Silviana Sfiringu

In 2017, when she was just 12 years old, Silviana had her junior elite debut, competing at the 2017 Romanian Championships. Here she was 8th in the All-Around with a score of 50.232. She won the bronze medal in vault and was 7th on floor exercise too.[7] Later that year she competed at the 2017 Romanian Junior Championships where she won her level (Junior II Level 4) with an AA (all-around) score of 53.430. She also won the silver medal on vault, uneven bars and balance beam and the bronze medal on floor as well.[8] She finished her junior elite debut with her first international competition at the 2017 Top Gym Tournament that was held from November 25 through November 26 in Charleroi, Belgium. Where she placed 22nd in the AA with a total score of 46.700, 8th on vault and 6th on floor.[9]

In April 2018, Sfiringu competed in Jesolo, Italy at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy, placing 6th with the team (Iulia Berar, Antonia Duta, Ana Maria Puiu). She was 20th in the AA with 49.766. The second best Romanian after Berar who finished 12th.[10] In May she went to Rabat, Morocco for the 2018 Gymnasiade and won 2 bronze medals (beam and floor). [11]. In July Silviana Sfiringu won the gold for her vault and led the team to victory at the Izvorani Friendly. [12] She than had her biggest competition so far in Glasgow, Scotland at the 2018 European Championships with teammates: Ioana Stanciulescu, Daniela Trica, Antonia Duta and Ana Maria Puiu. They finished 4th as a team, Silviana finished the AA in 7th with a score of 51.265, she also made the vault and beam final, where she placed 5th and 6th, respectively.[13] In October she became first junior gymnast in Romanian Gymnastics history to win the all-around national competition at the age of 14, with a score of 53.600, after Larisa Iordache winning the title 5 years in a row. Here she also won the team comepetition for CS Farul Constanta with Ioana Stanciulescu and Maria Holbura, vault, floor and the bronze for the uneven bars.[14] [15]. Sfiringu finished her 2018 at the 2018 Top Gym Tournament where she won vault. [16]

Sfiringu's first competition was the 2019 FIT Challenge in Ghent, Belgium where she won gold with the junior team and silver with the seniors lead by Denisa Golgota. Sfiringu was 2nd in the AA to teammate Ioana Stanciulescu who won the competition. [17]. At the 2019 Romanian Junior Championships Sfiringu won her 3rd junior AA national title. [18] In June at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Győr, Hungary, Sfiringu and her team (Ioana Stanciulescu and Antonia Duta) finished 4th despite having a total of 6 falls. Sfiringu also made the floor final where she placed 6th.[19]

Team / All-Around Final

Team / All-Around Final

Floor Exercise Final

Sfiringu at the 2019 Junior World Championships

At the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sfiringu qualified to all apparatus finals except uneven bars, where she had a fall in qualification. In this meet she won silver with her team (behind Russia) and on balance beam (behind Ondine Achampong of Great Britain), as well as getting the bronze medal on vault and floor exercise.[20]

At the 2019 Romanian Championships (September 6 through September 8) in Ploiesti, Romania, Sfiringu won the silver medal the All Around with a score of 53,350. In this meet she was also won the Team and Uneven Bars gold medals and the Balance Beam bronze medal.[21]

In 2020 Silviana and teammates Antonia Duta, Daniela Trica and Ioana Stanciulescu turned senior, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak they were unable to compete at the 2020 Paris European Championships. [22]

In May the FRG annouced that Sfiringu, Ioana Stanciulescu and Maria Holbura moved to Izvorani, Romania to train with Liliana Cosma and Nicolae Forminte. [23]