Andreea Madalina Raducan

• born 30th September 1983 in Barlad, Romania
• she began gymnastics at the age of four and a half in her hometown of Birlad
• in 1996, after winning over twenty medals in local and regional competitions, she was invited to train at the Romanian junior team facility in Onesti
• two years later, she was promoted to the national training center in Deva
• made her international debut at the 1998 Junior European Championships, taking fourth place in the all-around
• competed well at the Sydney Olympics, helping the Romanian women to win their first Olympic team gold medal since 1984, qualified for the floor and vault event finals
• the IOC announced that Raducan had tested positive for psuedophedrine, at the time, a banned substance, she was stripped of her gold medal.
• she 149 cm tall
• in 2002 she retired the gymnastic

          

Year	Place
2002	World championships, Debrecen		-	-	10.
2001	World championships, Ghent		-	-			+ 1. team
2000	World cup, Glasgow	-	5.
2000	Continental championships, Paris	6.	-	-	5.		+ 3. team
2000	Olympic games, Sydney	-		-	-	7.
1999	World championships, Tianjin		-	-			+ 1. team

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