Eugenia Popa | ||||||||||||
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Born | (1973-09-10) 10 September 1973 (age 51) Bucharest | |||||||||||
Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
Country represented | Romania | |||||||||||
Club | Dinamo | |||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Octavian Belu | |||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Mariana Bitang | |||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Rodica Apateanu & Liviu Mazilu, both now coaching at Pacific West Gymnastics | |||||||||||
Retired | 1992 | |||||||||||
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Eugenia Popa (born 10 September 1973 in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She won two world championship medals with the team: a silver medal in 1989 and a bronze medal in 1991. She was an alternate to the 1992 silver winning Romanian Olympic team. After retirement she became a coach of artistic gymnastics. She currently coaches at Salto Gymnastics Centre in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
References
- Gymnastics Greats Archived 2010-11-11 at the Wayback Machine Whatever happened to Eugenia Popa?
- Gymn Forum Results 1989 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Women’s Team
- Gymn Forum Results 1991 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Women’s Team
- International Gymnast Magazine Interview: Eugenia Popa(Romania), by John Crumlish, October 23, 2008
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