Lăcrămioara Filip (-Moldovan) (born 4 April 1973

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Lacramioara Filip is a retired

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Whatever happened with Lăcrămioara Filip? She is a world silver medalist with the team (

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) and a European gold medalist in the group event (

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). Filip is also known to be the first gymnast to perform a tucked double front dismount from the uneven bars.Gymn Forum
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, where she trains the national juniors team.Info Portal Romania
Champion Family, December 18, 2007 (Romanian)

Artistic gymnastics career

She started to train for artistic gymnastics at the National Olympic Center in Oneşti.National Olympic Center Deva
Gymnastics Results (in Romanian) Her debut at an international event was at the 1988 "Junior Friendship" meet (Druzhba), where she placed second with the team, fifth all-around and second on vault. In 1989, she was a member of the silver medaled team at the

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. The other team members were

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Eugenia Popa Eugenia Popa (born 10 September 1973 in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast.Gymnastic ...

, Gabriela Potorac, and Daniela Silivaş. Filip placed 5th in the vault and 28th in the 1990 Cottbus Cup and won bronze all around behind

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at the 1991 Romanian International.Gymn Forum Results
1991 Romanian Internationals She retired from artistic gymnastics after 1991.

Aerobic gymnastics career

In the years after retirement, Lăcrămioara transferred to aerobic gymnastics. She trained at the C.S Farul Constanta club with coach Maria Fumea. In 1999, she won the gold medal for the group event at the European Championships,
1999 European Aerobic Gymnastics Championships and together with her partner Claudiu Moldovan, she was placed 4th in the mixed pair event at the world championships.European Union of Gymnastics
1999 World Aerobic Gymnastics Championships She also performed in the Aeros entertainment show.
Aeros combines world-class gymnasts from Romania with playful American choreographers, February 8, 2001 Her colleagues at Aeros were Daniela Mărănduca,

Izabela Lăcătuș Izabela Daniela Lăcătuş (born 2 October 1976 in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnastics, artistic and aerobic gymnastics, aerobic gymnast.

, Cristian Claudiu Moldovan, and Remus Nicolai.Variety
Aeros (review) by Julio Martinez, January 17, 2001

Post retirement

Lăcrămioara married her aerobic gymnastics and Aeros colleague Cristian Claudiu Moldovan in 2001. Together, they have a daughter, Teodora Paula (born in 2004). In 2000, she became a gymnastics coach at Dinamo Club

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. Currently, she is coaching with her husband at the Olympic Center

. Among many gymnasts, she coached young

Diana Chelaru Diana Maria Chelaru (; born 15 August 1993) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Early gymnastics career Chelaru started to train for gymnastics at CSS Oneşti Club with coaches Elena Dragomir, Octavian Teod ...

,Oneşti Express
Diana Chelaru on the footsteps of Nadia Comaneci, by Ion Moraru, October 15, 2009 (Romanian)

Diana Bulimar Diana Laura Bulimar (; born 22 August 1995) is a Romanian artistic gymnast and a 2-time European Champion with Romania. She was part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won the bronze medal. Junior career 2010 In April, Bul ...

, and

Larisa Iordache Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a Romanians, Romanian former Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, a ...

References

External links

List of competitive results at Gymn Forum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Filip, Lacramioara 1973 births Living people Romanian female artistic gymnasts Romanian aerobic gymnasts Female aerobic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships European champions in gymnastics People from Moinești Gymnasts from Bacău County