Maria Olaru

Maria Olaru , married Diaconu , (born June 4, 1982 in Fălticeni ) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast .

She started gymnastics in her hometown of Fălticeni at the age of seven. There her talent was discovered and she moved to Deva to the CSȘ Cetate. In 1996, Olaru took part for the first time in the European Gymnastics Championships , where she won silver in jumping and gold with the team.

At the 1999 World Gymnastics Championships , Olaru was double world champion. She won gold in the all-around competition and with the team and bronze in the jump. In 2000 she took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney, where she was Olympic champion with the team. She also won silver in the all- around competition behind her compatriot Simona Amânar . In the same year she was awarded the Order of Loyalty to the rank of commander.

After her resignation, Olaru worked as an assistant at the Western University of Timişoara . In 2014 she opened a gym in Bucharest . A year later she married the politician and member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies Bogdan Diaconu . In 2016 she published the book Prețul aurului. Sinceritate incomodă ( The price of gold. Inconvenient truth ), in which she denounced the methods of Romanian gymnastics training like abuse.

Web links

• Maria Olaru at the COSR (Romanian)
• Maria Olaru in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Maria Olaru at romanian-gymnastics.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DECRET No. 384 of October 10, 2000
2. ↑ 9 povești din "Prețul aurului. Sinceritate incomodă" »Maria Olaru:" A fost teroare, ma bătut, ma călcat în picioare! "
3. ↑ Pretul aurului. Sinceritate incomodă. Memoriile unei campioane olimpice ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.