Simona PAUCA  

Romania (ROM)

Date of birth

 19 September 1969

Hometown

 Cluj

Place of birth

 Azuga

Profession

 

Height

 

cm

Children

 1 daughter

Weight

 

kg

Start gymnastics

 1976

Gender

 Female

Club

 Dynamo Bucharest

Nickname

 

Head coach

 

Spouse name

 

Favourite apparatus

 

 

World class in

 1984

First competition

 

Last competition

 1984

 

Simona was born on September 19, 1969, in Azuga, Romania.  She began gymnastics in 1976; her home club was Dynamo Bucharest.  She was a surprising all-around medalist at the 1984 Olympics, which was her first and last major competition.  Today, she lives in Cluj with her businessman husband and their young daughter.

 

Year

Competition

Team

AA

Vault

Uneven Bars

Beam

Floor

1981

Dynamo Spartakiade

-

5

-

-

-

-

1982

Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) 

-

10

-

-

-

-

1983

Balkan Championships 
East Bloc Spartakiade 
Hungarian International 
Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) 

-
-
-
-

1
5
-
4

-
-
3
-

1
-
-
-

-
-
3
-

1
-
-
-

1984

Arthur Gander Memorial
Cottbus International 
DTB Cup
23. Olympic Games

-
-
-
1

1
3
3
3

-
1
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
1
-
1

-
1
-
-

 

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