Lăcrămioara Filip (-Moldovan) (born 4 April 1973

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Lacramioara Filip is a retired

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aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cel ...

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

artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

) and a European gold medalist on the group event ( aerobic gymnastics). She 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

Cristina Bontaș Cristina Bontaş (later Tăntaru, born December 5, 1973) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1987 and 1993.Aurelia Dobre Aurelia Dobre (born 16 November 1972) is a former artistic gymnast and the 1987 world all-around champion. She is the 1987 world champion on the balance beam and the bronze medalist on the vault and floor exercise, as well, and scored five pe ...

, Eugenia Popa,

Gabriela Potorac Gabriela Potorac (born 6 February 1973) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Kor ...

and Daniela Silivaş. She placed 5th on vault and 28th all around at the 1990 Cottbus Cup and won bronze all around behind

Lavinia Miloșovici Lavinia Corina Miloșovici (born 21 October 1976) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast.Jane Perlez (13 July 1995"Romanian Coach Keeps Up the Fight" ''New York Times'' An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit ...

and Maria Neculiţă 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 placed fourth on 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 Among her colleagues at Aeros were Daniela Mărănduca, Izabela Lăcătuș, Cristian Claudiu Moldovan and

Remus Nicolai Remus Nicolai (born 10 June 1977 in Bistriţa, Romania) is a retired Romanian aerobic gymnast.

.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 2004). In 2000, she became a gymnastics coach at Dinamo Club

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

. Among many gymnast 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 Teodo ...

,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, Buli ...

and

Larisa Iordache Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, and at the 2020 Olympic Games. The Romanian press referred to Ior ...

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