# Gabriela Vănoagă

Alexia Gabriela Vănoagă (born 21 October 2008) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World and 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival balance beam silver medalist.

## Career
### 2021

Vănoagă won the all-around silver medal in the level 5 division at the 2021 Romanian Junior Championships. She then made her international debut at the FIT Challenge and won the bronze medal with the Romanian junior team. Individually, she finished 19th in the all-around, eighth in the uneven bars final, and seventh in the floor exercise final. Then at the senior-level Romanian Championships, she finished ninth all-around.

### 2022

Vănoagă began the 2022 season at a friendly meet against Hungary in Tata. The Romanian team won, and Vănoagă won the all-around gold medal. She then finished seventh all-around at the Romanian Junior Championships due to mistakes on the uneven bars. She once again finished seventh in the all-around at the Petrom Cup. At the senior-level Romanian Championships, she finished eighth in the all-around and in the vault final and sixth in the balance beam final. In the floor exercise final, she won the silver medal behind Amalia Ghigoarță. She then competed at the Tournoi International in Combs-la-Ville, France. After only scoring 8.366 on the uneven bars, she finished 20th in the all-around and sixth with her team. She won the all-around title at the Romanian Junior Individual Championships.

### 2023

Vănoagă began the 2023 season at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and helped the Romanian junior team place sixth. Individually, she finished sixth in the all-around and fourth in the balance beam final. She was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Crina Tudor and Anamaria Mihăescu, and the team finished in eighth place. Individually, she qualified for the balance beam final in fourth place. In the event final, she won the silver medal behind Yu Hanyue with a score of 12.833. She also qualified for the all-around final where she finished 17th. She won Romania's only medal at the Junior World Championships.
Vănoagă won the all-around silver medal at the Rising Stars Trophy in Bucharest behind Croatian Mila Prpic. She was then selected to compete at the European Youth Olympic Festival, and she was selected as one of Romania's flag bearers for the opening ceremony. She qualified for the all-around final where she finished seventh. She then won the silver medal in the balance beam final behind Germany's Helen Kevric with a score of 12.866. She finished sixth in the floor exercise final with a score of 12.366.

## Competitive history

| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | BB | FX |
| Junior ||||||||
| 2021 | Romanian Junior Championships | | | | | |
| 2021 | FIT Challenge | | 19 | | 8 | 7 |
| 2021 | Romanian Championships | | 9 | | | |
| 2022 | Tata Junior Friendly | | | | | |
| 2022 | Romanian Junior Championships | | 7 | | | |
| 2022 | Petrom Cup | | 7 | | | |
| 2022 | Romanian Championships | | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| 2022 | Tournoi International | 6 | 20 | | | |
| 2022 | Romanian Junior Individual Championships | | | | | |
| 2023 | DTB Pokal Stuttgart | 6 | 6 | | 4 | |
| 2023 | Junior World Championships | 8 | 17 | | | |
| 2023 | Rising Stars Trophy | | | | | |
| 2023 | European Youth Olympic Festival | 6 | 7 | | | 6 |
| Senior ||||||||
| 2024 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 9 | | | | |
| 2024 | RomGym Trophy | | 12 | | | |