Lucia Piliarová
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| Full name | Lucia Piliarová | |||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 2011 Zvolen, Slovakia | |||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Country represented |  Slovakia (2022–present) | |||||||||||
| Club | KŠG Detva | |||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Katarína Krekáňová | |||||||||||
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Lucia Piliarová (born 11 June 2011) is a Slovak artistic gymnast. She is the 2025 Junior World uneven bars silver medalist.
Early life
[edit]Piliarová began training gymnastics when she was three years old. She has an older brother who is a figure skater.[1]
Junior gymnastics career
[edit]Piliarová competed at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival where she helped the Slovakian team win a historic silver medal in the team competition.[2] Individually she won silver in the all-around behind Elena Colas of France.[3]
In late November Piliarová competed at the 2025 Junior World Championships. During the all-around final she finished tenth.[4] During apparatus finals she won the silver medal on uneven bars behind neutral athlete Milana Kaiumova.[5][6] In winning this medal, Piliarová became the first Slovakian gymnast to win a medal at the World Championship level, as the feat had not yet been achieved at the senior level.[7][8]
Competitive history
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| 2022 | Hanspeter Demetz Memorial |  |
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| Elek Matolay Memorial | 8 | 6 | 4 | ||||
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| 2023 | Elek Matolay Memorial |  |
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| 2024 | Elek Matolay Memorial | |
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| 2025 | Elek Matolay Memorial | |
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| Junior World Championships | 10 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mladá gymnastka Lucia Piliarová (14): Bez sebadisciplíny je úspech nereálny. Bodka" [Young gymnast Lucia Piliarová (14): Without self-discipline, success is unrealistic. Period.]. Nový čas (in Slovak). 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Historické gymnastické medaily z EYOF, Piliarová a družstvo sú strieborné" [Historic gymnastics medals from EYOF, Piliarová and team are silver]. Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (in Slovak). 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Dvakrát fantastická správa zo Skopje: Slovensko oslavuje historické medaily" [Twice fantastic news from Skopje: Slovakia celebrates historic medals]. Športky.sk (in Slovak). 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Mladá Slovenka predviedla ďalší skvelý výkon. Vo finále MS skončila v TOP 10" [The young Slovak showed another great performance. She finished in the TOP 10 in the World Championship final.]. Sme (in Slovak). 22 November 2025.
- ^ "14-ročná Lucia Piliarová získala striebro na bradlách na juniorských MS v športovej gymnastike" [14-year-old Lucia Piliarová won silver on the uneven bars at the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]. Denník N (in Slovak). 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Slovenka predviedla famózny výkon. V juniorskom finále na MS vybojovala cenný kov" [The Slovak put on a fantastic performance. She won the valuable metal in the junior final at the World Championships.]. Sme (in Slovak). 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Štrnásťročná Piliarová žiari na svetovej scéne. Z majstrovstiev sveta juniorov v Manile si vezie striebornú medailu" [Fourteen-year-old Piliarová shines on the world stage. She takes home a silver medal from the World Junior Championships in Manila]. TA3 (in Slovak). 23 November 2025.
- ^ "USA and China bag two golds each as apparatus finals begin at Manila Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 23 November 2025.