Larisa Iordache

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Larisa Andreea Iordache (Romanian pronunciation: [larisa anguda]; born 19 June 1996) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast. She appeared at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team and the 2020 Olympic Games.

As early as 2008, the Romanian press referred to Iordache as "The New Nadia" because of her abilities and potential. Iordache earned two gold medals at the 2012 European Championships in her first year of participation as a senior, as well as on floor exercises. She then received a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team division. Iordache is the 2013 World bronze medalist in the all-around and on floor exercises, as well as the 2015 World bronze medalist in the all-around.

Iordache, the 2013 European champion on beam and the most successful gymnast at the 2014 European Championships, took gold with her team and as an individual on floor exercise, silver on balance beam, and bronze on vault. She earned bronze on beam at the 2017 European Championships, which took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She returned from a three-year absence to win gold medals on balance beam and floor exercises at the 2020 European Championships, as well as a silver with her team and as an individual on vault. Overall, Iordache has earned sixteen medals at the European Championships, making her the second most decorated gymnast at the European level behind Svetlana Khorkina. She is also a twelve-time gold medalist in the World Cups and the 2017 Universiade champion in the all-around and on floor exercises.

Early life

Iordache was born in Bucharest, Romania, where she now lives. Adriana Iordache's mother, a handball player, and her father, Paul Iordache, played football. Rescuzvan, she has an older brother who also plays football, is a member of the Rcăzvan family. After being seen rollerblading by her first coach, Mariana Câmpeanu-Silişteanu, Iordache was introduced to gymnastics. Iordache's mother begged for gymnastics lessons, but Iordache's mother was initially dismissive, and Iordache's child began gymnastics at the age of five. "I think [Câmpeanu-Silişteanu] noticed the speed and the excitement, and that impressed her, as she began gymnastics, Iordache said. I didn't choose gymnastics; it chose me. It just happened. I am very happy to have come so far. She also said that on her first day of training, she was too afraid to go to the gym, but after three days, she fell in love with gymnastics.

Iordache began her gymnastics lessons at CSS Dinamo Club in Bucharest. She joined the junior national team in 2008 and was coached by Ramona Micu, Adela Popa, Lacramioara Moldovan, and Claudiu Moldovan. She began receiving press attention in Romania in 2008, comparing her to Nadia Comăneci, the 1976 Olympic all-around champion. Iordache later described the comparison: "I feel honored to be compared to Nadia," the gymnast's said, "I feel proud to be compared to them," says the gymnast, "every gymnast has her own skills, and no gymnast has to be compared to anyone."

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Junior career

At the 2009 Top Gym Trophy in Charleroi, Belgium, Iordache made her junior international debut. Diana Bulimar and Slovenian gymnasts Rebeka Sarec and Tatjana Holeczek competed for a bronze medal in the team event. She earned a gold medal in both the all-around and on the balance beam, and on the balance beam.

The European Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, was Iordache's first major international competition. She scored 55.5 points on the Romanian team's second-place finish behind Russia, despite the fact that she earned an all-around score of 55.550. Iordache received the bronze medal in the all-around final behind Russians Viktoria Komova and Anastasia Grishina, with a score of 55.675. She placed fourth on vault, scoring 13.862, second on balance beam scoring 14.575, and tied for fourth on floor with Anastasia Grishina, scoring 14.275.

Iordache represented Romania in the Romanian Championships in Reşița in September. She won the all-around tournament with a score of 58.400, almost four points ahead of second-place teammate Diana Bulimar. In October, she competed at the Schiltigheim International in Schiltigheim, France. She received a 58.000 rating in the all-around final. She finished second on vault behind France's Elodie Perez for 14.350, first on uneven bars, scoring 14.250, first on balance beam scoring 14.900, and first on floor scoring 14.500.

