Simona Păuca
Simona Păuca medal table |
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Olympic Summer Games | ||
gold | 1984 Los Angeles | Balance beam |
gold | 1984 Los Angeles | Team all-around |
bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Individual all-around |
Simona Păucă (now Simona Rus ) (* 19th September 1969 in Azuga , Prahova County ) is a former Romanian gymnast and two-time Olympic champion .
Career
At the age of 14 she took part in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and, together with her teammate Ecaterina Szabó, became Olympic champion on the balance beam. With the Romanian team she won another gold medal in the all-around competition. In the individual all-around she was third. In 1993 she married the businessman Gheorghe Rus and is now the mother of a son. She currently lives in Cluj-Napoca , where she works as a trainer.
Web links
Commons : Simona Păuca - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Simona Păuca in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
- Simona Păuca in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Athlete portrait of Simona Păuca at romanian-gymnastics.com
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SURNAME | Păuca, Simona |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rus, Simona |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian gymnast |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th September 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Azuga , Prahova County |
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