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Andreea Grigore
Andreea Florentina Grigore (born 11 April 1991) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal with Romania in the team event. Additionally, she won a team bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships. At the junior level, she won three silver medals at the 2006 European Championships. Gymnastics career Grigore competed at the 2006 Junior European Championships and helped Romania win the team silver medal behind Russia. Individually, she finished fifth in the all-around competition. Then in the event finals, she won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Russia's Darya Elizarova, and she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind teammate Aluissa Lăcusteanu. Grigore competed at the 2007 American Cup and finished 13th in the qualifier round. She then competed at the 2007 European Championships and finished eighth in the all-around during the qualification round, but she did not advance into the final due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Bucharest metropolitan area, metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which makes Bucharest the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 8th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 6 districts (''Sectors of Bucharest, Sectoare''), while the metropolitan area covers . Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, the country's seat of government, and the capital of the Muntenia region. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly History of architecture#Revivalism and Eclecticism, Eclectic, but also Neoclassical arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2nd Individual European Artistic Gymnastics Championships for both men and women took place in Amsterdam in April 2007. Nations Participating nations included: * Albania * Belarus * Belgium * Bulgaria * Czech Republic * France * Germany * Great Britain * Greece * Hungary * Iceland * Israel * Italy * Lithuania * Portugal * Romania * Russia * Spain * Sweden * Ukraine Medal winners Men's results Individual all-around Floor exercise Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Women's results Individual all-around Vault Uneven bars Balance beam Floor exercise Medal Count Combined Men Women References * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Artistic Gymnastics European Championships, 2007 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing 2008
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, and Estonia). Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Artistic Qualification
Qualifications for Women's artistic gymnastic competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 10. The results of the qualification determined the qualifiers to the finals: eight teams in the team final, 24 gymnasts in the all-around final, and eight gymnasts in each of four apparatus finals. The competition was divided into four sessions, at 10:00am, 1:30pm, 5:00pm and 8:00pm. Qualification results Finalists Teams qualified All-around qualifiers Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final. The following gymnasts scored high enough to qualify, but did not do so because two gymnasts from their country had already qualified ahead of them: * 60.800 (6th place) * 60.450 (9th place) * 60.425 (10th place) * 60.425 (11th place) * 59.000 (16th place) * 57.450 (29th place) * 57.250 (30th place) The eventual final qualifier placed 31st overall in the all-around. Vault event final (EF) qualifiers Uneven bars EF qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreea Acatrinei
Andreea Roxana Acatrinei (born 7 April 1992) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She won a bronze medal with the Romanian team at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro .... References External links * Andreea Acatrinei Unofficial Fan Site (Romanian)* 1992 births Living people Romanian female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Sportspeople from Brașov Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 21st-century Romanian sportswomen {{Romania-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Drăgoi
Gabriela Drăgoi (born August 28, 1992, in Buzău, Buzău, Romania) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. Gabriela Drăgoi She is an Olympic bronze medalist and a European gold medalist with the team. Individually, she is a European bronze medalist on balance beam. Early gymnastics career Drăgoi began gymnastics at the age of four at CSS Buzău, training under Costică Cliniciu and 1976 Olympic silver medalist Gabriela Trușcă (now Gabriela Robu). Gabi Drăgoi, the pride of Buzău, (translation of Romanian article) In 2007, she placed fourth in the all-around at the 7th Lugano International TrophyGymnastics Results7th Lugano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Izbașa
Sandra Raluca Izbașa (; born 18 June 1990) is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania. She is a double Olympic champion, having won the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and vault at the 2012 Olympics. She is also a winner of two Olympic bronze medals (as part of the Romanian team in 2008 and 2012) and multiple World Championship and European Championship medals. Senior career 2006 In April, Izbașa competed at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Volos, Greece, where she helped the Romanian team finish in second place. In event finals, she placed seventh on vault, scoring 13.950; third on balance beam, scoring 15.300; and first on floor, scoring 15.550. In October, she competed at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. She helped the Romanian team place fourth and placed third in the individual all-around with a score of 60.250. In event finals, she placed eighth on vault, scoring 14.562; second on balance beam, scoring 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steliana Nistor
Steliana Nistor (born 15 September 1989) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. She was a key member of the Romanian team between 2006 and 2008, where she helped the Romania win team bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics. Individually, she is the 2007 world all-around and beam silver medallist, the 2007 and 2008 European silver medallist on the uneven bars and the 2007 bronze medallist on the balance beam. Nistor was a strong all-around competitor but her best events were balance beam and uneven bars. Early gymnastic career Steliana began gymnastics at the age of five, at the gymnastics club CSS Sibiu under the training of the former Olympic champion Mihaela Stănuleţ and of the coach Raluca Bugner (since 1998). In 1998 she placed first with the team at an international competition in France. In 2001, she won the all-around title, gold on bars and beam and bronze on floor at the Romanian junior championships in her age category. These successes al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Romania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Romania intended to send 104 competitors to Beijing, although the delegation was reduced to 102 when two Romanian athletes were suspended for doping before the start of the Olympics. The Romanian delegation for Beijing was the smallest Romanian Olympic delegation since the 1989 Revolution. Romanians competed in 16 sports: athletics, archery, handball, gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, diving, weightlifting, fencing, table tennis, shooting, tennis, judo, boxing, kayak-canoeing, and rowing. Medalists , width=78% align=left valign=top , , width=22% align=left valign=top , Archery Romania sent archers to the Olympics for the second time (and first since 1980), seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Alexandru Bodnar earned the country its first qualifying spot in the men's competition by placing 29th in the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships. Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Gymnastics Centre
Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club is an artistic gymnastics club based at Ipswich Gymnastics Centre in Ipswich. The club was established at the centre when local clubs combined and has trained many British national team members including Emily and Abigail Roper. The club is coached by Josie Hayes and Will Banthorpe. Ipswich gymnastics centre The Ipswich Gymnastic Centre was opened in November 1999 as one of the first purpose-built facilities to benefit from National Lottery funding. It is one of only three fully London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) accredited gymnastics facilities in the United Kingdom and was used for training sessions in the run up to the 2004 Olympic Games by the Romanian gymnastics team. International competitions The centre has hosted international competitions and friendlies. GB vs. Romania In June 2008, two weeks before selection for the British gymnastics team for the 2008 Summer Olympics were to be announced, the centre held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marissa King
Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and Thai mother British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05. and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, ...
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Star-Gazette
The ''Star-Gazette'' is the major newspaper for Elmira, New York. Based in Elmira, the publication is owned by Gannett. History The ''Star-Gazette'' was the first newspaper of the now massive Gannett conglomerate. It was founded as the weekly ''Elmira Gazette'' in 1828 and became an evening daily in 1856. Frank Gannett Frank Ernest Gannett (September 15, 1876 – December 3, 1957) was an American publisher who founded the media corporation Gannett Company. He began his career in 1906 as half owner of the ''Elmira Gazette''. He soon added newspapers in Ithac ... bought a half-interest in the newspaper in 1906 to begin what would eventually be Gannett Co., Inc. The following year, he merged the ''Elmira Gazette'' with a competitor, the ''Evening Star'', to form the ''Star-Gazette''. In 1923, Gannett bought two other competitors in the city: the morning ''Daily Advertiser'' and the ''Sunday Telegram''. The ''Star-Gazette'' and ''Advertiser'' combined as a single all-day newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
