Simona Pauca
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Simona Pauca is a Romania
n gymnast
and Olympic champion.
She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles
, where she tied for gold with her teammate Ecaterina Szabo
on balance beam with an exceptionally difficult and innovative routine, received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in all around.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n gymnast
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
and Olympic champion.
She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles
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, where she tied for gold with her teammate Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo is an ethnic Hungarian former artistic gymnast from Romania who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals...
on balance beam with an exceptionally difficult and innovative routine, received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in all around.