In 1975 Romania became a super-power in women\u2019s gymnastics thanks to Nadia Comaneci\u2019s indisputable victories at the European championship in Norway.<\/p>\n
At the Montreal Olympics in 1976 Nadia proved her value as the world\u2019s best gymnast, a position that she maintained for years.<\/p>\n
At that time Romania\u2019s women gymnasts were dominating the international competitions fighting for medals only with their counterparts from the former USSR.<\/p>\n
The years passed and the world\u2019s gymnastics saw the emergence of other super-powers, such as China and the USA, whose athletes proved to be a force to be reckoned with mainly in the third millennium. However, champions such as C\u0103t\u0103lina Ponor or Sandra Izba\u015fa managed to keep the Romanian gymnastics at the top.<\/p>\n
Difficult years followed after 2015 when Romania\u2019s gymnastics team failed to qualify for the Olympics of Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020. It was present in Paris last year though and the athlete with the greatest contribution to that qualification was Ana Maria B\u0103rbosu. She also managed an excellent performance in the floor contest and after a legal struggle, she reaped the only medal of the Romanian delegation in Paris, bronze in the floor event.<\/p>\n
Last week, Ana Maria B\u0103rbosu again confirmed her value. At the European Championship in Leipzig, Germany, she won gold in the floor event, silver in the beam contest and she came third in the all round and uneven bars. She narrowly missed a fifth medal with the Romanian side, which, unfortunately, came fourth in the nations\u2019 ranking. For her performance, Radio Romania International has designated Ana Maria Barbosu athlete of the week.<\/p>\n
Ana Maria B\u0103rbosu was born on July 27, 2006, in Foc\u015fani, eastern Romania. She first compelled international recognition as a junior athlete in the 2020 European Championship in Mersin, Turkyie, where she won gold in all events including with her team. As a senior athlete, she obtained the best result for the Romanian delegation, a fourth position in the floor event at the European Championships in Munich 2022. At the European Championship in Turkyie in 2023, she was part of the Romanian team who came fifth, thus qualifying for the World Championship in Anvers, Belgium, the same year. In Anvers, with Ana in the lineup, the Romanian team came tenth, thus qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in the past 12 years.<\/p>\n
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