Simona Biography

¤ Simona's home town is Constanta, a port city in the Black Sea.

¤ She was born on October 7, 1979.

¤ Started at the Deva Club in 1992.

¤ Her coach is Octavian Belu.

¤ She has a brother named Andrei.

¤ Her parents took her to a gymnastics club when she was 6, and she became interested immediatly.

¤ One of her coaches was Nicole Forminte. Her father, Vasile, works with manufacturing, and her mom, Sofia, is a housewife.

¤ She was the star of 1995's Serie A championships, her team, Gal Lissonese won!

¤ She has the pretiest face in this world, best nose, best eyes, best smile! So, where else would you find this type of info?

¤ She admired Nadia Comaneci when young.

¤ The male gymnast she admires the most is Vitaly Sherbo.

¤ The favorite country she's visited is Italy!

¤ She also likes figure skating, her favorite skater is France's Surya Bonaly.

¤ As for music, she likes Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, and Michael Jackson.

¤ Her Floor music in Atlanta was by B. Bumble and the Stingers, the song is called the Nutrocker.

¤ She likes ACTION MOVIES best! Mainly those starting with Jean Claude Van Damme!

¤ When she retires (sniff), she would like to become a coach.

¤ Her favorite apparatus is the Vault!

¤ She says she can cook sometimes, things like eggs and soup, but her favorite foods are chips and crisps.

¤ An experienced gymnast has always intelligent opinions such as " I don't agree with the system when you have to compete without a warm-up area in the arena. I think it's dangerous." she says.

¤ Among in the latest news in Deva, Simona is probably going to become the team leader once Gina Gogean retires after Lausanne.


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Finnaly, here are her results:


1993:
China Cup: 3rd AA, Romanian Nationals: 5thAA, 2nd V, 3rd FX

1994:
American cup: 9th AA (prelims)
European Championships: 1st Team
GBRvsROM Dual Meet: 1st Team, 3rdAA
International Mixed Pairs: 6th Team
Trophee Massilia: 2nd Team, 5th AA
USAvsROM Dual Meet: 1st Team, 7th AA
World Championships in Dortmund, Germany: 1st Team

1995:
European Cup: 1st FX, 2nd AA, 3rd B, 5th FX
FRA-ROM Dual Meet: 1st Team, 2nd AA
French International: 3rd AA, 3rd B, 5th FX
GBR-ROM Dual Meet: 1st Team, 3rd AA
Kosice International: 2nd AA, 2nd B, 2nd FX
ROM-GER Dual Meet: 1st Team, 3rd AA
Romanian Nationals: 2nd AA
World Championships (in Sabae): 1st Team, 1st V, 4th AA, 6th FX

1996:
European Championships: 1st Team, 1st V, 1st UB, 4th AA, 7th FX
French Internationals: 3rd V, 5th UB
Hungarian Internationals: 1st AA
ITA-BLR-ROM-RUS Meet: 2nd AA
International Championships of Romania: 1st AA
World Championships (in San Juan): 2nd V
Centenial Olympic Games of Atlanta: 3rd Team, 1st V, 5th UB, 2nd FX, 3rd AA

1997:
Wild Rose Invitational: 3rd AA, 2nd B, 2nd V
Grand Prix di Roma: 3dAA, 1st V, 2nd BB. 3rd FX
ROMANIA-SPAIN Dual Meet: 2ndAA
National Championships of Romania: 1st AA, 1st V, 3st UB, 2nd BB
ROMANIA-GERMANY Dual Meet: 1st Team
ITA-UKR-ROM Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA
World Championships (Lausanne): 1st Team, 2nd AA, 1st V