Lucija Hribar

Lucija Hribar (born 15 October 2001) is a Slovenian artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 Mediterranean Games uneven bars bronze medalist and a three-time bronze medalist on the FIG World Challenge Cup series. She will represent Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life
Hribar was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 15 October 2001. She has two younger brothers, including Anže (b. 2004) who represents Slovenia in men's artistic gymnastics.

Junior gymnastics career
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.

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.

2017
Hribar became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2017. She made her senior debut at the 2017 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—2021
Hribar missed most of the 2019 season due to shoulder surgery at the end of 2018. She finished fourth on uneven bars at the 2019 Mersin World Challenge Cup. She won gold on the uneven bars at the 2019 Salamunov Memorial and bronze on the balance beam. She competed at the 2020 European Championships but did not advance to any finals.

Hribar finished 50th in the qualification round at the 2021 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 2021 World Championships.

2022
Hribar competed at three events during the 2022 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 2022 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.