Lilia Cosman (born August 6, 2007) is a Romanian-American

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. She joined the Romania women's national artistic gymnastics team in 2022, becoming the national champion on the

uneven bars The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is made of a steel frame. The bars are made of fiberglass with wood coating, or less commonly wood. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is UB or ...

. She represented

Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics Romania competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's official debut in the same venue. Although the nation's participation started in 1900, Romanian athletes have appeared ...

Early life

Cosman was born on August 6, 2007 in

Lansing, Michigan Lansing () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan. The most populous city in Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County, parts of the city extend into Eaton County, Michigan, Eaton County and nort ...

, as a dual citizen of the United States and Romania. Her parents were both born in Romania and immigrated to the United States in 2001. She began gymnastics at the age of four because her older sister was also a gymnast.

Gymnastics career

2022–23: Junior competitions

Cosman moved to

Deva, Romania Deva (; Hungarian: ''Déva'', Hungarian pronunciation: ; German: ''Diemrich'', ''Schlossberg'', ''Denburg''; Latin: ''Sargetia''; is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, on the left bank of the river Mureș. It is the c ...

, at age 15, in 2022 and joined the Romanian national team. She began training under coach Liliana Cosma. At the 2022 Romanian Championships, she became the national champion on the uneven bars and also placed fifth in the all-around and on the

balance beam The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. The apparatus and the event are sometimes simply called "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is BB. The bal ...

. She then competed at the Gymnova Cup held in

Keerbergen Keerbergen () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises only the town of Keerbergen proper. On January 1, 2006, Keerbergen had a total population of 12,444. The total area is 18.39 km² ...

, Belgium, placing fourth in the all-around and winning a bronze medal in the team competition. Then at the Romanian Junior Individual Championships, she won a bronze medal in the all-around and silver medals on the

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and uneven bars.

2023–present: Senior competitions

Cosman became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2023. She made her senior international debut at the 2023 European Championships and contributed on the vault and uneven bars toward Romania's fifth-place finish. She won the bronze medal in the all-around at the Romanian Championships behind

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and

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, and she won a silver medal in the balance beam final. She competed at the Heidelberg Friendly with the Romanian team that won a silver medal behind Germany. She was selected to compete at the 2023 World Championships alongside Bărbosu, Voinea,

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, and

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. The team finished in tenth place, earning Romania a team berth for the Olympic Games for the first time since 2012. Cosman competed at the 2024 European Championships and placed fourth in the balance beam final. She also helped Romania place fourth in the team final, and she finished eighth in the individual all-around. She finished fourth in the all-around at the 2024 RomGym Trophy, and she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Algeria's

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and Hungary's Zsófia Kovács. Later that year, Cosman was selected to compete at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

alongside

, and

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cosman, Lilia 2007 births Living people Sportspeople from Lansing, Michigan American people of Romanian descent Romanian female artistic gymnasts American female artistic gymnasts 21st-century Romanian sportswomen 21st-century American sportswomen Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Romania