Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
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Ana Padurariu
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Sinclair Secondary School
- Hometown:
- Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Bio
Career Highlights
• Matched a career high on beam (9.95) set while at UCLA competing in the Big 12 Championship
• Big 12 co-champion on beam
• Earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 4 after posting a 9.85 on bars and 9.925 on beam against Florida and West Virginia
• Starter on beam for the Red Rocks 14-of-16 meets and on bars for 6-of-16 meets
2025 Season (Junior)
• Matched a career high on beam (9.95) set while at UCLA competing in the Big 12 Championship
• Big 12 co-champion on beam
• Earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 4 after posting a 9.85 on bars and 9.925 on beam against Florida and West Virginia
• Starter on beam for the Red Rocks 14-of-16 meets and on bars for 6-of-16 meets
• Hit 19-of-20 routines in her first season at Utah
2024 Season (Olympic Training)
• Padurariu hit pause on her collegiate career, training in hopes of competing with Team Canada for the 2024 Paris Olympics
• Did not compete in the Olympics after suffering four broken bones
2023 Season (Sophomore at UCLA)
• Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Competed in all 13 competitions during her sophomore year, scoring a 9.90 or higher on bars in seven of those competitions.
• Earned her first event victory with a career-high 9.95 on beam at Arizona.
2022 Season (Freshman at UCLA)
• Scored 9.900 in the leadoff position on beam in four meets, including at the Pac-12 Championships.
• Earned a career-high 9.900 on uneven bars at the NCAA Regional Second Round
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
Prior To UCLA
• Member of the Canadian National Team
• Won silver on the balance beam at the 2018 World Championships
• Finalist on beam at the 2019 World Championships
• 2019 World Cup (Stuttgart) all-around silver medalist
• Won gold on bars at the 2019 Canadian National Championships, silver on beam and in the all-around, and taking bronze on floor.
• Won gold on beam and in the all-around at the 2020 Elite Canada Championships, taking silver on floor
• Trained at Gemini Gymnastics in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
Personal
• Padurariu and her fiancé, Tommy Silva, moved to Utah after Silva signed a contract with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.
• She spent the 2024 season away from collegiate gymnastics to train for an Olympic berth in her home country of Canada.
• Daughter of Cristinel and Aida Padurariu
• Has an older brother, Rares
Padurariu's Career Highs
• Matched a career high on beam (9.95) set while at UCLA competing in the Big 12 Championship
• Big 12 co-champion on beam
• Earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 4 after posting a 9.85 on bars and 9.925 on beam against Florida and West Virginia
• Starter on beam for the Red Rocks 14-of-16 meets and on bars for 6-of-16 meets
2025 Season (Junior)
• Matched a career high on beam (9.95) set while at UCLA competing in the Big 12 Championship
• Big 12 co-champion on beam
• Earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 4 after posting a 9.85 on bars and 9.925 on beam against Florida and West Virginia
• Starter on beam for the Red Rocks 14-of-16 meets and on bars for 6-of-16 meets
• Hit 19-of-20 routines in her first season at Utah
2024 Season (Olympic Training)
• Padurariu hit pause on her collegiate career, training in hopes of competing with Team Canada for the 2024 Paris Olympics
• Did not compete in the Olympics after suffering four broken bones
2023 Season (Sophomore at UCLA)
• Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Competed in all 13 competitions during her sophomore year, scoring a 9.90 or higher on bars in seven of those competitions.
• Earned her first event victory with a career-high 9.95 on beam at Arizona.
2022 Season (Freshman at UCLA)
• Scored 9.900 in the leadoff position on beam in four meets, including at the Pac-12 Championships.
• Earned a career-high 9.900 on uneven bars at the NCAA Regional Second Round
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
Prior To UCLA
• Member of the Canadian National Team
• Won silver on the balance beam at the 2018 World Championships
• Finalist on beam at the 2019 World Championships
• 2019 World Cup (Stuttgart) all-around silver medalist
• Won gold on bars at the 2019 Canadian National Championships, silver on beam and in the all-around, and taking bronze on floor.
• Won gold on beam and in the all-around at the 2020 Elite Canada Championships, taking silver on floor
• Trained at Gemini Gymnastics in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
Personal
• Padurariu and her fiancé, Tommy Silva, moved to Utah after Silva signed a contract with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.
• She spent the 2024 season away from collegiate gymnastics to train for an Olympic berth in her home country of Canada.
• Daughter of Cristinel and Aida Padurariu
• Has an older brother, Rares
Padurariu's Career Highs
| Bars | 9.950 vs. Stanford, March 5, 2023 |
| Beam | 9.950 at Big 12 Championship, March 22, 2025 |
| 9.950 at Arizona, Feb. 26, 2023 |
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