List of Olympic female gymnasts for Romania

The 2012 Olympic team

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896.^[1] Romanian female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1952 except for 1968.^[2] A total of 74 female gymnasts have represented Romania. Romanian women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 12 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 10 in balance beam, 13 in floor exercise, 11 in vault, and 5 in uneven bars. The medals include 24 golds.^[3] Romania has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1976, winning golds in 1984, 2000, and 2004.^[2]

Eight Romanian female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games: Nadia Comăneci (nine), Simona Amânar (seven), Lavinia Miloșovici (six), Daniela Silivaș (six), Gina Gogean (five), Cătălina Ponor (five), Ecaterina Szabo (five), and Sandra Izbașa (four).^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Nadia Comăneci, who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, won nine total Olympic medals, the most of any Romanian female gymnast.^[3] She won five medals in 1976, including golds in individual all-around, balance beam, and uneven bars. She also became the first woman to ever score a perfect 10 at the Olympics. In 1980, she won four more medals, including golds in balance beam and floor exercise.^[12][13]

In 1984, Ecaterina Szabo won five medals at the only Olympics she participated in. She won golds in team all-around, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault.^[10] In 1988, Daniela Silivaș won six medals at the only Olympics she participated in, earning golds in balance beam, floor exercise, and uneven bars.^[7]

Lavinia Miloșovici and Gina Gogean both competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Miloșovici won four of her six medals in 1992, while Gogean won four of her five medals in 1996.^[14][15] Simona Amânar competed in 1996 and 2000 and earned seven medals, the second-most of any Romanian female gymnast. She won gold in the 1996 vault event and the 2000 team all-around and individual all-around.^[5]

In 2004, Cătălina Ponor won gold medals in team all-around, floor exercise, and balance beam. She did not compete at the 2008 Olympic Games but came back in 2012 to win two more medals.^[9] Sandra Izbașa won four total medals in 2008 and 2012, including the 2008 floor exercise gold and 2012 vault gold.^[11]

