Camelia Voinea (born 1 March 1970) is a retired Romanian

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, who competed in international events between 1984 and 1988."Gymnastics Greats: Camelia Voinea"
. Gymn.ca. Retrieved on 7 October 2016. She was best known for her powerful tumbling, her innovative 1986–87 floor exercise that featured

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elements,Camelia Voinea
Gymn Forum (18 March 2004). and for being the first gymnast to tumble a double layout to punch front somersault.
/ref> In 1987 she scored a perfect ten for the floor exercise during the team competition event at the World Championships.
Gymn Forum.Craig Neff (2 November 1987
"A Reborn Russian, A New Nadia"
''Sports Illustrated''

Career

Voinea started to train for gymnastics at the CSS 1 Farul Constanța Club under the direction of coach Matei Stănei. Later she trained with the national team at Deva under coaches Adrian Goreac, Adrian Stan, and Maria Cosma. Her international debut was at the Balkan Championships (1984) where she placed first with the team, second all-around, first on floor, and second on vault and uneven bars. The 1985 World Championships in Montreal was her first major international competition. She won silver with the team, placed fourth in the uneven bars event, and ninth in the all-around. One year later she was invited to compete in the World Cup in

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. She placed ninth all-around1986 World Cup Women's All around
Gymn Forum. and won silver on floor behind

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.1986 World Cup Women's Final Events
Gymn Forum. At the 1987 European Championships in

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, Voinea won silver in the floor finals“Gym Forum: 1987 European Championships Women’s EF”
Gymn-forum.net. and she tied with Laura Munoz for eighth place in the all-around.“Gym Forum: 1987 European Championships Women’s AA”
Gymn-forum.net. Together with

Aurelia Dobre Aurelia Dobre (born 16 November 1972) is a former artistic gymnast and the 1987 world all-around champion. She is the 1987 world champion on the balance beam and the bronze medalist on the vault and floor exercise, as well, and scored five p ...

, Eugenia Golea, Celestina Popa, Daniela Silivaș and

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, Voinea was a member of the gold medal winning team at the

1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 24th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 1987. Results Men Team final All-around Floor exercise Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Women Team final ...

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. During the floor event in the team optional finals Voinea, Dobre and Silivaș scored three consecutive 10s from the judges. It was the first time in gymnastics history that three teammates had gotten perfect scores in succession. Voinea brought the crowd alive in her floor routine with a funky display of break dancing. One year later, Voinea was a member of the silver winning team at the

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. “Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Team Competition”

Post retirement

Voinea retired after the 1988 Olympic Games. Following her retirement she attended the University of Bucharest for two years, leaving mid-way for a coaching opportunity in Italy. She returned home in 1994, to coach alongside her first coach Matei Stănei. The money Voinea earned while coaching abroad was invested in an agricultural business near Constanța. Voinea coaches her daughter

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, born 2007.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Voinea, Camelia 1970 births Living people Gymnasts from Constanța Romanian female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Romanian gymnastics coaches Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics