One of the
\nRomanian athletes who celebrated their birthdays this week was the former
\ngymnast Monica Rosu. <\/p>\n
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Monica Rosu was
\nborn in Bacau. At the age of 4 she took up gymnastics. Over the years her
\ntalent didn’t go unnoticed, which earned her a selection into Romania’s youth
\nteam, at the time training in Onesti. At 13 years of age she took part in her
\nfirst major competition, in Charleroi, Belgium. She competed despite having
\nsustained an ankle injury, and ranked only 12th in the all-around
\nevent. Her results were somewhat subpar until 2002, when she came in fourth at
\nthe Romanian International Championships. In 2003 she ranked 4th at
\nthe World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim in the vault event, but she won
\nsilver in the team event for Romania. <\/p>\n
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In 2004, at the
\nEuropean Championships in Amsterdam, she won gold in the vault event. Also that
\nsummer, at the Athens Olympics, Monica Rosu won the Olympic gold with Romania’s
\nteam, alongside C\u0103t\u0103lina Ponor, Silvia Stroescu, Oana Ban, Daniela Sofronie and
\nAlexandra Eremia. Monica had a solid performance in the vault and parallel bars
\nevents. She then won gold in the vault final, with an average score of 9.656.
\nThe runner-up that year was the American Annia Hatch, with an average score of
\n9.481. <\/p>\n
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An injury
\nsustained in 2005 kept Monica Rosu away from professional competitions, and the
\nathlete was forced to retire at only 19 years of age. She enjoyed a short spell
\nin television, but eventually chose to specialize in sports management.<\/p>\n
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(Translated by
\nV. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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