Camelia Voinea
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| Club | Farul Constanța | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Adrian Goreac Maria Cosma Octavian Bellu Adrian Stan[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Matei Stănei Olga Didilescu[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camelia Voinea (born 1 March 1970) is a retired Romanian
artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1984 and 1988.[3] She was best known for her powerful tumbling, her innovative 1986–87 floor exercise that featured breakdancing elements,[4][5] and for being the first gymnast to tumble a double layout to punch front somersault.[6] In 1987 she scored a perfect ten for the floor exercise during the team competition event at the World Championships.[7][8]
Career
Voinea started to train for gymnastics at the CSS 1 Farul Constanța Club under the direction of coach Matei Stănei.Elena Shushunova.[10]
At the 1987 European Championships in
The Netherlands. During the floor event in the team optional finals Voinea, Dobre and Silivaș scored three consecutive 10s from the judges. It was the first time in gymnastics history that three teammates had gotten perfect scores in succession.[8] Voinea brought the crowd alive in her floor routine with a funky display of break dancing.[8]
One year later, Voinea was a member of the silver winning team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[13]
Post retirement
Voinea retired after the 1988 Olympic Games. Following her retirement she attended the University of Bucharest for two years, leaving mid-way for a coaching opportunity in Italy. She returned home in 1994, to coach alongside her first coach Matei Stănei. The money Voinea earned while coaching abroad was invested in an agricultural business near Constanța.[3]
Voinea coaches her daughter Sabrina, born 2007.[14]
References
- ^ Camelia Voinea. sports-reference.com
- ^ Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ a b c "Gymnastics Greats: Camelia Voinea" Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Gymn.ca. Retrieved on 7 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d Camelia Voinea. Gymn Forum (18 March 2004).
- ^ Camelia Voinea FX 1987 Tokyo International. youtube.com
- ^ "Geocities.com: Camelia Voinea"
- ^ 1987 World Artistic Championships, Women's Team. Gymn Forum.
- ^ a b c Craig Neff (2 November 1987) "A Reborn Russian, A New Nadia". Sports Illustrated
- ^ 1986 World Cup Women's All around. Gymn Forum.
- ^ 1986 World Cup Women's Final Events. Gymn Forum.
- ^ “Gym Forum: 1987 European Championships Women’s EF”. Gymn-forum.net.
- ^ “Gym Forum: 1987 European Championships Women’s AA”. Gymn-forum.net.
- ^ “Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Team Competition”
- ^ "Six countries golden in apparatus finals at European Championships". International Gymnast Magazine Online. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
External links
- Camelia Voinea at Olympics.com
- Camelia Voinea at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
- Camelia Voinea at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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