Eugenia Golea (born 10 March 1971) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1984 and 1988."Gymnastics Greats: Eugenia Golea"
. Gymn.ca. Retrieved on 2016-10-07. She is known for scoring a perfect 10 for the vault optional in the team competition of the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships“Gymn Forum: 1987 World Artistic Championships, Women's Team ”
Gymn-forum.net. and for being the first gymnast to compete two consecutive layout stepout jumps.
/ref> She helped her team to win an Olympic silver medal, a world title and a world silver medal. She liked all the events equally, though she excelled in vaulting and floor. On vault she won a world silver medal and a continental bronze and on beam she won a continental silver medal.

Career

Golea began training at School Club N 2 in Bucharest under the coaching of Lucia Marcu and Mihai Demetrescu. Later she joined the national team at Deva where she trained with Adrian Gorean, Adrian Stan and Maria Cosma.
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, Golea was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in

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. During the vault optional in the team finals both Aurelia Dobre and Golea scored perfect tens from the judges, Golea being one of three women (along with

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and Svetlana Baitova) to debut the double twisting yurchenko at the World Championships that year. Individually she won the silver medal on vault behind Elena Shushunova.1987 World Artistic Championships, Women's Final Events
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, a silver on beam and a bronze on vault.1987 European Artistic Championships, Women's Final Events
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, Golea retired.

Post retirement

After retiring she joined her brother in an acrobatic circus act. In 1991 she moved to

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. There, she worked for a circus and helped coach the Puerto Rican gymnastics team. Golea eventually moved to the United States to work as a gymnastic coach and choreographer. She coached at American Gymnastics in Bedford Hills, New York and YWCA in White Plains, New York.Eugenia Golea
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References

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