Maria Sorana Ceplinschi (born 12 August 2005) is a

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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 ...

Career

Junior

At the 2019 Romanian Junior Championships, Ceplinschi won silver medals on both

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and

floor exercise In gymnastics, the floor is a specially prepared exercise surface, considered an apparatus. The floor exercise (English abbreviation FX) is the event performed on the floor, in both women's and men's artistic gymnastics (WAG and MAG). The same flo ...

, and she finished fourth in the all-around. Then at the Senior Romanian Championships, she finished twelfth in the all-around, fifth on vault, and seventh on floor exercise. Then at the Horizon Cup, Ceplinschi won gold medals on every event except for the vault. At the 2020 Romanian Championships, Ceplinschi only competed on vault and

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 ...

, and she finished fourth in both event finals. She competed at the 2020 Junior European Championships, and the Romanian team won the gold medal by more than ten points ahead of Ukraine and Hungary. Individually, Ceplinschi won the silver medal in the all-around and on the floor exercise, both behind her teammate

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Senior

Ceplinschi made her senior international debut at the 2021 European Championships. She was initially the first reserve for the floor exercise event final, but when

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withdrew due to health issues, Ceplinschi was added. She finished fifth with a score of 12.966. At the Mersin Challenge Cup, she won the gold medal on both the

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and the floor exercise. She competed at the

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and qualified for the all-around and floor finals. She finished 16th in the all-around and 6th on floor.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceplinschi, Maria 2005 births Living people Romanian female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts from Constanța 21st-century Romanian sportswomen