Amalia Maria Lică (born 11 May 2009) is a Romanian rhythmic gymnast. She became the first junior European Champion for Romania by winning gold with clubs in 2022. She is also the 2025 World silver medalist with clubs.
Early life Lică began gymnastics at age 5. Her mother saw her dancing around the house and first took her to ballet classes, then enrolled her in rhythmic gymnastics.
Career Lică made her international debut in 2021, when she participated in the Irina Deleanu Cup.
Junior 2022 In 2022, she became a junior. Her first competition was the Grand Prix in Moscow, where she won silver in the team competition. She also took part in the International Sofia Tournament, where she won silver with ribbon, and the Irina Deleanu Cup, where she won gold in all-around. In June she was selected for her first European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. There she won silver in teams with Christina Dragan. Individually, she won a historical gold in the clubs apparatus final, which made her the first junior individual European Champion from Romania.
2023 In 2023, she made her debut competing in the Italian Serie A championship, joining the club Eurogymnica Torino. In March she won bronze with clubs and gold with hoop at the Fellbach-Schminden tournament. A week later she won four golds at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens.
2024 The next season, Lică competed at the 2024 European Cup Baku, where she won bronze medal in the team competition. Individually, she won silver medals with hoop and clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon. At the 2024 European Championships, she won the junior team gold along with Lisa Garac, then won three of the four junior apparatus finals in hoop, clubs, and ribbon. In October, she won the Romanian junior national title in the all-around.
Senior 2025 In 2025, she became a senior. On March 7-9, she competed at International Tournament Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey and placed 14th in All-around. She won silver in Team competition together with Andreea Verdes. On 4-6 April, she competed at 2025 World Cup Sofia, she big mistakes her ribbon routine and took 42nd place in the all-around and did not advance into apparatus finals. On April 18-20, she competed at Baku World Cup, where she took 40th place in all-around.
She was selected to represent Romania together with Andreea Verdes at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She took 14th place in the all-around final. She qualified to ribbon final, finishing 8th. In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 29th place in the all-around. On July 25-27, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and finished 7th in the all-around. She took 4th place in clubs and 8th in ribbon final.
In August, she represented Romania at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and took 17th place in the all-around final. She qualified to clubs final, where she won a historic silver medal, the first World Championship medal of any color for Romania since Irina Deleanu, who won a bronze in 1992.
In October, she competed in the Aeon Cup in Tokyo with teammates Ileana Dutu and Patricia Stanciu, where the ACS Dandri Bucharest took 5th place in team competition. In the senior all-around, Lică won the bronze medal behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and Rin Keys.
2026 Amalia started the season competing at Sofia World Cup, where she took 27th place in all-around. In April, she competed at Tashkent World Cup and took 21st place in all-around. In May, she lost cross battle against Sofia Raffaeli in 1st round at European Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was 7th with ribbon. In the end of May, she competed at the 2026 European Championships in Varna, and finished on 18th place in the all-around final. Together with Andreea Verdeș and senior group she took 10th place in team competition. She qualified to clubs final and ended on 5th place.
In June, Amalia took 6th place in all-around at World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca. She qualified to three apparatus finals, winning bronze medal in ball, and placing 6th in hoop and ribbon. In July, she took 15th place in all-around at Milan World Cup.
Achievements First Romanian rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at the European Championships. First (and only) Romanian rhythmic gymnast to win an individual medal at the Junior World Championships. First (and only) Romanian rhythmic gymnast to win a silver medal in an individual apparatus final at World Championships.
Routine music information +YearApparatusMusic Title2026HoopThe Heat by Peter GabrielBallClubs (first)Bocca di rosa by musica nudaClubs (second)Wepa by Gloria EstefanRibbonDragostea Din Tei (Radu Sirbu Remix) by O-Zone2025HoopPrologue by WoodkidBallClubsWepa by Gloria EstefanRibbonGolden Cage by Gabriel Saban & Sandia2024HoopPrologue by WoodkidBallBeethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano GuysClubsCrown of Vengeance, Lock And Key, Nexus by Timothy Shortell and Caleb Jordan SwiftRibbonI NEED YOU by Jon Batiste2023HoopChopin: Fantasie by Robert WellsBallBeethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano GuysClubsCrown of Vengeance, Lock And Key, Nexus by Timothy Shortell and Caleb Jordan SwiftRibbonI NEED YOU by Jon Batiste2022Hoop Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor op. 66 by Johan Åhlén BallPlanetarium by Justin HurwitzClubsAdiós by Benjamin ClementineRibbonLong Tall Sally by Cagey Strings2021HoopChopin: Fantasie by Robert WellsBallPlanetarium by Justin HurwitzClubsAdiós by Benjamin ClementineRibbonLong Tall Sally by Cagey Strings
Competitive highlights (Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.) International: Senior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon 2025World Championships17th12th (Q)19th (Q)2nd19th (Q)World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca7th9th (Q)12th (Q)4th8thWorld Cup Milan29th32nd (Q)36th (Q)28th (Q)26th (Q)European Championships14th8thEuropean Cup Burgas3rd4th2ndEuropean Cup Baku4th7th3rdWorld Cup Baku40th38th (Q)39th (Q)29th (Q)48th (Q)World Cup Sofia42nd35th (Q)12th (Q)28th (Q)82nd (Q) International: Junior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon2024Junior European Championships1st1st1st1stEuropean Cup Baku3rd2nd2nd3rd2023Junior World Championships3rd2nd5th4thIT Aphrodite Cup1st3rd1st1st1stIT Fellbach-Schminden1st3rd2022Junior European Championships2nd1st National: Junior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon2024Romanian National Championships 1st2023Romanian National Championships 1st2022Romanian National Championships 1st Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)
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