Aurelia Ciurea

Aurelia Ciurea (born 17 March 1982 in Constanţa, Romania) is a Romanian aerobic gymnast.[1]

Aurelia Ciurea
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1982-03-17) 17 March 1982 Constanţa
Discipline	Aerobic Gymnastics
Club	Farul Constana
Medal record Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships 2004 Sofia Groups 2002 Klaipeda Groups 2004 Sofia Trio 2004 Sofia Team 2002 Klaipeda Team European Championships 2003 Debrecen Groups 2001 Zaragoza Groups 2003 Saint Petersburg Trio

Aurelia Ciurea started artistic gymnastics at the age of 4 in her hometown Constanta. Her passion for gymnastics and her hard work ethic led her path towards achieving good results. Aurelia won the all-around title at the National Championships. Besides that, gold medals also came from beam, floor and parallel bars. Her last competition in Artistic gymnastics was the National Championship from 1997, where she won five medals: two gold (in floor and all around), two silver (in beam and parallel bars) and one silver (in vault). Despite the fact that she was a talented gymnast, she didn't make it to the 1996 Olympic team. At that time she was too young. However, she was considered for the Olympics in 2000.

After her retirement from WAG, Aurelia started with fitness. In this sport, she won 3rd place at the National Championships in 1998.

But she wanted to do more, and in parallel Aurelia started with aerobic gymnastics, a young sport at that time. Her first appearance, after only 6 months of training, was at the National Championships, where she took the bronze medal. At the age of 17 (1999), Aurelia was hit by a car when crossing the street. She stayed in the hospital for one month with severe trauma and fractures. Doctors told her she would not be able to continue with her sport and that she should focus on other things. But Aurelia couldn't accept that so easily, especially since at the time the accident has happened, she was preparing for an important competition that could have decided a spot in the national team in aerobics. After the recovering period, she returned to the gym. She felt that people didn't believe in her abilities anymore (coach, the club). Together with her mother, who was her main support, made a plan to reshape her figure and regain her strength and mobility. She and her mom started to run together in the evenings. Extra strength training was done home and a special attention was given to the food. The goal was that she should be in the first six gymnasts at the next National, which she succeeded. After she turned 18, she was called to the national team for a test period. Aurelia worked hard and remain as a member of the national team until after the World Championships in 2004.

Her accomplishments in aerobic gymnastics are 5 medals in World Championship (4 gold and 1 silver) and 2 medals in European Championships. She also got bronze with the trio at the World Cup Finals, as well as gold medals (trio) in 2003 France & Germany (Leipzig) in the World Cup Qualifications. Bronze at the Balcanic Championship as well.[2]