Alexandra Agiurgiuculese

Gymnastics career Junior Representing Romania, Agiurgiuculese won the national competitions in Romania and competed in numerous international events, such as at the 2011 Irina Delanu Cup and 2010 Miss Valentine Cup.

In 2012, Agiurgiuculese began to represent Italy. She won the junior national championships in 2012, 2013 and 2015. At the 2014 MTM Ljubljana, she won gold in ball and silver in hoop, clubs, and ribbon. She also competed at the Italian Serie A. She competed at the 2015 Moscow Junior Grand Prix, finishing 8th in the all-around. She won the all-around gold at the 2015 MTM Cup in Ljubljana.

Agiurgiuculese competed at the 2016 Lisboa Junior World Cup. She won bronze in ball and finished 8th in rope, 7th in hoop, and 4th in clubs. Agiurgiuculese represented Italy at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan together with Milena Baldassarri, Alessia Russo and Sofia Maffeis. Italy placed 4th in the team competition. Agiurgiuculese placed 7th in the all-around qualifications and qualified to the hoop and clubs finals. In the all-around final, she ended in 6th place and secured an Olympic spot for Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She also placed 6th in the hoop final and 5th in the clubs final. During her ball exercise at the 2019 World Championships, she performed an original body difficulty element, a turning leap which was named "The Agiurguiculese" after her.

2021 In 2021, she started her season by competing at the FIG Ritam Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, where she finished 1st in the all-around. On 7–9 May she then competed at the 2021 Baku World Cup, finishing 4th in the all-around. At the 2020 Olympic Games, she finished fifteenth in the qualification round for the individual all-around and did not advance to the final.

2022-2023 In 2022, just after her birthday, it was confirmed that she left her coach Špela Dragaš from ASU Udinese and moved to Desio. In April, she competed at World Cup Tashkent, placing 7th in all-around. She took 4th place at Italian Championships and won bronze medal in ribbon final.

In 2023, Agiurgiuculese competed at World Challenge Cup Portimão and ended on 7th place in all-around. She represented Italy at the 2023 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, taking 12th place in all-around and 8th in clubs final. In July that year she was given a one-year due to missing three anti-doping test appointments; she claimed that she had forgotten to properly update her whereabouts for testing because she was fatigued from travel. The suspension meant that she could not participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

2026 She was supposed to return to gymnastics in January 2025, but decided to extend the break from training. She explained this in a video published on January 15 in 2026, where she announced her comeback to competitive sport.

In April, she competed at Italian Championships in Gold category, and won silver medal in all-around behind Margherita Fucci. This was a qualification step that allowed her to compete at Italian Championships in elite category. In June, she competed at Italian National Championships and took 4th place in all-around.

Eponymous skill Agiurgiuculese has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a turning leap in a split position with ring (back leg bent with head bent toward foot), with the take-off and landing on the same leg. She is the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to have an eponymous skill. NameDescriptionDifficultyAgiurgiuculese Turning split leap with ring, take-off and landing on the same leg (Jete en tournant) 0.6

Achievements First Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual apparatus final at the FIG World Cup series. First Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual all-around at the FIG World Cup series. First Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at the FIG World Cup series. First Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual apparatus final at the World Championships. First to perform the original body difficulty element, a turning split leap with ring of the back leg and take off and landing on the same leg, named "The Agiurguiculese" or "The Ag."