Teja Belak (born 22 April 1994) is a Slovenian artistic gymnast who represented Slovenia at the 2016 Olympic Games.
[2] Belak turned senior in 2010; as a result she started competing on the FIG World Cup circuit primarily as a vault specialist.
[4] She made her first podium by winning gold at the Maribor World Cup held in her home country of Slovenia.
She returned to competition in September at the Maribor World Cup where she placed second on vault behind Valeria Maksyuta of Israel.
In 2012 Belak made her debut at the Doha World Cup where she won bronze on vault behind Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland and Nadine Jarosch of Germany.
Next she competed at the Osijek Grand Prix where she failed to qualify to the vault final but placed fourth on balance beam.
2013 was a breakout year for Belak as she competed in numerous high-profile international events beyond the World Cup series.
[7] The following week she competed at the Ljubljana World Cup in her hometown; she finished eighth on both vault and balance beam.
She ended the season competing at the Anadia World Cup where she won gold on vault and silver on balance beam.
[15] Belak began the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she won the bronze medal on vault behind Oksana Chusovitina and compatriot Tjaša Kysselef.
As for event finals she won silver on vault behind Boglárka Dévai, bronze on uneven bars, and placed fifth on balance beam.
Belak began the season competing at the Doha World Cup where she won silver on vault behind Giulia Steingruber.
[25] Next she competed in Ljubljana and won silver on vault, bronze on uneven bars, place fourth on balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise.
[30] She spent the remainder of the season competing in the World Cup series, earning bronze medals in Koper and Varna and finished eighth in Osijek.
[31] Belak began the 2018 season once again competing at the World Cups in Baku and Doha, finishing sixth and eighth on vault respectively.
[35] In early October she competed at the Leverkusen Cup in Germany where she helped Slovenia win gold as a team; she posted the second highest score on balance beam.
[38] Belak began the season competing at the Baku and Doha World Cups but did not qualify for any event finals.
[41] She ended the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she finished second on vault behind Yu Linmin of China.
[46] Belak returned to competition in March where she competed at the Cairo World Cup, less than a year after giving birth.