Athlete of the Week – Gymnast Andreea Munteanu

Andreea Munteanu won gold at the European Championships of Montpellier.

Florin Orban, 21.04.2015, 13:40

The French city of Montpellier last week played host to the European Gymnastics Championships. Representing Romania in the women’s competition were Diana Bulimar, Laura Jurca, Andreea Iridon and Andreea Munteanu, while Cristian Bataga, Marius Berbecar, Vlad Cotuna, Andrei Muntean, Andrei Ursache and Daniel Radeanu competed in the men’s events.

None of our athletes made it to the men’s all-around event, while in the women’s all-around Laura Jurca finished in 7th place and Diana Bulimar in 12th position.

Marius Berbecar and Andrei Muntean qualified to the parallel bars final, with Berbecar grabbing silver.

In the women’s competition, Andreea Munteanu qualified to the beam and floor finals. She ranked 8th in the floor final but won gold in the beam event. For her remarkable performance, we have designated Andreea Munteanu Athlete of the Week on RRI.

This is the second gold medal for Munteanu in European competitions. Last year in Sofia, her first official competition, she contributed to the gold medal Romania grabbed in the team event.

Andreea Munteanu was born on May 29, 1998 in Bustuchin village, Gorj County, South-Western Romania. In April 2012 she was drafted into Romania’s under 21 team for the European Championships in Brussels. That year she ranked 3rd with the team, grabbing another two medals: silver in the beam event and bronze in the floor event. She made her debut with Romania’s senior team in March 2014, at the World Cup competition in Cottbus, Germany, where she won bronze in the beam event. This year, at the World Cup competition in Cottbus she won gold in the beam event and silver in the floor finals.