Romania women's national gymnastics team


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

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 Comăneci 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 this success and for years to come they were the second-best country in women's gymnastics, after the Soviet Union. With Comăneci, they also won the gold medal in the team competition 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 Silivaș. They won gold at the 1984 Olympics and silver at the 1988 Olympics. Romania then had their greatest period of success in the 1990s and early 2000s. The team featured three Hall of Famers during that decade: Lavinia Miloșovici, 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. At the 1996 Olympic games, Amânar won the gold medal on the vault. 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.

2015 senior roster

NameBirthdate and ageBirthplaceClub
Diana BulimarTimișoaraCS Dinamo București
Larisa IordacheBucharestCS Dinamo București
Andreea IridonTilișcaCNS Cetate Deva
Laura JurcaMunich, GermanyCNS Cetate Deva
Andreea MunteanuBustuchinCS Dinamo București
Anamaria OcolișanPetroșaniCS Dinamo București
Cătălina PonorConstanțaFarul Constanta
Ștefania StănilăAninoasaCNS Cetate Deva
Paula TudoracheBucharestCS Dinamo București
Silvia ZarzuOneștiCSM Onesti

2018 senior roster

NameBirthdate and ageBirthplaceClub
Ioana CrișanCluj NapocaCNS Cetate Deva
Carmen GhiciucCimpulung MoldovenescCNS Cetate Deva
Denisa GolgotăTirgu JiuCNS Cetate Deva
Maria HolburăDevaFarul Constanta
Laura IacobBirladCSM Onesti
Nica Ivănuș2002 ChisinauCNS Cetate Deva
Anamaria OcolișanPetroșaniCS Dinamo București

2018 National Championship all-around:
Gold: Silviana Sfiringu
Silver: Ioana Stănciulescu
Bronze: Nica Ivănuș

2019 senior roster

NameBirthdate and ageBirthplaceClubStatus
Iulia Berar2003 AradCNS Cetate Devaretired
Olivia CîmpianCNS Cetate DevaAradCleared to compete December 2019
Ioana CrișanCluj NapocaCNS Cetate Devainjured until November 2019
Carmen GhiciucCimpulung MoldovenescCNS Cetate Deva
Denisa GolgotăTirgu JiuCNS Cetate Deva
Maria HolburăDevaFarul Constanta
Laura IacobBirladCSM Onestiretired
Nica Ivănus2002 ChisinauCNS Cetate Devaretired
Alexandra MihaiBucharestCSS Steaua Bucharestretired
Maria Pana2003 Crevedia MareCS Dinamo Bucureștiretired
Ana Maria PuiuFocsaniFocsaniretired

2019 National Championship all-around: Gold: Ioana Stanciulescu Silver: Silviana Sfiringu Bronze: Ana Maria Barbosu

2020 senior roster

NameBirthdate and ageBirthplaceClubStatus
Olivia CîmpianAradCNS Cetate DevaTook a break for the exams for college
Antonia DutaBucharestCS Dinamo București
Maria HolburăDevaFarul ConstantaQualified to the 2020 Olympics
Silviana SfiringuMedgidiaFarul Constanta
Ioana StanciulescuConstantaFarul Constanta
Daniela TricaBarladBarlad

Team competition results

Olympic Games

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