Simona Păuca | |
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— Gymnast — | |
Păucă at the 1984 Olympics
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Romania |
Born |
Azuga, Romania |
19 September 1969
Height | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Club | CS Dinamo București |
Head coach(es) | Emilia Lita Florin Stefanescu |
Former coach(es) | Iulia Rotarascu |
Simona Păuca (born 19 September 1969) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she tied for gold with her teammate Ecaterina Szabo on balance beam with a difficult and innovative routine; she also won a team gold medal and a bronze medal all-around. After retiring from competitions she worked as a youth coach at her native club Dinamo București.