Romania's Monica Rosu vaulted to two gold medals at the 2004 Olympic Games, held in Athens in August, but she is also one of her country's most reliable all-around gymnasts.
"Monica is very dynamic," Romanian national team coach Octavian Belu told IG in Athens. "She has very good orientation, especially for twisting."
In the Aug. 22 vault final, Rosu averaged 9.656 for her two powerful vaults - a double-twisting Tsukahara and a 2-1/2-twisting Yurchenko. Her two individual scores were the two highest vault scores of the final. Rosu outscored silver medalist Annia Hatch (USA) and bronze medalist Anna Pavlova (Russia).
During the Aug. 17 team finals in Athens, Rosu helped Romania repeat its 2000 victory. She competed on two of the four events, scoring 9.625 on vault (the highest vault score of the night) and 9.387 on uneven bars.
Although Rosu is the current Olympic and European champion on vault, she has scored well in international all-around competitions. Rosu won three medals - including bronze medals on vault and floor exercise - at the 2002 European Junior Championships.

August/September 2004 issue of International Gymnast Magazine
 

* mixed-pairs competition with partner Philippe Rizzo AUS

European Championships, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Olympic Games 2004, Athens, Greece

Team - Vault

Team - Uneven Bars

Team - Podium

Apparatus Final - Vault

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