Irina Deleanu (born November 12, 1975) is a former individual

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from

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Biography

In the 1992

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she won the bronze medal in rope. She retired from the sport in 1993. An annual Rhythmic Gymnastics competition held in

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is named after her, ''The Irina Deleanu Cup''. She is currently the president of the Romanian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation.

Suspension

The

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initiated disciplinary proceedings against Irina Deleanu on March 12, 2012 at the request of the Cyprus Gymnastics Federation damaging the reputation of Cypriot gymnast

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, following comments that she made during a television interview with regard to the judging at the Rhythmic Gymnastics qualifying event for London 2012, which took place in January 2012. Deleanu was suspended of her membership of the Technical Committee of the European Gymnastics Union from the date of the said decision until December 31, 2016, the length of the suspension was later reduced until the end of December 2015.

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Federatia Romana de Gimnastica Ritmica
1975 births Living people Romanian rhythmic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Romania Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships {{Romania-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub