Sabina Cojocar

Sabina Cojocar
— Gymnast —
Cojocar at a press conference at the 2000 European Gymnastics Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Sabina Carolina Cojocar
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1985-10-23) October 23, 1985 (age 31) Sibiu, Romania
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Gym	Deva National Training Center
Head coach(es)	Octavian Bellu
Assistant coach(es)	Mariana Bitang, Lucian Sandu
Former coach(es)	Nicolae Buzoianu, Nicoleta Zaharia
Choreographer	Adriana Pop, Puia Valer, Raluca Bugner
Retired	2004
Medal record World Championships 2001 Ghent Team European Championships (Junior) 2000 Paris All-Around 2000 Paris Vault 2000 Paris Balance Beam (tie) 2000 Paris Floor Exercise 2000 Paris Team Competition

Sabina Carolina Cojocar (born October 23, 1985) is a retired international elite artistic gymnast from Romania, as well as a singer. She is a world gold medalist with the Romanian women's gymnastics team (2001) and a five-time medalist at the 2000 Junior European Gymnastics Championships.

Cojocar was born October 23, 1985, in Sibiu, Romania. She began gymnastics at the age of three years and eight months, though she told her coach she was five because she was afraid that he would not accept a gymnast who was only three. A few years later, she was accepted into the junior national team in Oneşti, and after one year she was accepted as a member of the senior national team in Deva under the direct guidance of head coach Octavian Bellu. She made her international debut at the age of fourteen at the 2000 Junior European Championships in Paris, where she won three gold medals (in the all-around, ahead of teammate Silvia Stroescu, and on vault and balance beam) and two silver medals (on floor exercise and with the team). She was touted as the new leader of the young Romanian team and quickly drew international attention, appearing on the cover of the June/July 2000 edition of International Gymnast.

In August 2001, Cojocar competed in the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia. She won the all-around title, upsetting more established gymnasts such as Svetlana Khorkina of Russia, and earned a bronze medal on the floor exercise. Her first major senior event was the 2001 World Championships in Ghent, Belgium, later in the year, where she placed first with the Romanian team, sixth in the all-around, and fourth on beam.