed a floor score of 14.266 toward the Romanian team's fourth place finish.^[11]

2012

In March, Bulimar competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Doha, Qatar. She placed fifth on uneven bars with a score of 14.275 and second on floor with a score of 14.725.^[12]

In April, Bulimar competed at an international meet against France in Cholet, France. She helped Romania to win the team competition with scores of 13.550 on uneven bars, 14.900 on balance beam, and 14.400 on floor.^[13]

Later in April, Bulimar competed at an international meet against Germany and the United Kingdom in Ulm, Germany. She helped Romania to win the team competition with scores of 13.950 on uneven bars, 14.550 on balance beam, and 14.450 on floor.^[14]

In May, Bulimar competed at the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium. She contributed scores of 13.933 on uneven bars, 14.733 on balance beam, and 14.633 on floor towards the Romanian team's first place finish.^[15]

In June, Bulimar competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. She placed second on balance beam with a score of 14.625 and first on floor with a score of 14.375.^[16]

At the beginning of July, Bulimar competed at an international meet against France, Germany, and Italy in Bucharest, Romania. She helped Romania to win the team competition with scores of 14.100 on uneven bars, 15.400 on balance beam, and 14.500 on floor.^[17]

London Olympics

Diana with the 2012 Olympic Romanian team.

At the end of July, Bulimar competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. She helped the Romanian team qualify in fourth place to the team final^[18] and individually she qualified to the balance beam final with a score of 14.866.^[19] In the team final, she contributed scores of 14.066 on uneven bars, 14.533 on balance beam, and 14.700 on floor towards the Romanian team's third place finish.^[20]

2013

At the 2013 La Roche-sur-Yon World Cup Bulimar placed second on floor.^[21]

At the 6th Doha FIG World Challenge Cup in Qatar, Bulimar placed fifth on the uneven bars final on 28 March 2013.^[22] On 29 March, she placed fourth on the balance beam final and first on the floor exercise final ahead of compatriot Larisa Iordache with a score of 14.625.^[23]

At the 2013 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, Bulimar placed second in the all-around qualification, sixth on individual vault, twenty-sixth on the uneven bars qualification, second on balance beam qualification and fifth on floor exercise qualification on 18 April.^[24] On 19 April, she tied with Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland for fourth place in the all-around final with a score of 57.065.^[25]

In June she won gold on floor exercise (tied with teammate Larisa Iordache ) and bronze on beam at the 2013 Anadia World Cup.^[26]

References

External links

Diana Bulimar at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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