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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.
Romania competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 124 competitors, 71 men and 53 women, took part in 86 events in 13 sports. [1] Notably, Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation to participate at these Games; all others followed the Soviet Union's boycott of the Games.
Corina Georgiana Ungureanu (born 29 August 1980 in Ploieşti) is a world-class Romanian artistic gymnast who competed internationally between 1993 and 1999. She was a member of two gold medal-winning World Championships teams and was the 1998 European Champion on the floor exercise.
According to the Romanian federation, this decision was taken "as a result of some technical deficiencies and of some methods appeared in the referees' actions which altered the results". [1] Ironically, the Romanian withdrawal happened right after Nadia Comăneci's performance, for which she received a perfect 10.
Romania's other hope for a medal, Cătălina Ponor, multiple medal winner in her gymnastics career, failed to qualify in either of the events she competed – beam or floor. [ 30 ] She stepped down from her position upon the failure of either the women's or men's teams qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics .
Bucharest, Romania: Cristina Grigoraș 11 February 1966 (aged 18) Satu Mare, Romania: Simona Păucă 19 September 1969 (aged 14) Azuga, Romania: Mihaela Stănuleț 16 July 1967 (aged 17) Sibiu, Romania: Ecaterina Szabo 22 January 1968 (aged 16) Zagon, Romania South Korea: Lee Jung-hee
All of the gymnastics events were held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles from July 29 through August 11. Several countries who had qualified to compete were absent as a result of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott , including the Soviet Union , Bulgaria , Cuba , Czechoslovakia , East Germany , Hungary , and North Korea .
Romania: Nadia Comăneci 12 November 1961 (aged 14) Onești, Romania: Mariana Constantin 3 August 1960 (aged 15) Ploiești, Romania: Georgeta Gabor 10 January 1962 (aged 14) Onești, Romania: Anca Grigoraș 8 November 1957 (aged 18) Comănești, Romania: Gabriela Trușcă 15 August 1957 (aged 18)