Iordache competed as a guest at the French Team Championships in Toulouse in May. Alliance Dijon's first-place finish was an all-around score of 58.800. The Alliance Dijon crew included Iordache, Daniela Andrei, and Raluca Haidu from Romania, as well as French gymnasts Sophia Serseri, Laurie Antoniazzi, and Julie Roemer. At the Gym Festival in Trnava, Slovakia, where 29 gymnasts from nine countries competed in June. She won the all-around final with a score of 59.500, barely two points ahead of two-time Olympian Anna Pavlova. She finished first on uneven bars scoring 14.250, first on balance beam scoring 15.600, and first on floor exercise scoring 14.850. She appeared in a world meet against Great Britain in Lilleshall later this month. The Romanian team placed first in first place, outscoring the United Kingdom in every sport except the uneven bars. Iordache won the all-around title with a score of 58.300, nearly five points higher than British silver medalist Gabby Jupp.

Iordache won the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Trabzon, Turkey, in July. She had a 57.800 lead on Romania's second-place finish behind Italy in second place. Iordache took the all-around final with a score of 56.54, over two points behind second-place finisher Erika Fasana. She finished second on vault scoring 14.225, second on uneven bars, scoring 13.475, first on balance beam, scoring 15.000, and first on floor exercise, scoring 14.275.

Senior career

In 2012, Iordache became ageless for senior international competition. Iordache competed at the American Cup in New York City, United States, beginning in March. With a score of 59.332, she came in third place in the all-around tournament behind Americans Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman. She appeared at the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, at the end of March. With a score of 14.525, she placed fourth in the uneven bars final.

In Cholet, France, Iordache competed at an international meet against France. She helped Romania win the team competition and then finished the all-around with a score of 60.150. In Ulm, Germany, she competed in an international meet against Germany and the United Kingdom later this month. She was instrumental in Romania's victory, and she was a champion in the all-around competition, achieving a score of 59.750.

Iordache was competing at the 2012 European Championships in Brussels, Belgium, in May. She scored 58.757 for the Romanian team's first-place finish, averaging 58.757 on all-around. She finished second on the balance beam behind teammate Cătălina Ponor with a score of 15.133 and first on the floor exercise with a score of 15.233. She competed in international meetings against France, Germany, and Italy in Bucharest, Romania, at the start of July. Romania won the team competition, and she took the all-around with a score of 60.850.

Iordache represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics alongside Diana Bulimar, Diana Chelaru, Sandra Izbaşa, and Cătălina Ponor. She had plantar fasciitis in her left foot prior to the tournament, which caused severe pain. "We don't know what will happen" after this, according to Mariana Bitang, her coach, Iordache's illness before the Olympics: "We don't know what will happen." If she's fine, she'll be in the all-around final. It's difficult to describe right now." Iordache only did full routines on the uneven bars and the balance beam during podium preparations. Mariana Bitang said that there was a 50-50 chance that she would be able to participate in all four sports.

Iordache appeared in all four events in the qualification round, and she helped Romania finish fourth. She qualified for the all-around final in ninth place with a score of 57.800. She scored 14.800 on the vault, 13.766 on uneven bars, and 15.300 on the balance beam, the Romanian team's third-place finish behind Russia and the United States, in the team's third-place finish behind Russia and the United States. "You always want to do better, but any Olympic medal is very important for a team," Iordache said of Romania's success. We are content." She finished ninth in the all around final with a score of 57.965 and sixth in the balance beam final with a score of 14.200. The Olympics were Iordache's last competition of the season.

Iordache finished second in the vault final at the 2013 Doha World Cup, behind Phan Thi Ha Thanh in 14.675, and seventh in the uneven bars final with a score of 13.325. She also finished second in the balance beam final behind Diana Bulimar with a score of 14.425.

Iordache qualified first in the all-around final and the balance beam final at the 2013 European Championships in Moscow, and fourth in the vault final. She earned 14.833 on beam, 14.866 on vault, 14.900 on vault, and 13.833 on uneven bars in an all-around final. Aliya Mustafina of Russia was awarded the silver medal. With a score of 14.466, she tied for the silver medal in the vault final with Dutch gymnast Noel van Klaveren. In addition, she earned the silver medal in the floor exercise final, behind Russia's Ksenia Afanasyeva and the gold medal in the balance beam final. Iordache received the gold medal on the balance beam and on the floor exercises at the 2013 Anadia World Cup.

