Sandra Izbașa
Izbaşa on the beam in 2008
Personal information
Full nameSandra Raluca Izbașa
Country represented Romania
Born (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990
Bucharest, Romania
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2002–13 (ROU)
ClubCSA Steaua București
Head coach(es)Octavian Bellu,
Mariana Bitang
Former coach(es)Nicolae Forminte,
Livia Ponoran
ChoreographerPuia Valer, Adriana Pop
Music2008: Taniec Eleny

2010: Kalinka and
Hava Nagila
2011: Tango Amore
2012: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

2013: Feeling Good
RetiredApril 10, 2014
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 2
World Championships 0 1 2
European Championships 7 4 1
Total 9 5 5
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingFloor Exercise
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonVault
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 AarhusBalance Beam
Bronze medal – third place2006 AarhusAll Around
Bronze medal – third place2007 StuttgartTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 VolosFloor Exercise
Gold medal – first place2008 ClermontTeam
Gold medal – first place2008 ClermontFloor Exercise
Gold medal – first place2011 BerlinVault
Gold medal – first place2011 BerlinFloor Exercise
Gold medal – first place2012 BrusselsTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 BrusselsVault
Silver medal – second place2006 VolosTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 AmsterdamAll Around
Silver medal – second place2007 AmsterdamBalance Beam
Silver medal – second place2008 ClermontBalance Beam
Bronze medal – third place2006 VolosBalance Beam

Sandra Raluca Izbașa (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsandra izˈbaʃa]; born 18 June 1990) is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania. She is a double Olympic champion, having won the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and vault at the 2012 Olympics.[1][2] She is also a winner of two Olympic bronze medals (as part of the Romanian team in 2008 and 2012) and multiple World Championship and European Championship medals.

Senior career

2006

In April, Izbașa competed at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Volos, Greece, where she helped the Romanian team finish in second place. In event finals, she placed seventh on vault, scoring 13.950; third on balance beam, scoring 15.300; and first on floor, scoring 15.550.[3]

In October, she competed at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. She helped the Romanian team place fourth and placed third in the individual all-around with a score of 60.250. In event finals, she placed eighth on vault, scoring 14.562; second on balance beam, scoring 15.500; and sixth on floor, scoring 15.375.[4]

In November, Izbașa competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Glasgow, United Kingdom. She placed third on balance beam with a score of 15.025, and first on floor with a score of 15.300.[5]

2007

In March, Izbașa competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Paris. She placed sixth on vault, scoring 13.937; fifth on balance beam, scoring 14.950; and third on floor, scoring 14.950.[6]

The following month, she competed at the 2007 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Amsterdam. She placed second in the all-around final with a score of 59.900. In event finals, she placed eighth on vault, scoring 13.975, and second on balance beam, scoring 15.525. She also qualified to the floor finals but had to withdraw due to injury.[7]

In September, Izbașa competed at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. She helped the Romanian team place third, and finished ninth individually with a score of 59.225. In event finals, she placed eighth on floor, scoring 14.525.[8]

2008

In April, Izbașa competed at the 2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Clermond-Ferrand, France. She contributed scores of 15.075 on vault, 15.350 on balance beam, and 15.750 on floor toward the Romanian team's first-place finish. In event finals, she placed second on balance beam, scoring 15.450, and first on floor, scoring 15.775.[9]

Later in April, she competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Cottbus, Germany. She placed third on balance beam, scoring 15.300, and first on floor, scoring 15.300.[10]

Beijing Olympics

In August, Izbașa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She contributed scores of 15.100 on vault, 15.600 on balance beam, and 15.550 on floor toward the Romanian team's third-place finish.[11] Individually, she placed eighth in the all-around final with a score of 60.750,[12] and she won the floor final with a score of 15.650.[13]

In December, she competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup final in Madrid. She placed fourth on balance beam, scoring 14.925, and third on floor, scoring 15.000.[14]

2009

In March, Izbașa competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy.[15] Shortly thereafter, she competed at the 2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Milan, Italy, where she placed seventh in the floor final with a score of 13.900.[16] In April, she was featured on the cover of International Gymnast Magazine for her Olympic achievements.[17]

Later in 2009, she enrolled as a student at the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.[18]

In September, Izbașa tore her right Achilles tendon and injured her hand while performing a piked full-in back-out on floor. She had surgery to repair the tendon.[19]

