Simona Amânar
Amânar began to excel as an individual performer at the 1995 European Cup, placing second in the all-around behind Svetlana Khorkina of Russia and winning gold on both vault and floor exercise.Amânar won a silver medal on vault at the 1996 World Championships, behind teammate Gina Gogean and ahead of Cuba's Annia Portuondo-Hatch.[5] However, in a scenario similar to the Unified Team's substitution of Tatiana Gutsu for Rozalia Galiyeva at the 1992 Olympics,[6] Amânar replaced her teammate Alexandra Marinescu in the all-around final.[5] The Romanian head coach, Octavian Bellu, said that Amânar deserved to compete because she had worked harder and was a better athlete than Marinescu.She did not start from a 10.0 in the all-around—despite having the most tumbling bonus points of anyone at the Games—because her tour jeté half-turn (Strug), a C element, was not completed.In the event finals, Amânar completed her Strug and added a double turn to fulfill the more stringent Competition III requirements.Amânar won her only medal of the competition on the floor, taking home the silver behind teammate Andreea Răducan.She married Cosmin Tabără, a lawyer, on 9 March 2002, in Timișoara, and gave birth to a son, Alexandru Iosif, five months later.
ConstanțaWomen's artistic gymnasticsRomaniaOctavian BelluMariana BitangEponymous skillsAmanar (vault)Olympic Games1996 Atlanta2000 SydneyAll-AroundFloor ExerciseWorld Championships1994 Dortmund1995 Sabae1997 Lausanne1999 Tianjin1996 San JuanWorld Cup FinalGoodwill GamesEuropean ChampionshipsRomanianartistic gymnastOlympicWorld Championshipa vault named after herInternational Gymnastics Hall of FameAromanianSvetlana Khorkina1995 World ChampionshipsLilia Podkopayevauneven barsbalance beam1996 World ChampionshipsGina GogeanAnnia Portuondo-Hatch1996 Summer OlympicsUnified TeamTatiana GutsuRozalia Galiyeva1992 OlympicsAlexandra MarinescuLavinia MiloşoviciDominique DawesYurchenko vault1997 World Championships1999 World ChampionshipsElena ZamolodchikovaTsukaharaAndreea Răducan2000 Summer Olympicsthe same problemMaria OlaruYurchenkoAmanarCode of PointsTimișoaraRomanian Gymnastics FederationTeam World ChampionshipsList of Olympic female gymnasts for RomaniaList of Olympic medal leaders in women's gymnasticsList of top female medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics ChampionshipsMallon, BillSports Reference LLCCotidianulLibertateaWayback MachineInternational Gymnastics FederationOlympediaOlympics.comComitetul Olimpic și Sportiv RomânSummaryNetherlandsGermanyCzechoslovakiaSoviet UnionUnited StatesLoredana BobocAndreea IsărescuClaudia PresăcanMaria GorokhovskayaLarisa LatyninaVěra ČáslavskáLudmilla TourischevaNadia ComăneciYelena DavydovaMary Lou RettonYelena ShushunovaCarly PattersonNastia LiukinGabby DouglasSimone BilesSunisa LeeEkaterina KalinchukMargarita NikolaevaKarin Büttner-JanzNellie KimNatalia ShaposhnikovaEcaterina SzaboSvetlana BoginskayaLavinia MiloșoviciHenrietta ÓnodiMonica RoșuHong Un-jongSandra IzbașaRebeca AndradeWorld Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team CompetitionSwedenRussiaNadia HațeganIonela LoaieșDaniela MărănducăAndreea CacoveanMirela ȚugurlanCorina UngureanuWorld Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's VaultMarta MajowskaMatylda PálfyováHelena RakoczyAnn-Sofi PetterssonTamara ManinaErika ZucholdOlga KorbutDumitrița TurnerMaxi GnauckBoriana Stoyanova