Iordache competed at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, in October. She came in fourth place in the all-around final after she was unable to recover from the balance beam in a backhandspring full twist. She demonstrated 13.933 for seventh place in the balance beam final, and she had the same skills as her predecessor in the balance beam final. In the final of floor exercises, then claimed bronze medal behind American Simone Biles and Italian Vanessa Ferrari.

Iordache competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial in Morges, Switzerland, where she received the gold medal in the all-around after the World Championships. She then competed in the Swiss Cup, which is a team sport in which each country is represented by one female and one male gymnast. Romania won the gold medal ahead of Germany, Switzerland, and Ukraine, thanks to her colleague Andrei Muntean. She competed in the Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille, France, where she claimed the gold medal in the all-around, the silver medal on vault behind Russia's Alla Sosnitskaya, and the gold medal on both balance beam and floor exercise. Then, she captured the silver medal in the Stuttgart World Cup all-around championship behind American Elizabeth Price. She earned the gold medal in the all-around at the Glasgow World Cup, her last match of the season.

Iordache won gold on vault, balance beam, and floor exercises at the Doha World Cup in March. In April, she helped her team win gold at the France-Romania-Belgium Tri-Friendly meet. She had the highest scores of the competition on every apparatus, and she took the all-around title by three points over teammate Diana Bulimar.

Iordache was the most decorated gymnast at the 2014 European Championships with a total of four medals. She was the first gymnast to qualify for all four apparatus finals. The Romanian team of Iordache, Diana Bulimar, Andra Munteanu, Andeta Stănilă, and Silvia Zarzu were crowned champions of the team finals, while the Romanian team of Iordache, Diana Bulimar, Andra Munteanu, and Stefania Stănilă were named in the gold medal. She won the bronze medal on vault, finished sixth on uneven bars, and tied for the gold medal in floor exercise with Vanessa Ferrari in the event finals.

Iordache won four of the five gold medals at the end of August, and the Romanian National Championships were held in Iordache. She won the all-around competition with 59.650, defeating second-place finisher tefania Stănilă by nearly four points. Andordache earned gold and Iordache took silver, with the only gold she did not win on the balance beam, where Andeea Munteanu won gold and Iordache took silver. She appeared in September at the Switzerland-Germany-Romania Tri-Friendly meet in Obersiggenthal, Switzerland, where the Romanian team finished second behind Germany, with Germany finishing second. She won the all-around tournament, placing her just over two points ahead of silver medalist Giulia Steingruber.

Iordache was selected to the Romanian team for the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China, in October. She led the team's relatively inexperienced Romanian team to a fourth-place finish after finishing seventh in the qualifying round. She gained a silver medal in the all-around competition, behind Simone Biles and Kyla Ross. "It is a good result," she said later. I'm very happy with what I did today, but that doesn't mean I can't do even better. At any one event, anything is possible. Today, I didn't win gold, but there is always a chance." She finished fifth in the balance beam final after descending on her back handspring tuck full series. She earned the silver medal in the floor exercise final later that day, behind Simone Biles. She spoke about her results and her future at the World Championships, as well as her own.

She competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial after the World Championships, finishing second in the all-around behind Russian Daria Spiridonova. She and Marius Berbecar then competed at the Swiss Cup, placing seventh overall, and seventh overall. She then competed in the Stuttgart and Glasgow World Cups. She took the all-around title in Stuttgart with a score of 59.766, ahead of Jessica López and Kim Bùi. Except for the uneven bars, she received the highest score on every occasion other than uneven bars. Iordache won the all-around gold medal in Glasgow with 59.232 points. Ellie Black, the silver medalist, finished almost three points ahead of bronze medalist Ellie Black.

