Lăcrămioara Filip
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Lăcrămioara Filip (b. April 4, 1973 Romania
Romania
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) is a retired Romania
Romania
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n artistic
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...

 and aerobic gymnast. She is a world silver medalist with the team (artistic gymnastics
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...

) and a European gold medalist on the group event (aerobic gymnastics). She is also known to be the first gymnast to perform a tucked double front dismount from the uneven bars. Currently she is a gymnastics coach at the Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n National Olimpic Center in Deva
Deva, Romania
Deva is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, on the left bank of the Mureș River. It is the capital of Hunedoara County.-Name:...

.

Artistic gymnastics career

She started to train for artistic gymnastics at the National Olympic Center in Oneşti
Onesti
Onești is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 51,681 inhabitants.Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești...

. Her debut at an international event was at the 1988 “Junior Friendship” meet (Druzhba) where she placed second with the team, fifth all around and second on vault. In 1989 she was a member of the silver medaled team at the world championships
1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 26th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Indianapolis, USA, in the Hoosier Dome, September 6 to 15, 1991.-Medals:-All-round:-Apparatus:-All-round:-Apparatus:-References:**...

. The other team members were Cristina Bontaş
Cristina Bontas
Cristina Bontaş is a Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1987 and 1993. Her best events were the floor exercise, the vault and the all around. She is a world champion on floor, a double olympic medalist and a six-time world medalist...

, Aurelia Dobre
Aurelia Dobre
Aurelia Dobre is a former artistic gymnast from Romania, who was the 1987 World Champion. She is still held in high esteem by many gymnastics fans today for her clean technique as well as balletic and artistic flair...

, Eugenia Popa
Eugenia Popa
Eugenia Popa is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She won two world championships medals with the team: a silver medal in 1989 and a bronze medal in 1991. She was an alternate to the 1992 silver winning Romanian Olympic team. After retirement she became a coach of artistic gymnastics...

, Gabriela Potorac
Gabriela Potorac
Gabriela Potorac is a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1988 Olympic Games.She is a three-time Olympic medalist a two-time world medalist and a European champion. Her best event was the balance beam on which she is an Olympic and a world bronze medalist and a European...

 and Daniela Silivaş
Daniela Silivas
Viorica Daniela Silivaş-Harper , best known as Daniela Silivaş, is a Romanian gymnast who is most famous for winning six medals in women's artistic gymnastics at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea...

. She placed 5th on vault and 28th all around at the 1990 Cottbus Cup and won bronze all around behind Lavinia Miloşovici
Lavinia Milosovici
Lavinia Corina Miloşovici is a Romanian Olympic gymnast. An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit, Miloşovici, 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...

 and Maria Neculiţă
Maria Neculita
Maria Neculiţă is a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed in international events between 1988 and 1992. Her best events were the floor and the beam. She won the team silver medal at the 1992 Olympics and team bronze at the 1991 World Championships...

 at the 1991 Romanian International. She retired from artistic gymnastics after 1991.

Aerobic gymnastics career

In the years after retirement Lăcrămioara transferred to aerobic gymnastics. She trained at the C.S Farul Constanta club with coach Maria Fumea. In 1999 she won the gold medal for the group event at the European Championships and together with her partner Claudiu Moldovan
Claudiu Moldovan
Claudiu Cristian Moldovan is a retired Romanian aerobic gymnast. He had a successful career winning seven world championships medals and two European championships medals...

 placed fourth on the mixed pair event at the world championships. She also performed in the Aeros entertainment show. Among her colleagues at Aeros were Daniela Mărănducă
Daniela Maranduca
Daniela Mărănducă is a retired artistic and aerobic gymnast. During her career she won nine medals at world or European championships .-Artistic gymnastics career:...

, Izabela Lăcătuş
Izabela Lăcătuş
Izabela Daniela Lăcătuş is a retired Romanian artistic and aerobic gymnast. She was an alternate to the artistic gymnastics team at the 1992 Olympics...

, Claudiu Moldovan
Claudiu Moldovan
Claudiu Cristian Moldovan is a retired Romanian aerobic gymnast. He had a successful career winning seven world championships medals and two European championships medals...

 and Remus Nicolai
Remus Nicolai
Remus Nicolai is a retired Romanian aerobic gymnast. He had a successful career winning six world championships medals and five European championships medals...

.

Post retirement

Lăcrămioara married her aerobic gymnastics and Aeros colleague Claudiu Moldovan
Claudiu Moldovan
Claudiu Cristian Moldovan is a retired Romanian aerobic gymnast. He had a successful career winning seven world championships medals and two European championships medals...

 in 2001. Together they have a daughter Paula Teodora (born 2004). In 2000 she become a gymnastics coach at Dinamo Club Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

. Currently, she is coaching together with her husband at the Olympic Center Deva
Deva, Romania
Deva is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, on the left bank of the Mureș River. It is the capital of Hunedoara County.-Name:...

. Among many gymnast she coached young Diana Chelaru
Diana Chelaru
Diana Maria Chelaru is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is a world and European silver medalist on floor and a European bronze medalist on floor and with the team.-Early gymnastics career:...

, Diana Bulimar
Diana Bulimar
Diana Bulimar is a Romanian artistic gymnast. Since 2011, an element on the floor exercise is named after her. The "Bulimar" is a Johnson leap with additional turn....

 and Larisa Iordache
Larisa Iordache
Larisa Iordache is a Romanian junior artistic gymnast. She won four medals at the 2010 European Championships and six medals at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival...

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