| Eugenia Popa |
| name:Eugenia Popa -birthdate:10 September 1973 -hometown: Bucharest, -began gymnastics age 6 -alternate for the '92 Olympics -homeclub:CSS Dinamo Bucharest -has 3 sisters -joined the national senior team in 1987 -nickname:Gina -retired in '92 -was coaching in Ireland,she coached Holly Murdoch -she went ot California to coach there but she didn't like it and retured to the Uk -at the 1989 worlds;she was voted as the most beautiful gymnast -Eugenia is married in the summer of 2001 in Romania.Her fiance is from northern Ireland -Eugenia was the stand in for the maincharacter in the movie :Reach for the sky. ,she didi all the stunts at the romanian movie :Campiona(reach for the sky) -She wascoaching at Salto gymnastics club in Northern Ireland until late 2000 .She is now coaching at City of Birmingham gymnastics club Results: 1988 -Junior Europeans 4 AA, 6 UB, 2 BB - Junior Friendship Meet 2 Team, 2 BB 1989 - World Championships 2nd. Team 1990 - Romanian Internationa 1UB - Arthur Gander Memorial 5 AA 1991 -ROM vs. USA 2 AA, 1st. Team - ROM vs. ITA 6 AA, 1Team - Kosice International 3 AA -World Championships 3 Team -World Sports Fair 2AA, 4 UB, 1 BB, 4 FX - Catania Cup 1 AA 1992 - Hungarian International 2 AA - Hungarian International: 2nd AA -Romanian vs Belgium: 1AA |
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| photo credits by Matthew Barber |