Denisa Mihaela Mailat (born 11 October 2002) is a Romanian

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...

. She competed at the

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and 2019 World Championships.

Personal life

Denisa Mailat was born on 11 October 2002, in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

. She was named the 2018 Athlete of the Year by the

Romanian Gymnastics Federation The Romanian Gymnastics Federation (RGF), or Gymnastics Federation of Romania, is the governing body of gymnastics in Romania. Established in 1906, it supervises gymnastics clubs and gymnasts' participation in international competitions. In 2013, Ad ...

. Her goal is to compete at the

2020 Olympic Games The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. In January 2021, Mailat was hospitalized due to COVID-19 and received cortisone treatment for three weeks. 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

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being beaten on the head, and that her coach justified the abuse when she won medals after being beaten.

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. Mailat won the gold medal in the junior clubs final at the 2017

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Cup. Mailat competed at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships (multi-sport event), European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburg ...

where she finished 21st in the all-around. Then at the 2018 World Championships, she finished 38th in the all-around. At the 2019 World Challenge Cup in

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, Romania, Mailat won the bronze medal in the clubs, her first World Challenge Cup medal. She competed at the 2019 European Championships with

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where they finished 8th as a team. At the 2019 World Championships, she finished 19th in the qualification round and qualified to the all-around final. The Romanian team of Mailat, Alice Maria David, and Andreea Verdes finished in 12th place. In the all-around final, she finished 24th with a total score of 70.850.

References

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