page_title: Ana Porgras
section_title: 2009
hierarchical_section_title: Ana Porgras / Senior career / 2009
caption_attribution_description: English: Podium of the uneven bars at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. From left to right on the podium: Koko Tsurumi (Japan, 2nd place), He Kexin (China, 1st place) Ana Porgras (Romania, 3rd place eq.) and Rebecca Bross (USA, 3rd place eq.). Behind them, we can see gymnasts waiting for the medal ceremony for the rings. From left to right: Jordan Jovtchev (Bulgaria, 2nd place), Yang Mingyong (China, 1st place) and Oleksandr Vorobiov (Ukraine, 3rd place).
context_page_description: Ana Porgras is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. She won the balance beam gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam and the uneven bars bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships. Porgras was considered to be one of the most artistic gymnasts of her generation, reminiscent of the Eastern European gymnasts of the 1980s. She was awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance in 2011.
context_section_description: Not yet fully recovered after knee surgery, Porgras missed the 2009 European Championships. However, she had a promising senior debut at the 2009 World Championships in London. She qualified first on balance beam, second in the individual all-around, third on floor, and seventh on uneven bars. Falls from balance beam in the all-around and balance beam finals prevented her from winning medals in these events, placing seventh all-around and on balance beam. However, she did end her first World Championships experience with a bronze medal on the uneven bars (tied with USA's Rebecca Bross). She also tied for fifth place with Bross on floor. Later that year, Porgras had an excellent showing at the DTB Cup in Stuttgart by winning the gold medal on balance beam. In October 2009, during a ceremony at the Presidential Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest, Porgras received a medal honoring her achievements at the 2009 World Championships.
caption: Porgras at the 2009 World Championships uneven bars podium
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