Denisa Mailat
{{short description|Romanian rhythmic gymnast}}
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Denisa Mihaela Mailat (born 11 October 2002) is a Romanian rhythmic gymnast. She competed at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.
Personal life
Denisa Mailat was born on 11 October 2002, in Bucharest.{{cite web |title=Romania's Mailat aims to be the new face on the podium at Cluj-Napoca |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2582 |website=FIG |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=21 August 2019}} She was named the 2018 Athlete of the Year by the Romanian Gymnastics Federation.{{cite web |title=MAILAT Denisa |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=49162 |website=FIG |access-date=7 April 2021}} Her goal is to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. In January 2021, Mailat was hospitalized due to COVID-19 and received cortisone treatment for three weeks.{{cite web |title= Denisa Mailat |url=https://rhythmicgymnasticsnews.tumblr.com/post/644996209288822784/after-agiurgiuculese-denisa-mailat-has-announced |website=Rhythmic Gymnastics News |publisher=Tumblr |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=7 March 2021}}
In January 2025, Mailat was one of several Romanian rhythmic gymnasts who came forward with allegations of abuse from coaches. She said that she had been physically and mental abused, that she had witnessed fellow gymnast Ana Luiza Filiorianu being beaten on the head, and that her coach justified the abuse when she won medals after being beaten.{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-01-15 |title=Abuse in Romanian Rhythmic Gymnastics |url=https://www.arads.ro/en/testimonies/abuses-in-romanian-rhythmic-gymnastics/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Romanian Association for the Defense of Athletes’ Rights – United Europe |language=en-US}}
Career
Mailat competed in the junior division with Alice Maria David, Sonia Ichim, and Denisa Stoian at the 2016 European Championships where they finished 16th as a team.{{Cite web|url=http://a.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000F00010301FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00|title=Longines Timing - Results - 32nd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Holon IL 6/17/2016 - 6/19/2016|website=a.longinestiming.com|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630094547/http://a.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000F00010301FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00|archive-date=30 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
Mailat won the gold medal in the junior clubs final at the 2017 Irina Deleanu Cup.{{cite web |title=U.S. wins three medals at rhythmic's Irina Deleanu Cup |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=19993&prog=a |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=4 April 2017}}
Mailat competed at the 2018 European Championships where she finished 21st in the all-around.{{cite web|title=Senior Individual All-Around Results|url=http://www.ueg.org/data/result/921/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsRg.pdf|website=ueg.org|publisher=UEG|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712174456/http://www.ueg.org/data/result/921/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsRg.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2018|url-status=dead}} Then at the 2018 World Championships, she finished 38th in the all-around.{{cite web |title=36th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=FIG |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=10 September 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525220053/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_aaqual.pdf |url-status=dead }}
At the 2019 World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Mailat won the bronze medal in the clubs, her first World Challenge Cup medal.{{cite web |title=Linoy Ashram seizes the spotlight in Cluj-Napoca |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2588 |website=FIG |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=26 August 2019}} She competed at the 2019 European Championships with Andreea Verdes where they finished 8th as a team.{{cite web |title=35TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS SENIOR INDIVIDUAL AND JUNIOR GROUP COMPETITIONS Rhythmic Gymnastics Teams Qualification |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/JUNIORS%20-%20Group%20-%20Qualification%20TeamRankingRg.pdf |website=UEG |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=18 May 2019}} At the 2019 World Championships, she finished 19th in the qualification round and qualified to the all-around final.{{cite web |title=37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525061345/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_aaqual.pdf |url-status=dead }} The Romanian team of Mailat, Alice Maria David, and Andreea Verdes finished in 12th place.{{cite web |title=37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Team Ranking |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_team.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525061348/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_team.pdf |url-status=dead }} In the all-around final, she finished 24th with a total score of 70.850.{{cite web |title=37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Individual All-Around Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_aa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318205215/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_aa.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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