Iordache had been due to a foot injury to participate in the World Cups in Doha and Cottbus, but she had to cancel due to an ankle injury. She then withdrew from the 2015 European Championships due to the same injury. Due to school exams, she was also unable to attend the 2015 European Games.

Iordache returned to action on September 12th at the Romania-France Friendly competition, winning the all-around gold with a score of 58.150 and supporting Romania in the team's gold medal competition. Iordache, a Romanian National Championships medalist, won gold with her club team and all-around with a score of 60.900. She has also won gold on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercises. Iordache won the Novara Cup against Italy, Belgium, and Spain in October. Iordache, Diana Bulimar, Ana Maria Ocolişan, Laura Jurca, Silvia Zarzu, and Andreea Iridon's team won the gold medal, while Andreea Iridon captured the all-around with a 59.750.

Diana Bulimar, Ana Maria Ocolişan, Laura Jurca, Silvia Zarzu, and Catalina Ponor were selected to compete at the 2015 World Championships. However, Ponor recovered after having surgery, and the alternative Andra Iridon was installed. Ocolisan suffered her ankle and was unable to participate on the day before the qualification round. Iordache's lowest finish in the all-around after downgrading her floor routine and falling off the uneven bars and balance beam. The Romanian team finished in thirteenth place, implying that they did not qualify for the 2016 Olympics specifically. They were described as a meltdown, as everyone except Jurca fell off the uneven bars and team members had several falls off the balance beam. Theniel and her coworkers were seen screaming afterward. Iordache placed sixteenth in the qualifying round, but she claimed the bronze medal in the all-around final, beating Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles in the all-around final. "I feel much better now than Friday," she said after winning the bronze medal in the all-around, but I want more." It was so difficult for me. However, I have my mentor, my parents, my daughters, and my staff with me. Today was a good day for me. It was so good for me."

Iordache competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial in the United States, where she defeated Pauline Schäfer from Germany and Romanian teammate Diana Bulimar after the World Championships. At the Swiss Cup, she competed with Marius Berbecar, winning the silver medal behind Ukraine.

Iordache fractured her fourth metacarpal bone during balance beam training in March and had to have surgery. She missed the Olympic Test Event in April, and Romania failed to qualify a full team to the Olympics. Iordache's injury required another operation in May, and Romanian newspapers announced that Catalina Ponor would be sent to the Olympic Games instead of Iordache, but that the Romanian Gymnastics Federation had not known it at the time.

Despite recovering from a concussion during preparation, she returned to action in July at the National Championships, and she excelled. She received the gold medal in the uneven bars as well as the silver medal on the balance beam behind Ponor. She hurt her knee on the dismount of her uneven bars routine, and she was disqualified from the floor exercise final after competing in the balance beam final. Despite the Romanian Gymnastics Federation's statement that both of them will fly to Rio, Ponor was then named the Olympic flag-bearer for Romania, effectively saying the Ponor would compete instead of Iordache.

Iordache then competed in a friendly against France, and the Romanian team came in second place, finishing second. She tied for the silver medal in the all-around competition with Louise Vanhille. She then competed in Chemnitz, Germany, where she placed ninth in the all-around class. Iordache had been officially selected as the alternate for the Olympic Games. Following the Olympic Games, she revealed that she will continue to participate.

Iordache began her season by competing at the Sainté Gym Cup in Saint-Étienne, France. She only competed on the uneven bars, where she captured the gold medal and the balance beam, where she captured the silver medal. Olivia Cîmpian and Ioana Crișan, first-year seniors, and London Olympic teammate Cătălina Ponor were selected for the European Championships in Cluj-Napoca. She was not able to participate in the all-around tournament, only competing on uneven bars and balance beam, and she had qualified first in balance beam finals. She earned the bronze medal in the balance beam final, with Ponor winning gold and Eythora Thorsdottir winning silver.

