Lavinia Miloşovici

Lavinia Miloșovici
Miloşovici (left) at the 1992 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Lavinia Corina Miloșovici
Nickname(s)	Milo
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1976-10-21) 21 October 1976 (age 40) Lugoj, Romania
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Gym	Deva National Training Center
Head coach(es)	Octavian Bellu
Assistant coach(es)	Mariana Bitang
Retired	1997
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team 1992 Barcelona All-around 1992 Barcelona Vault 1992 Barcelona Floor exercise 1996 Atlanta Team 1996 Atlanta All-around World Championships 1991 Indianapolis Vault 1992 Paris Uneven Bars 1993 Birmingham Balance Beam 1994 Dortmund Team 1995 Sabae Team 1993 Birmingham Vault 1994 Brisbane All-Around 1994 Brisbane Floor 1991 Indianapolis Team 1991 Indianapolis Balance Beam 1994 Brisbane Vault 1995 Sabae All-Around 1996 San Juan Floor European Championships 1994 Stockholm Team 1994 Stockholm Vault 1996 Birmingham Team 1996 Birmingham Floor 1994 Stockholm Floor 1994 Stockholm Balance Beam 1996 Birmingham All-Around

Lavinia Corina Miloșovici (born 21 October 1976) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit, Miloșovici, also known as "Milo" in the gymnastics community, is considered to be one of Romania's top gymnasts of the 1990s and one of the most prolific female all-around gymnasts of the decade, earning a total 19 World Championships or Olympic medals in a span of six years. She medalled in every single World Championships meet, Olympic Games and European Championships between 1991 and 1996, and is only the third female gymnast ever, after Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská, to win at least one World Championships or Olympic title on all four events. Miloșovici was also the last gymnast along with Lu Li to ever receive the perfect mark of 10.0 in an Olympic competition and the last to receive the benchmark score of 9.95 at the World Championships. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2011. Her trademarks included her four-event mastery, consistency, longevity and versatile skill set, as well as her leadership abilities.

Miloșovici was born in a family with Serbian roots. Her mother, Ildiko, was a competitive volleyball player, while her father, Tănase, was a national team wrestler. She began gymnastics at the age of 6 and moved to the Deva National Training Centre as she excelled in the sport.

Miloșovici's gymnastics career was nearly derailed when she contracted scarlet fever at the age of 10, and again when the Romanian Revolution in 1989 temporarily closed Deva. However, she continued to train, and by 1990, was representing Romania in such international meets as the American Cup and the World Sports Fair. She competed well at the 1991 Junior European Championships, winning two gold medals.

Miloșovici made her debut as a senior in 1991, winning her first all-around title at the Romanian National Championships. She joined the Romanian team at the 1991 World Championships, where she contributed to the team's bronze medal and won her first individual World Championships title, on the vault, and placed third on the balance beam.