Daniela Silivaş

Daniela Silivaș
— Gymnast —
Daniela Silivaș
Personal information
Full name	Viorica Daniela Silivaș-Harper
Nickname(s)	Dana
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1972-05-09) May 9, 1972 (age 44) Deva, Romania
Residence	Marietta, Georgia
Height	1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Weight	38 kg (84 lb)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	5 (1985–1989) (senior)
Gym	Deva National Training Center
Head coach(es)	Adrian Goreac, Maria Cosma, Octavian Bellu
Former coach(es)	Béla Károlyi, Márta Károlyi
Music	1985–1986: "Turkey in the Straw"/"Cotton Eye Joe" 1987: "Ochi Chernye"/"Dark Eyes" 1988: "Macho Mozart" by the Latin Rascals 1989: "Ciuleandra"
Eponymous skills	Silivaș mount (balance beam) Silivaș (floor)
Retired	1991
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Uneven Bars 1988 Seoul Balance Beam 1988 Seoul Floor Exercise 1988 Seoul Team 1988 Seoul All-Around 1988 Seoul Vault World Championships 1985 Montreal Balance Beam 1987 Rotterdam Team 1987 Rotterdam Uneven Bars 1987 Rotterdam Floor Exercise 1989 Stuttgart Uneven Bars 1989 Stuttgart Balance Beam 1989 Stuttgart Floor Exercise 1985 Montreal Team 1989 Stuttgart Team 1987 Rotterdam All-Around World Cup Final 1986 Beijing All-Around 1986 Beijing Balance Beam 1986 Beijing Uneven Bars European Championships 1987 Moscow All-Around 1987 Moscow Uneven Bars 1987 Moscow Balance Beam 1987 Moscow Floor Exercise 1989 Brussels Floor Exercise 1987 Moscow Vault 1989 Brussels All-Around 1989 Brussels Uneven Bars 1985 Helsinki Floor Exercise 1989 Brussels Balance Beam

Daniela Viorica Silivaș-Harper (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈela siliˈvaʃ]; born May 9, 1972), best known as Daniela Silivaș, is a Romanian former artistic gymnast who is most famous for winning six medals (three gold, two silver, and one bronze) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In her five-year tenure as a member of the Romanian senior national team, Silivaș earned six individual World Championships titles as well as the 1987 European Championships all-around title. She was the only gymnast, male or female, to medal in every single event at the 1988 Olympics, where she earned seven perfect 10 scores. She was known for her technical excellence, difficult routines, charming performances, and artistic flair.

In 1989, Silivaș's training was hampered by a knee injury and by the closure of the Deva National Training Center during the Romanian Revolution. She retired in 1991 and moved to the United States, where she is now a gymnastics coach. In 2002, she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Silivaș was born in Deva, Transylvania, on May 9, 1972. She began gymnastics at age 6 and was coached by Béla Károlyi for six months before his defection in 1981. Silivaș won her school's championships in 1980, and was the Romanian junior national champion in 1981 and 1982. She continued to compete in various junior meets through 1984, with a particularly strong showing at the 1984 Junior European Championships, where she won the balance beam title, earned silver medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise, and placed fourth in the all-around. At the 1984 Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba), she won gold medals in the all-around and uneven bars over a strong field that included future Olympic and World medalists Svetlana Boguinskaya, Aurelia Dobre, and Dagmar Kersten.

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