Lavinia Agache
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Lavinia Agache (b. 11 February 1968 in Căiuţi, Bacău
) is a retired Romanian gymnast
. She had a successful senior career winning a number of ten medals at major international events. She medaled team gold at the 1984 Olympics
and team silver at the 1983 Worlds
. Individually she won an Olympic bronze medal on vault, three medals at the 1983 Worlds
(silver on vault and uneven bars, and bronze on beam) and four medals at the 1983 European Championships (gold on beam, silver all around and uneven bars, and bronze on vault).
and Marta Karolyi
before their defection to the United States and later on by Octavian Bellu
, Adrian Goreac and Maria Cosma. She had a promising junior career wining bronze all-around at the 1980 Junior European Championships and the 1981 International Japan Junior Invitational.
Bacau County
Bacău is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeş-Făget, in Transylvania.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 706,623 and the population density was 113/km²....
) is a retired Romanian gymnast
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
. She had a successful senior career winning a number of ten medals at major international events. She medaled team gold at the 1984 Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
At the 1984 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested. In addition to the fourteen artistic gymnastics events contested–eight for men and six for women, for the first time at the Olympics, a rhythmic gymnastics event was contested–the women's individual all-around...
and team silver at the 1983 Worlds
1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.-Medals:-All-around:- Floor exercise :-Pommel horse:-Rings:-Vault:-Parallel bars:-Horizontal bar:-Team final:-All-around:...
. Individually she won an Olympic bronze medal on vault, three medals at the 1983 Worlds
1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.-Medals:-All-around:- Floor exercise :-Pommel horse:-Rings:-Vault:-Parallel bars:-Horizontal bar:-Team final:-All-around:...
(silver on vault and uneven bars, and bronze on beam) and four medals at the 1983 European Championships (gold on beam, silver all around and uneven bars, and bronze on vault).
Early life and career
She began gymnastics at the age of 6 with Mihai Agoston and Maria Florescu, and was later coached by BelaBéla Károlyi
Béla Károlyi is a Romanian gymnastics coach. He was born in what was then Kolozsvár, Hungary, a region restored to Romanian administration after 1944. Károlyi and his wife, Márta, also of Hungarian origin, emigrated to the United States in 1981 and both have dual citizenships for Romania and the...
and Marta Karolyi
Marta Károlyi
Márta Károlyi , is an American gymnastics coach and the National Team Coordinator for USA Gymnastics. Károlyi is originally from Romania, she and her husband, Béla, are ethnic Hungarians, and trained athletes there as well, but defected to the United States in 1981...
before their defection to the United States and later on by Octavian Bellu
Octavian Belu
Octavian Ioan Atanase Bellu is the current head of the Romanian national women's artistic gymnastics team. He was the main coach with interruptions, between 1990 and 2005 and returned as head of the national team in 2010...
, Adrian Goreac and Maria Cosma. She had a promising junior career wining bronze all-around at the 1980 Junior European Championships and the 1981 International Japan Junior Invitational.