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{{short description|Romanian artistic gymnast}}
{{Infobox gymnast
| name= Ana Bărbosu
| image= Ana Bărbosu.jpg
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| caption= Bărbosu in 2024
| fullname= Ana Maria Bărbosu
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| club= CSS Focșani
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| headcoach= Patrick Kiens <ref name="FRG
| assistcoach= Corina Morosan, Florin Cotutiu, Daymon Jones <ref name="FRG
| formercoach= Lucian Sandu, Gina Gogean, Daniela Trandafir <ref name="FRG
| choreographer= Patrick Kiens, Daymon Jones
| collegeteam= [[Stanford Cardinal women's gymnastics|Stanford Cardinal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/ana-barbosu-stanford-gymnastics|title=Romania Olympic gymnast Ana Barbosu headed to Stanford|date=January 8, 2025|work=[[NBC]]}}</ref>
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's floor|Floor exercise]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Junior European Championships]]}}
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'''Ana Maria Bărbosu''' (born 26 July 2006) is a [[Romania]]n [[artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. She won the bronze medal in the [[Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's floor|floor exercise]] at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]].
== Junior gymnastics career ==
Ana Maria Bărbosu started gymnastics at 3 years old in [[Focșani]], Romania with coach Daniela Trandafir.<ref>"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt6h4myow1g"</ref>
=== 2017 ===
Bărbosu competed in the Junior II Level 3 division at the [[Romanian Gymnastics National Championships|2017 Romanian Junior Championships]], finishing fourth in the all-around. In event finals, she was fifth on vault and fourth on uneven bars, before she earned a silver medal on balance beam and a bronze medal on floor.<ref name=TG-171113/>
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== Senior gymnastics career ==
===2022===
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Bărbosu became [[age requirements in gymnastics|age-eligible]] for senior competition in 2022, and made her senior debut at the [[2022 City of Jesolo Trophy|City of Jesolo Trophy]], where she finished fourteenth in the all-around and eighth on the uneven bars.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thegymter.net/2022/04/11/2022-city-of-jesolo-trophy-results/|title=2022 City of Jesolo Trophy results|website=The Gymternet|date=11 April 2022}}</ref> She then competed at the [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Osijek World Challenge Cup]], where she won the gold medal on floor exercise, and took the bronze on balance beam behind [[Pauline Schäfer]] and [[Ana Đerek]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thegymter.net/2022/06/13/2022-osijek-challenge-cup-results/|title=2022 Osijek Challenge Cup results|website=The Gymternet|date=13 June 2022}}</ref> At the [[2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in [[Munich]], Bărbosu finished seventh in the all-around, fourth on floor, and eighth on the balance beam.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2022-european-championships-artistic-gymnastics/results|title=2022 European Championships results|website=[[European Gymnastics]]|accessdate=21 August 2022}}</ref> She qualified to the beam final in first place. In the floor final she scored a 13.633. Additionally, she helped Romania qualify a full team for the [[2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 World Championships]] in [[Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/women-all-around-gymnastics-european-championships-munich-2022|title=Asia D'Amato claims women's all-around title as world qualifiers decided at 2022 European Gymnastics Championships|work=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=11 August 2022}}</ref> In October Bărbosu competed at the [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Mersin Challenge Cup]] where she won gold on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. At the [[2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 World Championships]] in [[Liverpool]] Bărbosu finished 20th in the all around final.
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At the RomGym Trophy she placed first with her team, in the all-around and on the uneven bars. She also won a silver medal on balance beam.
Later in the year, Bărbosu won her second Romanian national title in the all-around as well as a gold medal on the uneven bars and a fourth
She finished the year at the [[2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2023 World Championships]] alongside [[Lilia Cosman]], [[Amalia Ghigoarta]], [[Sabrina Voinea]], and [[Andreea Preda]]. During qualifications they finished tenth. Although they did not qualify for the team final, they qualified a team to the [[Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Olympic Games]], a feat last achieved in [[Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidegymnastics.com/news-features/a-new-beginning-romania-clinches-olympic-team-berth-for-first-time-since-2012/|title=A New Beginning – Romania clinches Olympic team berth for first time since 2012|date=October 2, 2023|work=Inside Gymnastics Magazine}}</ref> Individually Bărbosu qualified to the all-around final where she finished twenty-third.
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In April, Bărbosu competed at the [[2024 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2024 European Championships]] where the Romanian team finished fourth. Individually she placed fourth on vault.
