Lucia Piliarová
| Lucia Piliarová | ||||||||||||
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Piliarová in 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Lucia Piliarová | |||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 2011 Zvolen, Slovakia | |||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Country represented | Slovakia (2022–present) | |||||||||||
| Club | KŠG Detva | |||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Katarína Krekáňová | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Lucia Piliarová (born 11 June 2011) is a Slovak artistic gymnast. She is the 2025 Junior World uneven bars silver medalist.
Early life
Piliarová began training gymnastics when she was three years old. She has an older brother who is a figure skater.[1]
Junior gymnastics career
Piliarová competed at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival where she helped the Slovak team win a historic silver medal in the team competition.[2] Individually she won silver in the all-around behind Elena Colas of France.[3]
In late November Piliarová competed at the 2025 Junior World Championships. During the all-around final she finished tenth.[4] During apparatus finals she won the silver medal on uneven bars behind neutral athlete Milana Kaiumova.[5][6] In winning this medal, Piliarová became the first Slovak gymnast to win a medal at the World Championship level, as the feat had not yet been achieved at the senior level.[7][8]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2022 | Hanspeter Demetz Memorial | ||||||
| Zelena Jama Open | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Elek Matolay Memorial | 8 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Salamunov Memorial | |||||||
| Gym Festival Trnava | |||||||
| 2023 | Elek Matolay Memorial | ||||||
| Hanspeter Demetz Memorial | |||||||
| Salamunov Memorial | |||||||
| 2024 | Elek Matolay Memorial | ||||||
| 2025 | Elek Matolay Memorial | ||||||
| International GymSport | |||||||
| Prievidza Friendly | |||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Junior World Championships | 10 |
References
- ^ "Mladá gymnastka Lucia Piliarová (14): Bez sebadisciplíny je úspech nereálny. Bodka" [Young gymnast Lucia Piliarová (14): Without self-discipline, success is unrealistic. Period.]. Nový čas (in Slovak). 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Historické gymnastické medaily z EYOF, Piliarová a družstvo sú strieborné" [Historic gymnastics medals from EYOF, Piliarová and team are silver]. Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (in Slovak). 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Dvakrát fantastická správa zo Skopje: Slovensko oslavuje historické medaily" [Twice fantastic news from Skopje: Slovakia celebrates historic medals]. Športky.sk (in Slovak). 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Mladá Slovenka predviedla ďalší skvelý výkon. Vo finále MS skončila v TOP 10" [The young Slovak showed another great performance. She finished in the TOP 10 in the World Championship final.]. Sme (in Slovak). 22 November 2025.
- ^ "14-ročná Lucia Piliarová získala striebro na bradlách na juniorských MS v športovej gymnastike" [14-year-old Lucia Piliarová won silver on the uneven bars at the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]. Denník N (in Slovak). 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Slovenka predviedla famózny výkon. V juniorskom finále na MS vybojovala cenný kov" [The Slovak put on a fantastic performance. She won the valuable metal in the junior final at the World Championships.]. Sme (in Slovak). 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Štrnásťročná Piliarová žiari na svetovej scéne. Z majstrovstiev sveta juniorov v Manile si vezie striebornú medailu" [Fourteen-year-old Piliarová shines on the world stage. She takes home a silver medal from the World Junior Championships in Manila]. TA3 (in Slovak). 23 November 2025.
- ^ "USA and China bag two golds each as apparatus finals begin at Manila Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 23 November 2025.