Romania women's national gymnastics team

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The Romania women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Romania in FIG international competitions.

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History

Romania won team competition bronze medals at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. They found major success in women's gymnastics starting in 1976. At that year's Olympics, Nadia Com?neci made history, leading Romania to the team silver medal, winning the individual all-around gold medal, and becoming the first woman to score a perfect 10. She scored seven 10s during the Games and subsequently became the most famous gymnast in the world. Romania built on that and for years was the second-best country in women's gymnastics, after the Soviet Union. With Com?neci, they also won the gold medal at the 1979 World Championships and the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In the mid to late-1980s, the team was led by future Hall of Famers Ecaterina Szabo and Daniela Siliva?. They won gold at the 1984 Olympics and silver at the 1988 Olympics. Romania then had their greatest period of success in the 1990s. The team featured three Hall of Famers during that decade: Lavinia Milo?ovici, Gina Gogean, and Simona Amânar. They won silver at the 1992 Olympics, bronze at the 1996 Olympics, and gold at the 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1999 World Championships. In 2000, they won their second Olympic team gold medal, and Amânar won the individual all-around title.

Romania continued their success into the 2000s and won another Olympic gold in 2004. However, since then, they have not finished higher than third at the Olympics or Worlds. Their run as one of the sport's top countries ended when they did not qualify for the 2016 Olympics team competition.

Overview

At the Olympic Games, Romania has competed in the women's artistic gymnastics team competition 15 times. The team has won 12 medals, including gold medals in 1984, 2000, and 2004. Romania has also won the women's team competition seven times at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

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2015 senior roster

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Team competition results

Olympic Games

• 1928 -- did not participate
• 1936 -- did not participate
• 1948 -- did not participate
• 1952 -- 9th place

  Elisabeta Abrudeanu, Teofila B?ia?u, Helga Bîrsan, Olga Göllner, Ileana Gyarfa?, Olga Munteanu, Stela Perin, Eveline Slavici

• 1956 -- bronze medal

  Georgeta Hurmuzachi, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leu?teanu, Elena M?rg?rit, Elena S?c?lici, Emilia V?t??oiu

• 1960 -- bronze medal

  Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leu?teanu, Elena M?rg?rit, Uta Poreceanu, Emilia V?t??oiu

• 1964 -- 6th place

  Elena Ceampelea, Cristina Dobo?an, Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leu?teanu, Emilia V?t??oiu

• 1968 -- did not participate
• 1972 -- 6th place

  Elena Ceampelea, Alina Goreac, Anca Grigora?, Paula Ioan, Marcela Paunescu, Elisabeta Turcu

• 1976 -- silver medal

  Nadia Com?neci, Mariana Constantin, Georgeta Gabor, Anca Grigora?, Gabriela Tru?c?, Teodora Ungureanu

• 1980 -- silver medal

  Nadia Com?neci, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Cristina Elena Grigora?, Melita Ruhn, Dumitri?a Turner

• 1984 -- gold medal

  Lavinia Agache, Laura Cutina, Cristina Elena Grigora?, Simona P?uc?, Mihaela St?nule?, Ecaterina Szabo

• 1988 -- silver medal

  Aurelia Dobre, Eugenia Golea, Celestina Popa, Gabriela Potorac, Daniela Siliva?, Camelia Voinea

• 1992 -- silver medal

  Cristina Bonta?, Gina Gogean, Vanda H?d?rean, Lavinia Milo?ovici, Maria Neculi??, Mirela Pa?ca

• 1996 -- bronze medal

  Simona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Ionela Loaie?, Alexandra Marinescu, Lavinia Milo?ovici, Mirela ?ugurlan

• 2000 -- gold medal

  Simona Amânar, Loredana Boboc, Andreea Is?rescu, Maria Olaru, Claudia Pres?can, Andreea R?ducan

• 2004 -- gold medal

  Oana Ban, Alexandra Eremia, C?t?lina Ponor, Monica Ro?u, Nicoleta Daniela ?ofronie, Silvia Stroescu

• 2008 -- bronze medal

  Andreea Acatrinei, Gabriela Dr?goi, Andreea Grigore, Sandra Izba?a, Steliana Nistor, Anamaria T?mârjan

• 2012 -- bronze medal

  Diana Bulimar, Diana Chelaru, Larisa Iordache, Sandra Izba?a, C?t?lina Ponor

• 2016 -- did not participate

World Championships

• 1934 -- did not participate
• 1938 -- did not participate
• 1950 -- did not participate
• 1954 -- 4th place

  Teofilia Baiasu, Elena M?rg?rit, Ileana Gyarfas, Agneta Hofman, Elena Leu?teanu, Eveline Slavici, Anita Ticu, Emilia V?t??oiu

