Daniela Mogurean

Daniela Mogurean (born 16 July 2001) is a Moldovan-Italian rhythmic gymnast that represents Italy. She won Olympic bronze medals with the Italian group at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is a 2021 World champion in 3 hoops and 4 clubs and a 2022 World champion in 5 hoops. She also won two gold medals at the 2022 European Championships and one gold medal at the 2024 European Championships.

Early life Mogurean was born on 16 July 2001 in Chișinău, Moldova, She started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of four after following her older sister into the sport. The family moved to Mestre, Italy, when she was eight years old. She continued her rhythmic gymnastics training in Italy.

Gymnastics career The International Gymnastics Federation approved Mogurean's nationality change request to represent Italy internationally in February 2015. She joined the Italian junior national group and competed at the 2015 European Junior Championships, where they finished sixth in the group all-around and fifth in the 5 balls final.

2021 Mogurean was a reserve for Italy's senior national group for four years before being added to the main team in 2021. Then at the Pesaro World Cup, they won gold medals in both event finals ahead of Russia. She competed at the 2021 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, and won a silver medal in the group all-around and a bronze medal in the 3 hoops and 4 clubs final. She then represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Agnese Duranti, Alessia Maurelli, Martina Centofanti, and Martina Santandrea. They qualified for the group all-around final in third place, and they won the bronze medal in the final. They won the silver medal in the group all-around behind Russia. In the event finals, they won the gold medal in 3 hoops and 4 clubs and the silver medal in 5 balls. Additionally, the Italian group and individuals Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, Milena Baldassarri, and Sofia Raffaeli won the silver medal in the team competition.

2022 Mogurean and the Italian group won two gold medals and one silver medal at the Baku World Cup. They then swept the gold medals at both the Pamplona World Challenge Cup and at the Pesaro World Cup. At the 2022 European Championships, they won a silver medal in the group all-around behind Israel. They then won the gold medals in both event finals. They missed out on a group all-around medal and an Olympic berth at the 2022 World Championships due to mistakes, but the Italian team of the group, Milena Baldassarri, and Sofia Raffaeli won the team competition. In the event finals, they improved their performance to win the gold medal in 5 hoops and the silver medal behind Bulgaria in 3 ribbons and 2 balls.

2023 Mogurean helped the Italian group win a gold medal in 3 ribbons and 2 balls at the Athens World Cup. At the Milan World Cup, they won the all-around title after winning a tie-breaker over Israel. They then lost to Israel in the 5 hoops final but won the 3 ribbons and 2 balls final. They then won the bronze medal in 5 hoops at the European Championships. At the 2023 World Championships, the Italian group finished fourth in the all-around after multiple mistakes in their 3 ribbons and 2 balls routine. However, they did qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics as they were among the top five eligible groups. They did qualify for the 5 hoops final and won the bronze medal behind China and Spain. Additionally, they won a bronze medal in the team event.

2024 Mogurean helped the Italian group sweep the gold medals at the Athens World Cup. They then swept the silver medals at the first-ever European Cup. Then at the European Championships, they won the gold medal in 5 hoops. Additionally, they won silver medals in the group all-around and team events. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Alessia Maurelli, Agnese Duranti, Martina Centofanti, and Laura Paris. The group won the second-consecutive bronze medal in the group all-around final, behind China and Israel.

Daniela announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics on May 4, 2025, in an Instagram post.

Detailed Olympic results Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying 2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 3rd 87.700 3rd 87.150 Butterfly-Ninja by Maxime Rodriguez 5 Balls 4th 44.850 3rd 44.600 Tree of Life Suite by R. Cacciapaglia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs 3rd 42.850 4th 42.550 2024 Olympics Paris All-around 3rd 68.100 2nd 69.350 Scherzo Molto Vivace from Symphony No. 9, Greatness by Audiomachine, Vo Williams 5 Hoops 3rd 36.100 2nd 38.200 The Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone, Czech National Symphony Orchestra 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls 4th 32.000 6th 31.150