Gina Gogean

Gina Gogean
Gogean in the early 1990s
Personal information
Full nameGina Gogean
Born (1977-09-09) 9 September 1977
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Romania
(1989–1998 (ROM))
ClubCSS Focșani
Head coach(es)Octavian Bellu
Assistant coach(es)Mariana Bitang, Nicolae Forminte, Toma Ponoran
Former coach(es)Tatiana and Sergiu Popa
Eponymous skillsFloor: Tour jeté with additional 1/1 turn (360°), landing on one or both feet
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Team
1996 Atlanta All-Around
1996 Atlanta Team
1996 Atlanta Balance Beam
1996 Atlanta Vault
World Championships
1994 Brisbane Vault
1994 Dortmund Team
1995 Sabae Team
1995 Sabae Floor Exercise
1996 San Juan Floor Exercise
1996 San Juan Vault
1997 Lausanne Team
1997 Lausanne Balance Beam
1997 Lausanne Floor Exercise
1993 Birmingham All-Around
1993 Birmingham Floor Exercise
1993 Birmingham Balance Beam
1994 Brisbane Floor Exercise
1995 Sabae Vault
1997 Lausanne Vault
World Cup Final
1998 Sabae Vault
1998 Sabae Floor Exercise
1998 Sabae Balance Beam
European Championships
1992 Nantes Floor Exercise
1994 Stockholm Team
1994 Stockholm All-Around
1994 Stockholm Balance Beam
1996 Birmingham Team
1992 Nantes All-Around
1992 Nantes Vault
1996 Birmingham Vault
1996 Birmingham Balance Beam
1994 Stockholm Floor Exercise

Gina Elena Gogean (born 9 September 1977) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. During her career she won an impressive number of 30 medals at Olympic Games, world championships or continental championships. Her best events were the floor exercise (three-time world champion), the vault (two-time world champion) and the balance beam (1997 world champion). She was also an excellent all around gymnast winning several medals on this event, the European title in 1994, a silver Olympic medal (1996) and a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships. She helped the Romanian team win three consecutive world titles (1994, 1995 and 1997) and two Olympic team medals, a silver and a bronze (1992 and 1996). Gogean was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2013. Criticized for her lack of artistry and expression, Gogean nonetheless had nearly unmatched consistency, longevity, and efficiency that made her a backbone of the Romanian team in the 1990s.