Iordache competed at the World Cup in Koper in May. She selected only on the balance beam and uneven bars to perform. With a score of 13.800 on the uneven bars and a 14.150 on the balance beam, Iordache gained gold in both finals. She was then selected to represent Romania at the 2017 Summer University of University in Buchade. For the first time of the year, she competed in the all-around tournament, and she finished second in second place behind Ellie Black in second place. She captured the gold medal in the all-around final with a score of 56.776. In the event finals, she placed fifth on the uneven bars, gained the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Black and Natsumi Sasada, and captured the gold medal on the floor exercise.

Iordache gained the gold medal in the all-around by five-and-a-half points over Denisa Golgott at the Romanian Championships by five-and-a-half points over Denisa Golgotă. She also won the gold medal for uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. Claudia Fragapane placed fourth on the uneven bars, won the gold on the balance beam, and took second place in the floor exercise at the Paris World Cup.

Iordache returned to Montreal for the 2017 World Championships in October, but the qualification round sufferer sustained an Achilles tendon tear. She then returned to Romania and underwent surgery. A month and a half later, she had a second surgery on her Achilles tendon.

Iordache told the Romanian media that her recovery has been slowing and that there is a 50% chance of her returning to gymnastics. Larisa went to Dr. Weinstable in Vienna, Austria, with the help of former Romanian head coaches Mariana Bitang and Octavian Bellu, she underwent her third surgery on her Achilles tendon. Dr. Weinstable, a Vienna, Austria, gave her a final examination on her Achilles tendon. She was told that she would be able to begin training at full capacity, and Iordache had announced her return to elite gymnastics.

Iordache confirmed on Twitter that she had tested positive for COVID-19 in late October, prompting her to cancel a verification meet that would have been her first match in three years. Her symptoms were mild. Iordache made her Romanian National Championships debut in November. With a 52.234, she had her fourth best all-around score, just over half a point behind all-around bronze medalist Ioana Stănciulescu. However, she was not allowed to be ranked because she was not competing for her team but rather competed as an individual. She also competed in the uneven bars and balance beam finals, and if she had been eligible, she would have won gold on uneven bars and silver on balance beam. Shortly after, she was named in Romania's squad for the 2020 European Championships.

The Romanian team of Iordache, Antonia Duţă, Silviana Sfiringu, Ioana Stănciulescu, and Daniela Tricot took the silver medal behind Ukraine at the European Championships. Iordache earned the silver medal on vault behind Hungary's Zsófia Kovács, and she came fourth on uneven bars, placing fourth. She earned the gold medal on both balance beam and floor exercises, which was then't the case.

Iordache competed at the 2021 European Championships in April 2021, her last chance to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Despite wakening up the morning of the game with severe abdominal pain and being told by doctors to withdraw, Iordache did well in the qualification round. She finished fourth in the all-around with a score of 54.698 behind Russians Angelina Melnikova, Viktoria Listunova, and Vladislava Urazova. Iordache successfully qualified for a nominative spot in the Olympics because Russia could only afford one Olympic spot at the European Championships. Despite a slip and sixth place in the floor exercise final, she qualified in first place to the balance beam final. Due to a kidney infection that required hospitalization, she was forced to miss the all-around and event finals. Since being released from the hospital, she was forced to miss two weeks of training. Iordache received the Shooting Star award from the event's sponsor, SmartScoring, alongside Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan. The award is given to a female and a male gymnast who have an outstanding story and are inspirations for future gymnasts.

Iordache earned the gold medal on the balance beam and the bronze medal on the uneven bars alongside Diana Varinska and Zója Székely at the Cairo World Challenge Cup in June. She had intended to compete at the FIT Challenge in Ghent but she had to drop out due to her mother's long-term illness.

Maria Holbură, Iordache's colleague, qualified to represent Romania in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Due to an ankle injury, it was announced on July 21 that she would only compete on the balance beam. She qualified to the balance beam final in fourth place, behind American Sunisa Lee and Chinese gymnasts Tang Xijing and Guan Chenchen. However, she was disqualified from the final due to an ankle injury.

Iordache underwent surgery in Vienna in December to have ankle surgery. She revealed on Instagram on December 16th that she had resigned from gymnastics.

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