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| Full name | Andreea Eugenia Munteanu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-05-29)29 May 1998 (age 27) Bustuchin,Gorj County, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania(2010-2015 (ROU)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CNS Cetate Deva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Octavian Bellu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach | Mariana Bitang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andreea Eugenia Munteanu (Romanian pronunciation:[anˈdree̯ae.uˈdʒeni.amunˈte̯anu]; born 29 May 1998) is aRomanian retiredartistic gymnast. She is a two-time European champion, with a team title in2014 and abalance beam gold in2015. She competed at the2014 World Championships.
Munteanu began gymnastics when she was five years old.[1]
Munteanu was named to the Romanian junior team for theJunior European Championships inBrussels alongside Miriam Aribășoiu,Ștefania Stănilă,Silvia Zarzu, andPaula Tudorache. She helped the Romanian team finish in third place behind Russia and Italy. She also took home three individual medals: bronze in the all-around with a score of 54.857, silver on the balance beam behindMaria Kharenkova, and bronze on thefloor exercise, tied withGabrielle Jupp ofGreat Britain).[2]
Munteanu began the season at theInternational Gymnix inMontreal and finished fourth in the all-around. In thevault final, she won the bronze medal behind CanadiansShallon Olsen andAleeza Yu. She then won gold medals on both the balance beam and floor exercise.[3] Then at the Chemnitz Friendly, she helped the Romanian team finish third behind the United States and Germany, and she won the silver medal in the all-around behind AmericanBailie Key.[4] Then at the Lugano Trophy, she won the gold medal in the all-around with the highest score on each event except for theuneven bars where she scored belowMaria Bondareva.[5] She then helped Romania win a friendly meet against France by winning the all-around and every event except for uneven bars.[6] At the Junior Japan International, she finished fifth in the all-around and won the silver medals on the balance beam and floor exercise, both behindBailie Key.[7] Her final competition of the season was the Élite Gym Massilia where the Romanian team ofLarisa Iordache,Ștefania Stănilă, andAnamaria Ocolișan won the gold medal. Individually, she won the silver medal in the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise, all behind Iordache.[8]
Munteanu's senior debut came at theCottbus World Challenge Cup in March. She won a bronze medal on the balance beam behindNoémi Makra andMaria Kharenkova, and she finished fifth on the floor exercise.[9] She competed at theCity of Jesolo Trophy and won gold on the balance beam with a score of 14.833 and bronze on the floor exercise with a score of 13.967, and she placed thirteenth in the all-around (54.500).[10][11] In April, she competed at the Beaumont en Véron friendly meet against gymnasts from Belgium and France, winning team gold and placing sixth in the all-around.[12] She was selected to compete at theEuropean Championships inSofia, Bulgaria alongsideLarisa Iordache,Diana Bulimar,Ștefania Stănilă, andSilvia Zarzu, and the team won the gold medal.[13] She only competed on the balance beam and floor exercise at the Romanian Championships. She won the balance beam title with a score of 15.325, and she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Larisa Iordache.[14] Then at the Länderkampf Kunstturnen, a friendly meet against Germany and Switzerland, the Romanian team finished second behind Germany, and Munteanu won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Iordache.[15] She was then selected to compete at the2014 World Championships alongside Iordache, Ștefania Stănilă,Anamaria Ocolișan,Paula Tudorache, and Silvia Zarzu. She competed on the balance beam and floor exercise during the team finals where Romania finished fourth.[16]
Munteanu once again used the Cottbus World Cup as her first meet of the season. She won gold on the balance beam and silver on the floor exercise behind Poland'sMarta Pihan-Kulesza.[17] She was originally the alternate for theEuropean Championships, but she was selected to compete afterLarisa Iordache withdrew due to injury.[18] She was the only Romanian female to qualify for any event finals.[19] Munteanu went on to win the gold medal in the balance beam final with a score of 14.366 after qualifying in fourth place.[20] She finished eighth in the floor final with a score of 13.866.[21] After the European Championships, she stopped consistently training, but she was added as an alternate to theWorld Championships team afterCătălina Ponor withdrew due to injury.[22] AlthoughAnamaria Ocolișan went down with an ankle injury right before the competition, Munteanu was not added to the competition lineups.[23] Munteanu was not selected for the training squad for the2016 Olympic Games and was transferred out of the national training center in Izvorani.[24]
Munteanu retired from gymnastics in 2016. She shared in an interview that after the2015 European Championships, she dealt with anxiety which led to her reduced training and eventual retirement.[25]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| Junior | |||||||
| 2012 | |||||||
| Junior European Championships |  | |  | | |||
| 2013 | International Gymnix | 4 | |  | | ||
| Chemnitz Friendly | | | |||||
| Lugano Trophy | | | | | | ||
| FRA-ROU Friendly | | | | 4 | | | |
| Japan Junior International | 5 | | | ||||
| Élite Gym Massilia | | | | | |||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2014 | Cottbus World Challenge Cup | | 5 | ||||
| City of Jesolo Trophy | 13 | | | ||||
| Beaumont en Véron Friendly | | 6 | |||||
| European Championships | | ||||||
| Romanian Championships | | | |||||
| Länderkampf Kunstturnen | | | 5 | ||||
| World Championships | 4 | ||||||
| 2015 | Cottbus World Challenge Cup | | | ||||
| European Championships | | 8 | |||||
