Ana Porgras
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Porgras in 2009
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| Full name | Ana Porgras | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Romania
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18 December 1993 Galați, Romania |
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| Hometown | Bârlad, Vaslui County, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Farul Constanta | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Octavian Bellu, Mariana Bitang | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Liliana Cozma, Lucian Sandu, Florin Cotuțiu | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Nicolae Forminte | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Puia Valer | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | The Second Waltz (2009-2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ana Porgras (born 18 December 1993 in Galați, Romania) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. She won the uneven bars bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and the balance beam gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam. 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.
Porgras began gymnastics in her native town Galați with coaches Agripina and Paul Gâlea. Later she joined the Romanian Junior National Team coached by Ramona Micu, Florin Cotuțiu and Daniel Nistor. Porgras had a successful junior career, medaling at various international competitions. In 2007, she won the gold medal on balance beam, bronze with the team, and placed seventh all-around, fifth on vault and eighth on uneven bars at the Massilia Cup. She also won the gold medal on balance beam at the 2008 Junior European Championships and placed ninth all-around and fourth with the team. Towards the end of her junior career she needed knee surgery to repair a detached ligament.
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.
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