| Lucija Hribar | |
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 Hribar at the 2024 Olympic Games | |
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Country represented |
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Born |
October 15 2001 |
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Years on National Team |
2013-present |
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Club |
GD Zelena Jama |
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Coach(es) |
Nataša Retelj |
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Current status |
Active |
Lucija Hribar (born October 15 in Ljubljana) is an elite Slovenian gymnast and 2024 Olympian. She trains at GD Zelena Jama under Nataša Retelj, and has been on the Slovenian National Team since 2013. She has represented Slovenia at the European Youth Olympic Festival, European Championships, and World Championships.
Junior Career[]
2013-14[]
Hribar made her international debut at the 2013 Zelena Jama Open and finished fifth in the all-around. Then at the 2013 Leverkusen Cup, she finished 18th in the all-around and sixth with her club team. She competed with the Italian club Artistica 81 as a guest at the 2014 1st Italian Serie A, helping them place seventh.
2015-16[]
Hribar finished 19th with the Slovenian team at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival. She finished 13th in the all-around at the 2015 Olympic Hopes Cup in Liberec, Czech Republic. She finished sixth in the vault final at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy. At the 2016 Junior European Championships, Hriber and the Slovenian team finished 21st.
Senior Career[]
2017[]
Hribar made her senior international debut at the European Championships but did not advance to any finals. She finished fourth on uneven bars and eighth on floor exercise at the Varna World Challenge Cup. At the World Championships, she finished 40th all-around in the qualification round. She then helped her club finished sixth at the Leverkusen Cup.
2018[]
Hribar began the season at the Baku World Cup where she finished sixth on uneven bars. She won the all-around gold medal at the Slovenian Cup. Then at the Koper World Challenge Cup, she finished seventh on the uneven bars. She competed with Teja Belak, Judita Zabukovec, Tjaša Kysselef, and Adela Šajn at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, and they placed sixth in the team final. Individually, Hribar qualified for the all-around final where she finished seventh. In the uneven bars event final, she won the bronze medal. The same team finished 17th at the European Championships. At the Leverkusen Cup, she won the all-around bronze medal and won gold with the Slovenian team. She finished the season at the World Championships and finished 109th during the qualification round.
2019-21[]
Hribar missed most of the 2019 season due to shoulder surgery at the end of 2018.[1] She finished fourth on uneven bars at the Mersin World Challenge Cup. She won gold on the uneven bars at the Salamunov Memorial and bronze on the balance beam. In 2020, while most competitions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she competed at the European Championships but did not advance to any finals.
A year later, Hribar finished 50th in the qualification round at the European Championships. Then at the Koper and Mersin World Challenge Cups, she won bronze medals on the uneven bars. She then finished 38th in the qualification round at the World Championships.
2022[]
Hribar competed at three events during the World Cup series. In Cottbus, she finished eighth on floor exercise. Then in Doha, she finished fourth on uneven bars, sixth on balance beam, and eighth on floor exercise. In Cairo, she finished seventh on uneven bars and eighth on balance beam. Then at the Salamunov Memorial, she won the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise titles, and she won silver on uneven bars behind Barbora Mokošová. At the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she finished eighth on the balance beam, and she finished fourth on uneven bars at the Koper World Challenge Cup. She then represented Slovenia at the Mediterranean Games, and the team finished seventh in the team final. Individually, she finished fourth in both the all-around and uneven bars finals.
Hribar and the Slovenian team finished 17th at the European Championships. Then at the Mersin World Challenge Cup, she finished sixth on the balance beam and eighth on the floor exercise. At the World Championships, she finished 36th in the qualification round, about one point out of qualifying for the all-around final.
2023[]
Hribar finished fourth on the uneven bars at the Cottbus World Cup. She then competed at the European Championships where she finished 34th during qualifications, around half a point away from qualifying for the all-around final. She competed at the World Challenge Cups in Cairo, Mersin, and Szombathely, winning bronze on floor exercise in Mersin. In October, she competed at the World Championships, and during qualifications, she placed 49th. Although she did not qualify for any individual finals, she earned a nominative berth to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games.
2024[]
Hribar began the season at the Cairo World Cup and finished seventh on the balance beam. She went on to compete at the Baku World Cup, but didn't make the event finals. At the Antalya World Cup in Turkey, she placed fifth on uneven bars, but then didn't make the event finals at the Doha World Cup. She later competed at the European Championships in Italy, but didn't make the individual finals. She found success at the Koper World Cup in Slovenia, winning gold on uneven bars.
Paris Olympics[]
Hribar competed in the fourth subdivision, placing fifty-sixth in qualifications. She didn't advance to the all-around or event finals.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2013 | Zelena Jama Open | 5 | |||||
| Leverkusen Cup | 6 | 18 | |||||
| 2014 | 1st Italian Serie A Nationale | 7 | |||||
| 2015 | Tbilisi European Youth Olympic Festival | 19 | |||||
| Olympic Hopes Cup | 13 | ||||||
| 2016 | City of Jesolo Trophy | 19 | 6 | ||||
| Bern European Championships | 21 | ||||||
| 2017 | Varna World Cup | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Leverkusen Cup | 6 | 9 | |||||
| 2018 | Baku World Cup | 6 | |||||
| Slovenian Cup | 1st | ||||||
| Koper World Cup | 7 | ||||||
| Tarragona Mediterranean Games | 6 | 7 | 3rd | ||||
| Leverkusen Cup | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| 2019 | Mersin World Cup | 4 | |||||
| Salamunov Memorial | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| 2021 | Koper World Cup | 3rd | 5 | 5 | |||
| Mersin World Cup | 3rd | 6 | |||||
| 2022 | Cottbus World Cup | 8 | |||||
| Doha World Cup | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Cairo World Cup | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Salamunov Memorial | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |||
| Osijek World Cup | 8 | ||||||
| Koper World Cup | 4 | ||||||
| Oran Mediterranean Games | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Mersin World Cup | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 2023 | Cottbus World Cup | 4 | |||||
| Mersin World Cup | 7 | 8 | 3rd | ||||
| Szombathely World Cup | 4 | ||||||
| 2024 | Cairo World Cup | 7 | |||||
| Antalya World Cup | 5 | ||||||
| Koper World Cup | 1st |