Tara Dragas

Tara Dragas (born 17 February 2007) is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast of Slovenian descent. She is the 2022 European ribbon junior silver medalist.

At the national level, she is the 2025 Italian all-around silver medalist, the 2022 Italian Junior champion and a two-time (2020, 2021) Italian Junior silver medalist.

Personal life

Her mother, Špela Dragaš, is her coach and also the head coach of the Associazione Sportiva Udinese, where Dragas trains. Her father, Sasha Dragas, is a singer and actor. She has an older brother, Marko. Her family comes from the Slovene minority in Italy. She fluently speaks three languages: Italian, Slovenian, and English.

Career

Drags took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of four at the Associazione Sportiva Udinese. In her younger years, she also competed in Slovenia, representing KRG Narodni dom. She won the Slovenian National Championship title three times (2015-2017) in the girls' category. Afterward, she began participating in Italian national competitions.

Junior

Dragas debuted as a member of the national team in November 2020 at a bilateral competition held between Italy and Germany in Desio.

In 2022, she won 3 gold medals at the 5th edition of Comegym tournament and two gold medals at the international tournament in Portimão. She represented Italy at the Junior European Championships in Tel Aviv and won the silver medal in the ribbon final. Together with Alice Taglietti, she placed 5th in the team competition. Later in the year, she participated in the Tart Cup in Brno, where she won four golds and a silver medal.

Senior

In 2023, Dragas made her senior international debut at the World Cup Sofia, along with veterans Milena Baldassarri and Sofia Raffaeli. Ultimately, she placed 19th place in the all-around competition. In June, Dragas competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships, her first as a senior, and finished in 7th place in the all-around competition. The next day, she won a silver medal with clubs and a bronze medal in the hoop final.

In 2024, she attended more international competitions. On 19–21 April, she competed at Baku World Cup and placed 11th in the all-around. She advanced into two apparatus finals, finishing 4th in hoop and 6th in ball. She next competed at World Challenge Cup Portimao in Portugal, where she took 13th place in the all-around. She qualified to the all final and ended in 6th place.

In May, Dragas was selected to represent Italy at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, together with Sofia Raffaeli and Milena Baldassarri. They won the silver medal in the team competition. On 8 June, Dragaš competed at the 2024 Italian National Championships and finished in 4th place in the all-around. She also won the gold medal in the ribbon final, silver medals in hoop and clubs and bronze in the ball final. In July, she competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and placed 14th in the all-around.

In 2025, Dragas began her international season competing at the Grand Prix Thiais in late March. She won the silver medal in the all-around behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and qualified for all four apparatus finals. She won silver medals in the clubs and ribbon finals and bronze medals with hoop and ball. On 18-20 April, she competed at the Baku World Cup, where she finished in 11th place in the all-around and advanced into two apparatus finals. She won bronze in the ribbon final, which was her first World Cup medal. On 1-4 May, Dragas competed at the 2025 European Cup Baku, where she won a bronze medal with hoop and silver medals with clubs and ribbon.

In June, Dragas was selected to represent Italy, along with Alice Taglietti and Sofia Raffaeli, at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn. Together with the senior group, they won the gold medal in the team competition. She qualified to her first all-around final, where she ended in 5th place. On 14 June, she competed at the 2025 Italian National Championships and won the silver medal in the all-around. In a tight race with Raffaeli, she lost by 0.35 points. The day after, she won gold medals in the clubs and ribbon finals and silver in hoop and ball behind Raffaeli.

Routine music information

Competitive highlights

''(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dragas, Tara
2007 births
Living people
Italian rhythmic gymnasts
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
Italian Slovenes
People from San Daniele del Friuli
Sportspeople from the Province of Udine
21st-century Italian sportswomen