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Gina's 1997 W.C. Floor Music   

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Gina Gogean is incredibly shy, and is also very modest. "Giving interviews is the most difficult thing about being a gymnast." She is know for seldom showing a variety of facial expression, but is also known for her consistency in routines. Gina, along with Lavinia Milosovici, helped to lead the Romanian Gymnasts to a bronze medal in the team competition at the Atlanta Olympics, and both received silver medals in the team competition in Barcelona four years earlier.   

Date of Birth: September 9, 1977

Place of Birth: Campuri, Romania, a small village in Jud.Vrancea

Middle Name: Elena

Height: 150cm (4'11")

Weight: 40kg (88 pounds)

Family: Father, Emil, is a driving instructor, mother is Anica, has a sister named Maricica, a student at the University of Iasi

Began Gymnastics: 1983 at the Foscani Clubul Sportiv Scolar training center

First Coaches: Tatiana and Sergiu Popa

Coach: Octavian Belu

Other Information

Favorite Apparatus: Floor and Vault

Biggest Gymnastics Influences: Nadia Comaneci, Teodora Ungureanu, Aurelia Dobre

Most Admired Gymnasts Now: Lavinia Milosovici, Yuri Chechi

Favorite Sports Heroes (Non-Gymnasts): Carl Lewis, Nancy Kerrigan

Favorite Stars (Non-Sports): Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Eddie Murphy

Favorite Musician: Michael Jackson

Favorite Place Visited: Rome, Italy

Favorite Subject in School: Biology

World & Olympic Medals