In June, she competed at the RomGym Trophy an international competition taking place in Romania. She won a silver medal in the all-around, behind [[Kaylia Nemour]] and ahead of [[Ana Filipa Martins
At the 2024 Olympics Games, Bărbosu competed as part of the Romanian team which qualified to the team finals for the first time in twelve years. Individually she qualified to the all-around and floor exercise finals. In the team finals, the Romanian team placed seventh, bettering their qualification standing of eight. In the all-around final she placed seventeenth.
In the floor exercise final, Bărbosu performed fifth of nine, receiving a score of 13.700 which, as the final came to an end, placed her third after winning the execution-score tie-breaker with fellow Romanian [[Sabrina Voinea]]. The last performer in the final was American gymnast [[Jordan Chiles]] who received a score of 13.666 putting her in fifth place directly behind Bărbosu and Voinea. However, Chiles's coach, [[Cécile Canqueteau-Landi]], filed an inquiry on Chiles's score which resulted in a review that found her difficulty-score had been entered incorrectly. It was then adjusted to 5.9 from 5.8, and the overall score was upgraded to 13.766, moving her from fifth into the bronze medal position, dropping Bărbosu to fourth and Voinea to fifth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/05/olympic-gymnastics-scoring-jordan-chiles-bronze-inquiry/74672008007/|title=Why Jordan Chiles' score changed, giving her bronze medal in Olympic floor final|work=[[USA Today]]|date=August 5, 2024}}</ref>
Subsequently, Bărbosu appealed to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS) that Chiles' inquiry was filed twenty-four seconds<ref name=golazo>{{cite web|url=https://golazo.ro/ana-barbosu-jocurile-olimpice-sol-gimnastica-chiles-107043|trans-title=Behind the scenes of the floor final|date=12 August 2024|language=ro|title=Culisele finalei de la sol|work=Golazo.ro}}</ref> after the one-minute deadline, and therefore should not have been reviewed in the first place. On August 10, five days after the final, the CAS found that Chiles' inquiry was filed beyond the 1-minute deadline specified in
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The same day, Bărbosu posted on her Instagram a message to Voinea and Chiles saying that "my thoughts are with you. I know what you are feeling, because I've been through the same. [...] This situation would not have existed if the persons in charge had respected the regulation. We, athletes are not to be blamed, and the hate directed to us is painful."<ref>{{Cite web |title=
Later that day [[USA Gymnastics]] (USAG) submitted additional video evidence suggesting that the inquiry was made at 47 seconds opposed to the official time of 1 minute and 4 seconds and requested reinstatement of the 13.766 score.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 August 2024 |title=USA Gymnastics submits additional evidence to Court of Arbitration for Sport |url=https://usagym.org/usa-gymnastics-submits-additional-evidence-to-court-of-arbitration-for-sport/ |work=[[USA Gymnastics]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gaydos |first=Ryan |date=11 August 2024 |title=Jordan Chiles score inquiry was made in time and there's video evidence to prove it, USA Gymnastics says |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/jordan-chiles-score-inquiry-made-time-theres-video-evidence-prove-it-usa-gymnastics-says |work=[[Fox News]]}}</ref> The CAS denied USAG's appeal to reopen the case.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 13, 2024 |title=Jordan Chiles must return bronze medal after USA Gymnastics appeal fails |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/13/jordan-chiles-must-return-bronze-medal-after-usa-gymnastics-appeal-fails |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> USAG stated its intent to continue pursuing "every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the [[Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland|Swiss Federal Tribunal]]".<ref>{{cite web |date=August 12, 2024 |title=Statement from USA Gymnastics on CAS notice |url=https://usagym.org/statement-from-usa-gymnastics-on-cas-notice/ |work=[[USA Gymnastics]]}}</ref> On 16 August, Bărbosu was officially awarded the [[Olympic medal|Olympic bronze medal]] in her hometown of [[Focșani]].<ref name="ana-bronze">{{cite web |last=Bueller |first=Ashlee |date=August 16, 2024 |title=Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu awarded bronze medal after CAS ruling |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/romanian-gymnast-ana-barbosu-awarded-bronze-medal-after-cas-ruling |work=[[NBC]]}}</ref>
== Competitive history ==
[[File:2022-08-14 European Championships 2022 – Artistic Gymnastics Women's Apparatus Final Balance Beam by Sandro Halank–038.jpg|thumb|right|Bărbosu competing in the balance beam final at the [[2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 European Championships]]]]
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| rowspan="4" | '''[[2024 in artistic gymnastics|2024]]'''
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| align=left | [[2024 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || 4 || || 4 || || ||
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| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' || '''7''' || '''17''' || || || || {{bronze3}}
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