Andreea Verdeș

She was introduced to rhythmic gymnastics by her grandparents at the age of 5.{{Cite web |date=5 December 2021 |title=Pe podium campioană, în viaţă luptătoare. Andreea se pregăteşte pentru Jocurile Olimpice, dar are nevoie de sprijin |url=https://ajuteu.ro/stiri/pe-podium-campioana-in-viata-luptatoare-andreea-se-pregateste-pentru-jocurile-olimpice-dar-are-nevoie-de-sprijin?id=181 |access-date=20 January 2022 |language=Romanian}} In 2024, she got a master's degree in physical education at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași, Romania.{{Cite web |title=Studenta UAIC Andreea Cristina Verdeș luptă pentru un loc la Olimpiadă |trans-title= UAIC student Andreea Cristina Verdeș fights for a place at the Olympics |url=https://www.uaic.ro/despre-uaic/tineri-talentati-ai-uaic/andreea-cristina-verdes/ |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=Romanian}}

In 2017, she became a senior. She made a debut at World Cup Pesaro and took 54th place in All-around. At World Challenge Cup Berlin she took 12th place in All-around and almost reached Ribbon final - 9th place. She represented Romania at the 2017 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Her best result was 18th place with Clubs. Later that year she competed at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy. She placed 33rd in All-around Qualifications and did not advance into Finals.

She competed at the 2019 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She took 15th place in All-around. On June 22, Andreea represented Romania at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus and finished on 9th place in All-around. She advanced into Ribbon final and took 5th place behind Katsiaryna Halkina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2019-european-games/results |title=2019 European Games - Results |access-date=9 March 2025 |website= European Gymnastics}}

In 2021, Verdes placed 12th in the all-around at World Cup Baku and was fourth place in qualifying for one of three spots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics before the last World Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/gimnastica/gimnasta-andreea-verdescalificarea-la-olimpiada-19260009 |title=Cursă dramatică spre Tokyo! Gimnasta ieșeană Andreea Verdeş, la un pas de calificarea la Olimpiadă |author= Narcis Pohoata |date= 10 May 2021 |access-date= 20 January 2022 |language=Romanian}} At the last World Cup in Pesaro, she was 21st in the all-around and did not win one of the Olympic quotas.{{Cite web |title=Results for FIG World Cup 2021 Pesaro |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/results.php?idEvent=16529 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}}{{Cite web |date=31 May 2021 |title=Averina sisters dominate as World Cup Series concludes in Pesaro |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3160736 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}} At the 2021 European Championships, she qualified to the all-around final in 14th place.{{Cite web |author=Silviu Dumitru |date=11 June 2021 |title=CE Gimnastică ritmică: Andreea Verdeș, în finală la individual compus |url=https://sport.hotnews.ro/stiri-alte_sporturi-24854573-andreea-verdes-campionat-european-gimnastica-ritmica-finala-individual-compus.htm |access-date=20 January 2022 |language=Romanian}} She ultimately did not qualify to the Olympics due to her placement below the Hungarian Fanni Pigniczki, who earned the European Continental quota to the Olympics instead.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-06-12 |title=Óriási bravúr: Magyar olimpiai kvóta ritmikus gimnasztikában |url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/sport-egyeni/2021/06/ritmikus-gimnasztika-pigniczki-fanni |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=ORIGO |language=hu}}

From October 27 to 31, she competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, and ended in 15th place in All-around qualifications. For the first time she advance into All-around final, where she made some mistakes and finished 18th.

In 2022, Andreea reached Ribbon final at 2022 Pesaro World Cup, where she ended on 7th place. She also placed 10th in All-around. She represented Romania at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel and was 19th in All-around.{{cite web |title=All-Around Results |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsRg_2.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=20 June 2022 |date=20 June 2022}} She competed the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she placed 19th in All-around. For the first time, she advanced into Apparatus finals at World Championships. She took 8th place in Ball final.

She competed at the 2023 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, and took 21st place in All-around. Together with teammate Annaliese Dragan they placed 11th in Team competition.{{Cite web |title=2023 Team Results |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Group%20-%20Qualification%20TeamRankingRg_1.pdf |website=europeangymnastics |format=PDF}} At the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain, she finished 20th place in All-around qualifications. She did not qualify to All-around final. In September, she won gold medal in All-around and all Apparatus finals at Balkan Championships.{{Cite web |title=BALKAN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS CUP for SENIORS |url=https://ksis.eu/resultx.php?id_prop=5273 |access-date= 9 March 2025 |website= rgform.eu}}{{Cite web |title=Andreea Verdeș, campioană balcanică absolută: 5 medalii de aur la Campionatele de Gimnastică ritmică |url=https://www.euronews.ro/articole/andreea-verdes-campioana-balcanica-absoluta-ea-a-obtinut-5-medalii-de-aur-la-camp |trans-title= Andreea Verdeș, absolute Balkan champion: 5 gold medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Balkan Championships |access-date= 9 March 2025 |website=Euronews |date= 27 September 2023}}

In 2024, Andreea competed at Sofia World Cup and placed 26th in All-around. She represented Romania together with Annaliese Dragan and Christina Dragan at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and took 13th place in Team competition. She competed only with Ribbon - 20th place in Qualifications.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Championships Result Book |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/40TH%20EUROPEAN%20RHYTHMIC%20GYMNASTICS%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20Media_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0GlDfSFau3gCf6wSC7_1AaHa-OKYeplWG8jaWV-2aDCGSEbHVenJp40BE_aem_AVIm6dnh7vlMmtP50cggp7UqE9cvpksG70YnJ02Slx7GQqZEtKVudKf5AXwPL0kFbwy6L18x8nQ1B8QcCEJANRO_ |website=europeangymnastics |access-date= 9 March 2025 |format=PDF}} In October, she won gold medal in All-around at Romanian National Championship.

In 2025, on March 7-9, she competed at International Tournament Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey and won silver medal 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 also won silver in Team competition with Amalia Lică.

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