2023 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Ana Padurariu
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Sinclair Secondary School
- Hometown:
- Whitby, Ontario, Canada
- Previous School:
- Sinclair Secondary School
2023 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2022 WCGA Scholastic All-American
2018 World beam silver medalist
Two-time World Championships beam finalist
2019 Canadian uneven bars champion
Best Marks
UB - 9.950, 3/5/23
BB - 9.950, 2/26/23
2023
Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll โฆ Averaged 9.877 on bars, with all 13 routines scoring 9.8 or better and six of her last nine scoring 9.9 or higher โฆ Recorded a season average of 9.826 on beam โฆ Scored 9.800 on bars and 9.778 on beam at the NCAA Semifinals โฆ Earned scores of 9.9 on bars at the NCAA Regional Second Round and Pac-12 Championship meets โฆ Scored a new career-high of 9.95 on bars against Stanford โฆ Recorded career-highs on both events she competed at Arizona, earning her first event victory with a 9.95 on beam and placing second on bars with a 9.9 โฆ Scored 9.9 on beam at Cal to tie her career-high and help UCLA record a season-high total of 49.625 โฆ Scored 9.875 on uneven bars against Oregon State and made her beam debut with an exhibition that scored 9.725 โฆ Following the 2023 season, demoโd on beam at the Canadian Championships, her first elite competition in over three years.
2022
WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆ Scored 9.900 in the leadoff position on beam in four meets, including at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Averaged a team-best 9.850 on beam and had five Top 3 finishes on the event โฆ Earned a career-high 9.900 on uneven bars at the NCAA Regional Second Round to help UCLA record a season-best 49.475 on the event โฆ Tied her then-career-high on uneven bars against Washington with a 9.850 to tie for third place and also placed third on beam with a 9.875 โฆ Earned career-bests of 9.850 on uneven bars and 9.900 on balance beam against Utah (Feb. 4) โฆ Scored 9.900 as leadoff on beam at Oregon State to lead the team and place third; also scored 9.775 on an exhibition bars performance โฆ Scored 9.825 as leadoff on beam in the season opener at Minnesota.
Club
Canadian National Team member from 2015-20 โฆ 2018 World silver medalist on balance beam โฆ Also qualified for beam finals at the 2019 World Championships โฆ All-around silver medalist at the 2019 World Cup in Stuttgart โฆ Won four medals at the 2019 Canadian National Championships, winning uneven bars, placing second in the all-around and on beam and placing third on floor exercise โฆ Also won gold medals in the all-around, bars, beam and floor at the 2019 Elite Canada โฆ Repeated her all-around and beam wins at the 2020 Elite Canada and also placed second on floor โฆ Won gold on uneven bars at the 2019 International Gymnix โฆ Placed second in the all-around at the 2018 Elite Canada and was runner-up on uneven bars at the Canadian National Championships โฆ Competing in the junior level, she swept the all-around and all four events at the 2017 Elite Canada and at the Canadian Championships โฆ Won beam gold and vault bronze at the 2017 Jesolo Trophy โฆ All-Around silver and floor bronze medalist at the 2017 Gymnix Junior Cup โฆ Won four gold medals (all-around, bars, beam and floor) at the 2016 Pan American Championships โฆ Won the 2016 Canadian junior all-around, bars and beam titles โฆ Trained at Gemini Gymnastics.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is balance beam โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as landing her beam routine in the finals of the 2018 World Championships โฆ Admires Ellie Black โฆ Chose UCLA because of its prestige academically and its gymnastics atmosphere between athletes and coaches โฆ Fluent in three languages (English, French and Romanian) โฆ Full name is Anne-Marie Padurariu โฆ Parents: Cristinel and Aida Padurariu โฆ Has an older brother, Rares โฆ Will be studying Physiological Science.
