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Denisa Mailat

Denisa Mailat
Full nameDenisa Mihaela Mailat
Nickname(s)Deny Miha, Deni
Born (2002-10-11) 11 October 2002 (age 22)
Bucharest, Romania
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Romania
ClubCSA Steau Bucuresti
Head coach(es)Maria Girba

Denisa Mihaela Mailat (born 11 October 2002) is a Romanian rhythmic gymnast. She competed at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.

Personal life

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Denisa Mailat was born on 11 October 2002, in Bucharest.[1] She was named the 2018 Athlete of the Year by the Romanian Gymnastics Federation.[2] Her goal is to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games.[2] In January 2021, Mailat was hospitalized due to COVID-19 and received cortisone treatment for three weeks.[3]

In January 2025, Mailat was one of several Romanian rhythmic gymnasts who came forward with allegations of abuse from coaches. She said that she had been physically and mental abused, that she had witnessed fellow gymnast Ana Luiza Filiorianu being beaten on the head, and that her coach justified the abuse when she won medals after being beaten.[4]

Career

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Mailat competed in the junior division with Alice Maria David, Sonia Ichim, and Denisa Stoian at the 2016 European Championships where they finished 16th as a team.[5] Mailat won the gold medal in the junior clubs final at the 2017 Irina Deleanu Cup.[6]

Mailat competed at the 2018 European Championships where she finished 21st in the all-around.[7] Then at the 2018 World Championships, she finished 38th in the all-around.[8]

At the 2019 World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Mailat won the bronze medal in the clubs, her first World Challenge Cup medal.[9] She competed at the 2019 European Championships with Andreea Verdes where they finished 8th as a team.[10] At the 2019 World Championships, she finished 19th in the qualification round and qualified to the all-around final.[11] The Romanian team of Mailat, Alice Maria David, and Andreea Verdes finished in 12th place.[12] In the all-around final, she finished 24th with a total score of 70.850.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Romania's Mailat aims to be the new face on the podium at Cluj-Napoca". FIG. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "MAILAT Denisa". FIG. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Denisa Mailat". Rhythmic Gymnastics News. Tumblr. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Abuse in Romanian Rhythmic Gymnastics". Romanian Association for the Defense of Athletes’ Rights – United Europe. 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  5. ^ "Longines Timing - Results - 32nd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Holon IL 6/17/2016 - 6/19/2016". a.longinestiming.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. ^ "U.S. wins three medals at rhythmic's Irina Deleanu Cup". USA Gymnastics. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Senior Individual All-Around Results" (PDF). ueg.org. UEG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  8. ^ "36th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. FIG. 10 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Linoy Ashram seizes the spotlight in Cluj-Napoca". FIG. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  10. ^ "35TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS SENIOR INDIVIDUAL AND JUNIOR GROUP COMPETITIONS Rhythmic Gymnastics Teams Qualification" (PDF). UEG. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  11. ^ "37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  12. ^ "37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Team Ranking" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  13. ^ "37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.