Lisa Garac
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| Full name | Lisa Maria Garac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented | Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lisa Garac (born 19 June 2010) is a Romanian-born rhythmic gymnast who competes for Germany. She won team bronze at the 2023 Junior World Championships.
Career
In her first year as a junior gymnast, she debuted at the 2023 Fellbach-Schmiden international tournament, where she competed with ball, ending 3rd in teams and 7th in the apparatus final.[1][2] In March, she won bronze in the all-around at the Aphrodite Cup in the category for those born in 2010.[3] At the International Tournament Sofia Cupm, she was 22nd in the all-around.[4] In May she was 4th in teams, 11th in the all-around and 8th in the ball final at the Gdynia Cup.[5][6][7] In July, she was selected for the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca, where she won bronze in teams alongside Amalia Lică and the junior national group.[8]
In 2024 she was selected for the European Cup in Baku, where she won bronze in the team event.[9] At the 2024 European Championships, she won the junior team gold along with Lică; this was the first time a Romanian team had won the junior team event.[10] She qualified for the ball final, where she placed 5th.[11]
At the end of 2024, Garac won the junior gold medal at the Winter Cup in Germany. It was reported that shortly afterward, her coach, Alexandra Piscupescu was removed from the national team with no explanation. Garac was able to continue training, though without her coach.[12]
After this, Garac's family moved to Germany, where her grandmother is from. Piscupescu alleged that as part of a conflict within the Romanian federation and with its head Irina Deleanu, Garac was told that she would not receive assignments to major competitions unless she changed coaches. Deleanu contended that Garac was given no such condition, and that she moved because her mother was a doctor and found a job at a German hospital.[13]
In 2025, Garac became the junior national champion of Germany.[13] Her nationality change was approved in March 2026.[14]
Achievements
- Part of the first Romanian team to win a team medal at the World Championships.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hoop | Truly Inspirational by Clemens Wijers / The Game Is Afoot by Eternal Eclipse |
| Ball | Fairytales and Heros by Gabriel Saban & Tian Bo | |
| Clubs | Upside Down by Paloma Faith | |
| Ribbon | Land of Yesterday by Caroline O'Connor & Anastasia Company | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Flamenco Bolero by Gustavo Montesano & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Ball | Steppe by René Aubry | |
| Clubs | Upside Down by Paloma Faith | |
| Ribbon | Suite Festiva de Exitos by Pascual Gonzalez |
External links
References
- ^ "2023 Fellbach-Schminden Junior Teams" (PDF). rsg.stb.de.
- ^ "2023 Fellbach-Schminden Junior Finals" (PDF). rsg.stb.de.
- ^ "2023 Aphrodite Cup Junior All-Around" (PDF). aphroditecup.com.
- ^ "2023 IT Sofia Cup Junior All-Around" (PDF). sofiaworldcup2023.com.
- ^ "2023 Gdynia Cup Junior Teams" (PDF). gdyniastars.pl.
- ^ "2023 Gdynia Cup Junior All-Around" (PDF). gdyniastars.pl.
- ^ "2023 Gdynia Cup Ball Final" (PDF). gdyniastars.pl.
- ^ FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships. Swiss Timing. 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ "Junior Teams" (PDF). backend.europeangymnastics.com.
- ^ Dumitrescu, Radu (2024-05-23). "Romania becomes European Junior Champion in rhythmic gymnastics". Romania Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ Ghiță, Mihaela (2024-05-24). "În ritm de aur. România, campioană europeană la gimnastică ritmică" [In golden rhythm. Romania, European champion in rhythmic gymnastics]. SPORTescu.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ Nazare, Daniel (2024-12-19). "Cine a furat covorul sportivelor de la gimnastică ritmică din Sala Floreasca? Sora Annalisei Drăgan a luat locul 1 la un concurs internațional la Leverkusen" [Who stole the carpet from the rhythmic gymnasts in Sala Floreasca? Annaliese Drăgan's sister took 1st place at an international competition in Leverkusen]. Prosport (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ a b Munteanu, Cristian (2026-02-28). "„A fost hărțuire" Continuă conflictul între Alexandra Piscupescu și Irina Deleanu, de data aceasta după decizia CNCD" ["It was harassment" The conflict between Alexandra Piscupescu and Irina Deleanu continues, this time after the CNCD decision]. Golazo.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ "Official News from the Executive Committee - March 2026". World Gymnastics. 2026-03-13. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
