Laura Jurca

Laura Jurca
— Gymnast —
Laura Jurca at the 7th City of Jesolo Trophy
Personal information
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1999-09-14) September 14, 1999 Munich, Germany
Hometown	Deva, Romania
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Junior International Elite
Club	CNS Cetate Deva, STV Lenzburg
Head coach(es)	Ioan Coroiu
Assistant coach(es)	Adela Popa
Former coach(es)	Ulpia Barbu
Medal record Competitor for  Romania European Junior Championships Silver 2014 Sofia All-around[1] Silver 2014 Sofia Vault Bronze 2014 Sofia Team European Youth Olympic Festival Silver 2013 Utrecht Vault[2] Bronze 2013 Utrecht Team[3] City of Jesolo Trophy Silver 2014 Jesolo Team (jr.)[4] Silver 2014 Jesolo Floor (jr.) Bronze 2014 Jesolo Vault (jr.)[5] World Cup Silver 2015 Doha Floor

Laura Jurca (born September 14, 1999 in Munich) is a Romanian artistic gymnast, member of Romania's junior women's artistic gymnastics team. She is the 2014 European junior all-around silver medalist.^[6] She also represented Romania at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

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, the bronze in the vault and additionally she placed fifth on floor and eight 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 coutry 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 had a great meet, winning 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 performed great, with lovely choreography and good tumbling, but finished 0.1 away from the bronze medal, which went to Great Britain's Ellie Downie. Laura will become a senior gymnast in 2015, and will be age eligible for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Competitive history

Laura Jurca in 2015.

References

External links

• Laura Jurcă - Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee