Daria Bijak
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Daria Eva Bijak is a German
Gymnast
raised in Cologne
. Bijak is a two time German National Champion (2005, 2006) and has competed for Germany at 4 World Championships. (2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006) Bijak placed a very respectable 8th in the All Around competition at the 2005 World Championships, her best result to date. She is known for her unique and difficult skills and fun presentation on floor exercise.
Daria is currently a junior at the University of Utah
where she is a member of the Utah Red Rocks
Gymnastics Team that placed second at the 2005 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
s. Bijak's goal was to make the 2008 German Olympic Team and to continue her studies.
Bijak accomplished her goal and made the 2008 German Olympic squad and was in Beijing in August 2008.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Gymnast
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
raised in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. Bijak is a two time German National Champion (2005, 2006) and has competed for Germany at 4 World Championships. (2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006) Bijak placed a very respectable 8th in the All Around competition at the 2005 World Championships, her best result to date. She is known for her unique and difficult skills and fun presentation on floor exercise.
Daria is currently a junior at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
where she is a member of the Utah Red Rocks
Utah Red Rocks
The Utah Utes women's gymnastics team represents the University of Utah and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. The Utes compete in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. As of the end of the 2011 season, the Red Rocks have won 10 Women's Gymnastics championships and been runner-up 8...
Gymnastics Team that placed second at the 2005 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
The NCAA introduced Women's Gymnastics as a championship sport in 1982. Since then, only four universities have claimed the overall Division I championship; Division II competition was discontinued in 1987. During the early years of competition, the University of Utah under the leadership of head...
s. Bijak's goal was to make the 2008 German Olympic Team and to continue her studies.
Bijak accomplished her goal and made the 2008 German Olympic squad and was in Beijing in August 2008.