Struggling with health problems, Drăgoi was not at her full physical potential at the 2009 European Championships. However, she qualified to the beam finals in sixth place and was ninth on uneven bars. She won bronze in the beam finals behind her teammate Tămârjan and Ukrainian Yana Demyanchuk. In May, she competed at the Glasgow Grand Prix, where she won the bronze on balance beam and placed fifth on uneven bars and sixth on floor. Later that year, she replaced an injured Izbaşa at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. There, she placed 11th and 17th in the uneven bars and beam qualifications, respectively.