Gymnasts

Nadia Comăneci

Aurelia Dobre

Sandra Izbașa

Cătălina Ponor

Andreea Răducan

Daniela Silivaș

Gymnast	Years	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total medals	Ref.
Abrudeanu, ElisabetaElisabeta Abrudeanu	1952	0	0	0	0	[16]
Acatrinei, AndreeaAndreea Acatrinei	2008	0	0	1	1	[17]
Agache, LaviniaLavinia Agache	1984	1	0	1	2	[18]
Amânar, SimonaSimona Amânar	1996, 2000	3	1	3	7	[5]
Ban, OanaOana Ban	2004	1	0	0	1	[19]
Boboc, LoredanaLoredana Boboc	2000	1	0	0	1	[20]
Bontaș, CristinaCristina Bontaș	1992	0	1	1	2	[21]
Bulimar, DianaDiana Bulimar	2012	0	0	1	1	[22]
Bîrsan, HelgaHelga Bîrsan	1952	0	0	0	0	[23]
Băiaşu, TeofilaTeofila Băiaşu	1952	0	0	0	0	[24]
Ceampelea, ElenaElena Ceampelea	1964, 1972	0	0	0	0	[25]
Chelaru, DianaDiana Chelaru	2012	0	0	1	1	[26]
Comăneci, NadiaNadia Comăneci	1976, 1980	5	3	1	9	[4]
Constantin, MarianaMariana Constantin	1976	0	1	0	1	[27]
Cutina, LauraLaura Cutina	1984	1	0	0	1	[28]
Doboşan, CristinaCristina Doboşan	1964	0	0	0	0	[29]
Dobre, AureliaAurelia Dobre	1988	0	1	0	1	[30]
Drăgoi, GabrielaGabriela Drăgoi	2008	0	0	1	1	[31]
Dunca, RodicaRodica Dunca	1980	0	1	0	1	[32]
Eberle, EmiliaEmilia Eberle	1980	0	2	0	2	[33]
Eremia, AlexandraAlexandra Eremia	2004	1	0	1	2	[34]
Gabor, GeorgetaGeorgeta Gabor	1976	0	1	0	1	[35]
Gogean, GinaGina Gogean	1992, 1996	0	2	3	5	[8]
Golea, EugeniaEugenia Golea	1988	0	1	0	1	[36]
Goreac, AlinaAlina Goreac	1972	0	0	0	0	[37]
Grigoraș, AncaAnca Grigoraș	1972, 1976	0	1	0	1	[38]
Grigoraş, Cristina ElenaCristina Elena Grigoraş	1980, 1984	1	1	0	2	[39]
Grigore, AndreeaAndreea Grigore	2008	0	0	1	1	[40]
Gyarfaş, IleanaIleana Gyarfaş	1952	0	0	0	0	[41]
Göllner, OlgaOlga Göllner	1952	0	0	0	0	[42]
Hurmuzachi, GheorghetaGheorgheta Hurmuzachi	1956	0	0	1	1	[43]
Hădărean, VandaVanda Hădărean	1992	0	1	0	1	[44]
Ioan, PaulaPaula Ioan	1972	0	0	0	0	[45]
Ionescu, AtanasiaAtanasia Ionescu	1960, 1964	0	0	1	1	[46]
Iordache, LarisaLarisa Iordache	2012	0	0	1	1	[47]
Iovan, SoniaSonia Iovan	1956, 1960, 1964	0	0	2	2	[48]
Isărescu, AndreeaAndreea Isărescu	2000	1	0	0	1	[49]
Izbașa, SandraSandra Izbașa	2008, 2012	2	0	2	4	[11]
Leuşteanu, ElenaElena Leuşteanu	1956, 1960, 1964	0	0	3	3	[50]
Loaieș, IonelaIonela Loaieș	1996	0	0	1	1	[51]
Marinescu, AlexandraAlexandra Marinescu	1996	0	0	1	1	[52]
Miloșovici, LaviniaLavinia Miloșovici	1992, 1996	2	1	3	6	[6]
Munteanu, OlgaOlga Munteanu	1952	0	0	0	0	[53]
Mărgărit, ElenaElena Mărgărit	1956, 1960	0	0	2	2	[54]
Neculiţă, MariaMaria Neculiţă	1992	0	1	0	1	[55]
Nistor, StelianaSteliana Nistor	2008	0	0	1	1	[56]
Olaru, MariaMaria Olaru	2000	1	1	0	2	[57]
Paşca, MirelaMirela Paşca	1992	0	1	0	1	[58]
Perin, StelaStela Perin	1952	0	0	0	0	[59]
Ponor, CătălinaCătălina Ponor	2004, 2012, 2016	3	1	1	5	[9]
Popa, CelestinaCelestina Popa	1988	0	1	0	1	[60]
Poreceanu, UtaUta Poreceanu	1960	0	0	1	1	[61]
Potorac, GabrielaGabriela Potorac	1988	0	2	1	3	[62]
Presăcan, ClaudiaClaudia Presăcan	2000	1	0	0	1	[63]
Păucă, SimonaSimona Păucă	1984	2	0	1	3	[64]
Păunescu, MarcelaMarcela Păunescu	1972	0	0	0	0	[65]
Roșu, MonicaMonica Roșu	2004	2	0	0	2	[66]
Ruhn, MelitaMelita Ruhn	1980	0	1	2	3	[67]
Răducan, AndreeaAndreea Răducan	2000	1	1	0	2	[68]
Silivaș, DanielaDaniela Silivaș	1988	3	2	1	6	[7]
Slavici, EvelineEveline Slavici	1952	0	0	0	0	[69]
Stroescu, SilviaSilvia Stroescu	2004	1	0	0	1	[70]
Stănuleţ, MihaelaMihaela Stănuleţ	1984	1	0	0	1	[71]
Szabo, EcaterinaEcaterina Szabo	1984	4	1	0	5	[10]
Săcălici, ElenaElena Săcălici	1956	0	0	1	1	[72]
Trușcă, GabrielaGabriela Trușcă	1976	0	1	0	1	[73]
Țugurlan, MirelaMirela Țugurlan	1996	0	0	1	1	[74]
Turcu, ElisabetaElisabeta Turcu	1972	0	0	0	0	[75]
Turner, DumitriţaDumitriţa Turner	1980	0	1	0	1	[76]
Tămârjan, AnamariaAnamaria Tămârjan	2008	0	0	1	1	[77]
Ungureanu, TeodoraTeodora Ungureanu	1976	0	2	1	3	[78]
Voinea, CameliaCamelia Voinea	1988	0	1	0	1	[79]
Vătăşoiu, EmiliaEmilia Vătăşoiu	1956, 1960, 1964	0	0	2	2	[80]
Șofronie, Nicoleta DanielaNicoleta Daniela Șofronie	2004	1	1	0	2	[81]

See also

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