Amalia Lică

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Amalia Maria Lică (born 11 May 2009) is a Romanian rhythmic gymnast.{{Cite web |title=LICA Amalia - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=87692 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}} She became the first junior European Champion for Romania by winning gold with clubs in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Performanță istorică pentru gimnastica ritmică din România - Amalia Lică, aur la Europenele de la Tel Aviv |url=https://sport.hotnews.ro/stiri-alte_sporturi-25625308-perfomanta-istorica-pentru-gimnastica-ritmica-din-romania-amalia-lica-aur-europenele-tel-aviv.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=sport.hotnews.ro |date=16 June 2022 |language=ro}}

Career

Amalia made her international debut in 2021 when she participated in the Irina Deleanu Cup.{{Citation |title=Amalia Maria Lica ROU ACS Dandri Hoop Irina Deleanu Cup 19 May 2021 | date=28 May 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD1Tn1fZjVc |language=en |access-date=2022-12-15}}

= Junior=

In 2022, she became a junior. Her first competition was the Grand Prix in Moscow, where she won silver in the team competition.{{Cite web |last=Maya |date=2022-02-09 |title=16-20.02.2022. Grand Prix Moscova Gimnastică Ritmică - Gimnastica ritmica 16-20.02.2022. Grand Prix Moscova Gimnastică Ritmică |url=https://www.gimnasticaritmica.com/gimnastica-ritmica-2022/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Gimnastica ritmica |language=en-GB}} She also took part in the International Sofia Tournament, where she won silver with ribbon,{{Citation |title=Junior Ribbon Final IT Sofia Cup 2022 | date=3 April 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zd4AGSwVbU |language=en |access-date=2022-12-15}} and the Irina Deleanu Cup, where she won gold in all-around.{{Citation |title=FIG 21st Irina Deleanu Cup - 2022 - day 1 | date=29 April 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgRc4j_q8wU |language=en |access-date=2022-12-15}} In June she was selected for her first European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. There she won silver in teams with Christina Dragan. Individually, she won a historical gold in the clubs apparatus final, which made her the first junior individual European Champion from Romania.{{Cite web |title=The 2022 junior European Champions … Elvira Krasnobaeva, Michelle Munits, Amalia Lica and Daniela Munits |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ssr_backend/news/2022-junior-european-champions-elvira-krasnobaeva-michelle-munits-amalia-lica-and-daniela |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=European Gymnastics |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2022 European Championships Result Book |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/38TH%20EUROPEAN%20RHYTHMIC%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20Tel%20Aviv%20Media.pdf |website=europeangymnastics }}

In 2023, she made her debut competing in the Italian Serie A championship, joining the club Eurogymnica Torino.{{Cite web |last=Malino |first=Glauco |title=Le stelle della ritmica a Torino con Eurogymnica |url=https://www.giornalelavoce.it/news/sport/529313/le-stelle-della-ritmica-a-torino-grazie-ad-eurogymnica.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www.giornalelavoce.it |date=February 2023 |language=it}} In March she won bronze with clubs and gold with hoop at the Fellbach-Schminden tournament.{{Cite web |date=5 March 2023 |title=Gymnastik International Results Book |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/asset.php?id=fidb_14862 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |format=PDF}} A week later she won four golds at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens.{{Cite web |title=România are o super-campioană la gimnastică ritmică! Duminică a cucerit 4 medalii de aur |url=https://click.ro/amp/sport/alte-sporturi/romania-are-o-super-campioana-la-gimnastica-2249659.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=click.ro|date=13 March 2023 }}

The next season, Lică competed at the 2024 European Cup Baku, where she won bronze medal in the team competition. Individually, she won silver medals with hoop and clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon. At the 2024 European Championships, she won the junior team gold along with Lisa Garac, then won three of the four junior apparatus finals in hoop, clubs, and ribbon.{{Cite web |last=Dumitrescu |first=Radu |date=2024-05-23 |title=Romania becomes European Junior Champion in rhythmic gymnastics |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-european-junior-champion-rhythmic-gymnastics-2024 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Romania Insider |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=23 May 2024 |title=Romania's Amalia Lica shines with three individual titles at #Budapest2024 |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/romanias-amalia-lica-shines-three-individual-titles-budapest2024 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=European Gymnastics |language=en}}

=Senior=

In 2025, she became a senior. On March 7-9, she competed at International Tournament Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey and placed 14th in All-around.{{Cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics Bosphorus Cup |url=https://www.tcf.gov.tr/faaliyetler/rhythmic-gymnastics-bosphorus-cup/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Turkish Gymnastics Federation |language=en}} She won silver in Team competition together with Andreea Verdes. On 4-6 April, she competed at 2025 World Cup Sofia, she big mistakes her ribbon routine and took 42nd place in the all-around and did not advance into apparatus finals. On April 18-20, she competed at Baku World Cup, where she took 40th place in all-around.