2010

Izbașa (first on the left) in 2010

In September, Izbașa returned to competition at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. She won the floor final with a score of 14.325.[20] Later in September, she competed at the Romanian National Championships in Reșița, where she placed second on vault, scoring 14.400; second on balance beam, scoring 14.800; and first on floor, scoring 15.150.[21]

In October, she competed at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam. She contributed scores of 14.700 on vault, 14.333 on balance beam, and 14.200 on floor toward the Romanian team's fourth-place finish.[22] In event finals, she placed seventh on floor with a score of 13.983.[23] Before the competition, she said, "I don't plan on winning any (individual) medals. For me the most important thing is to come back and help my team. The fact that I can lend a hand to help the girls in the team competition matters most. I watched several videos of the Russian and American women. The gymnasts are strong and the competition will be quite high."[24]

2011

In March, Izbașa competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Paris. She won the floor final with a score of 14.833.[25]

In April, she competed at the 2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Berlin. She placed first on vault with a score of 14.525 and first on floor with a score of 14.600.[26]

In September, Izbașa competed at an international meet against Germany and Switzerland in Erzingen, Germany. She helped Romania win the team competition with scores of 14.150 on vault, 13.200 on uneven bars, and 14.150 on balance beam.[27]

In October, she was supposed to compete at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo but injured her foot.[28]

2012

In April, Izbașa competed at an international meet in Cholet, France. She helped Romania win the team competition and placed second in the individual all-around with a score of 56.600.[29]

In May, she competed at the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium. She contributed a vault score of 15.200 toward the Romanian team's first-place finish, and won the vault final with a score of 14.833.[30]

Floor exercise
Vault
Izbașa at the 2012 Olympics

At the beginning of July, she competed at an international meet against France, Germany, and Italy in Bucharest, Romania. She helped Romania win the team competition and placed second in the all-around with a score of 59.150.[31]

London Olympics

At the end of July, Izbașa competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She helped the Romanian team qualify in fourth place to the team final,[32] and qualified to the individual all-around final with a score of 57.532.[33] She qualified second to the vault final with a score of 15.316 and second to the floor final with a score of 15.066.[34] In the team final, she contributed scores of 15.100 on vault and 15.200 on floor toward the Romanian team's third-place finish.[35]

In the all-around final, Izbașa placed fifth with a score of 58.833.[36] She won the vault final with a score of 15.191.[37] "Honestly, the vault final is a war of nerves, and it showed," she said. "I can’t say I feel satisfied as I have the floor final to come. It means a lot, but honestly, I didn’t expect it, especially as I was competing last."[38] She placed eighth in the floor final with a score of 13.333[39] after falling on her final tumbling pass.[40] She was chosen as Romania's flag bearer for the Olympic closing ceremony.

2013

Izbașa prepared for the 2013 European Championships in Moscow in April, but reportedly decided not to compete due to lack of training.[41] She took a short break from training to prepare for her bachelor's degree.[42]

In October, Izbașa competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp.[43] In qualifications, she placed second on floor exercise with a score of 14.733.[44] She finished seventh in the finals with a score of 13.733 after falling out of her final pass in a series of twisting and bounding skills just like she did in the individual floor final at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[45]

She initially decided to retire following the World Championships, but returned to training in 2015 in a bid to make the 2016 Olympic team. However, this effort was short-lived, as she decided she would not be ready to compete with elite-level routines in time for the Olympics.

Competitive history

Izbașa (right) with Diana Bulimar and Larisa Iordache.
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2004
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)6542nd place, silver medalist(s)
Chunichi Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Romanian Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2005Arthur Gander Memorial1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior Japan International1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Swiss Cup Juniors2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior
2006Romanian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lyon World Cup63rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Glasgow World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)73rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships43rd place, bronze medalist(s)82nd place, silver medalist(s)6
2007
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)82nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)98
Paris World Cup653rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2008
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games3rd place, bronze medalist(s)81st place, gold medalist(s)
Arthur Gander Memorial1st place, gold medalist(s)
Swiss Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Toyota Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Italian Grand Prix2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Cup Final43rd place, bronze medalist(s)
GBR-ROU Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2009Nadia Comăneci Invitational1st place, gold medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships7
2010Ghent World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships47
Arthur Gander Memorial2nd place, silver medalist(s)
SUI-GER-ROU Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)
Swiss Cup4
2011Paris Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
SUI-GER-ROU Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
FRA-ROU Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Romanian International Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Olympic Games3rd place, bronze medalist(s)51st place, gold medalist(s)8
2013Dutch Invitational2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships7
2015FRA-ROU Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)

See also

References

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