Teodora Ungureanu
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| Full name | Teodora Ungureanu | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania |
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| Born | November 13, 1960 Reşiţa, Romania |
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | National Training Centre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Béla Károlyi; Márta Károlyi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Teodora Ungureanu (born November 13, 1960 in Reşiţa, Romania) is a retired Romanian gymnast who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She is a three-time Olympic medalist (two silver and one bronze) and a world silver medalist. After retirement from gymnastics she enjoyed a successful career as a gymnastics coach. Currently, she and her husband Sorin Cepoi are coaching the 2011 USA senior team member Sabrina Vega. Ungureanu is also rated as an International Gymnastics Official and serves as a judge at various competitions. In 2001, she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1] She is not known to be related to the Romanian gymnast Corina Ungureanu who competed in the late 1990s.
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[edit] Gymnastics career
Ungureanu began gymnastics at the age of six. She trained in Bucharest until she was twelve, when she joined the gymnastics school run by Béla Károlyi and his wife Marta. At her first Romanian National Championships, in 1971, she placed first in the all-around in the children's division. While Ungureanu was a skilled athlete, medalling at various World Cup and international events, she was frequently overshadowed by her more celebrated teammate Nadia Comăneci. She placed second to Comaneci at various events, including the Romanian Nationals. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, Ungureanu barely missed an all-around bronze, finishing fourth. She did win two individual medals in the event finals; a bronze on the balance beam and a silver on the uneven bars, and shared in the team's silver medal. Ungureau's final meet was the 1979 World University Games, where she finished first in the all-around.
[edit] Post retirement
Following her retirement, she married Romanian gymnast Sorin Cepoi and began working with the Troup Cornea travelling circus. She and her husband eventually moved to France, where they coached for eight years before going to America in 1993. Currently, Ungureanu and her husband run Dynamic Gymnastics club in Westchester, New York.
[edit] References
- ^ "TEODORA UNGUREANU". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_ungureanu.html. Retrieved April 1, 2006.
[edit] External links
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Romanian female artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of Romania
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
- People from Reşiţa
- Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- American people of Romanian descent
- American gymnastics coaches