• 1958 -- bronze medal

  Elena M?rg?rit, Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Elena S?c?lici, Elena Leu?teanu, Emilia V?t??oiu

• 1962 -- 9th place

  Mariana Ilie, Sonia Iovan, Anna Margineanu, Elena M?rg?rit, Emilia V?t??oiu, Atanasia Zimresteanu

• 1966 -- did not participate
• 1970 -- 5th place

  Rodica Apateanu, Elena Ceampelea, Alina Goreac, Paula Ioan, Olga Stefan, Elisabeta Turcu

• 1974 -- 4th place

  Elena Ceampelea, Alina Goreac, Anca Grigora?, Paula Ioan, Aurelia Dobre, Rodica Sabau

• 1978 -- silver medal

  Nadia Com?neci, Emilia Eberle, Anca Grigora?, Marilena Neac?u, Teodora Ungureanu, Marilena Vl?d?r?u

• 1979 -- gold medal

  Nadia Com?neci, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Melita Ruhn, Dumitri?a Turner, Marilena Vl?d?r?u

• 1981 -- 4th place

  Lavinia Agache, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Cristina Elena Grigora?, Mihaela St?nule?, Dumitri?a Turner

• 1983 -- silver medal

  Lavinia Agache, Mirela Barb?lat?, Laura Cutina, Simona Renciu, Mihaela St?nule?, Ecaterina Szabo

• 1985 -- silver medal

  Laura Cutina, Eugenia Golea, Celestina Popa, Daniela Siliva?, Ecaterina Szabo, Camelia Voinea

• 1987 -- gold medal

  Aurelia Dobre, Eugenia Golea, Celestina Popa, Daniela Siliva?, Ecaterina Szabo, Camelia Voinea

• 1989 -- silver medal

  Cristina Bonta?, Aurelia Dobre, L?cr?mioara Filip, Eugenia Popa, Gabriela Potorac, Daniela Siliva?

• 1991 -- bronze medal

  Cristina Bonta?, Vanda H?d?rean, Lavinia Milo?ovici, Maria Neculi??, Mirela Pa?ca, Eugenia Popa

• 1994 -- gold medal

  Simona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Nadia Ha?egan, Ionela Loaie?, Daniela M?r?nduc?, Lavinia Milo?ovici, Claudia Pres?can

• 1995 -- gold medal

  Simona Amânar, Andreea Cacovean, Gina Gogean, Nadia Ha?egan, Alexandra Marinescu, Lavinia Milo?ovici, Claudia Pres?can

• 1997 -- gold medal

  Simona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Alexandra Marinescu, Claudia Pres?can, Mirela ?ugurlan, Corina Ungureanu

• 1999 -- gold medal

  Simona Amânar, Loredana Boboc, Andreea Is?rescu, Maria Olaru, Andreea R?ducan, Corina Ungureanu

• 2001 -- gold medal

  Loredana Boboc, Sabina Cojocar, Carmen Ionescu, Andreea R?ducan, Silvia Stroescu, Andreea Ulmeanu

• 2003 -- silver medal

  Oana Ban, Alexandra Eremia, Florica Leonida, Andreea Munteanu, C?t?lina Ponor, Monica Ro?u

• 2006 -- 4th place

  Elena Chiric, Daniela Druncea, Sandra Izba?a, Florica Leonida, Steliana Nistor, Loredana Sucar

• 2007 -- bronze medal

  Daniela Druncea, Andreea Grigore, Sandra Izba?a, Steliana Nistor, Cerasela P?tra?cu, C?t?lina Ponor

• 2010 -- 4th place

  Diana Chelaru, Gabriela Dr?goi, Raluca Haidu, Sandra Izba?a, Ana Porgras

• 2011 -- 4th place

  Diana Bulimar, Diana Chelaru, Raluca Haidu, C?t?lina Ponor, Ana Porgras, Amelia Racea

• 2014 -- 4th place

  Larisa Iordache, Andreea Munteanu, Anamaria Ocoli?an, ?tefania St?nil?, Paula Tudorache, Silvia Zarzu

• 2015 -- 13th place

  Diana Bulimar, Larisa Iordache, Andreea Iridon, Laura Jurca, Silvia Zarzu

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Hall of Famers

Eight national team gymnasts and two national team coaches have been inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame:

• Nadia Com?neci - 1993
• Béla Károlyi (coach) - 1997
• Ecaterina Szabo - 2000
• Teodora Ungureanu - 2001
• Daniela Siliva? - 2002
• Simona Amânar - 2007
• Octavian Bellu (coach) - 2009
• Lavinia Milo?ovici - 2011
• Gina Gogean - 2013
• Aurelia Dobre - 2016

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References

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