Catalina Ponor

Catalina Ponor Catalina Ponor

born 20th August 1987 in Constante, Romania
she is 156 cm tall
was selected to move to Deva in 2002, after national team coaches Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang discovered her during a holiday in Constanta
in 2003 was selected for the team for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, USA, where she won silver medals with the team, on balance beam, and on floor exercise.
in 2004 began her competitive year by going one better and winning three gold medals (team, balance beam, floor exercise) at the European Championships in Amsterdam.
She then followed up that performance by capturing three gold medals on the same events (team, balance beam and floor exercise) at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
Ponor's difficulty on beam during the Olympics was particularly high
she was the only gymnast in the whole games to use the difficult 'full in' dismount

Year	Place
2004	Olympic games, Athens		-			+ 1. team
2004	EU Championship, Amsterdam	-	-	-
2003	World Championship, Anaheim	-	-	-		+ 2. team
2005	World Championship, Melbourne	-	-	-	-