Simona Amanar's Biography

Simona Amanar was born in Constanta on October 7, 1979. Her father
Vasile is a technician at a shipyard & her mother Sofia is a housewife. She
has a younger brother named Adrian. Simona began gymnasts at the age of
6 at CSS Farul Constanta. In 1992 she moved to the national training center
in Deva with her coach, Nicolae Forminte. Simona's favorite event is the
vault & her idols include Camelia Voinea, Daniela Silivas & Shannon Miller.
In her free time, Simona enjoys reading & watching movies. She likes
adventure novels & science fiction books. Her favorite actor is Jean Claude
van Damme. Simona finished high school in 1997 where her favorite subject
was Romanian. The place she has visited that she liked the most is Walt
Disney Land in the USA. At the age of 16, Simona was 4'9" tall & weighed
77 pounds. After the retirement of Gina Gogean in 1998, Simona became
the team leader. She led her team to their 4th. consecutive world title in 1999,
but had a disappointing all around finish. In 1996 & 1998 she competed
abroad for the Gal Lissone team in Italy. Currently, Simona is nearly 21 years
old & is 5'0" tall & 98 pounds (1,53m & 44 kg). In 2000, she made her
2nd. Olympic team, where after  the disqualification of her teammate Andreea
Raducan, Simona won the gold medal. Before the Romanian team even left
Sydney, she announced her retirement. She was nearly 21 years old.


                                   last updated: October 6, 2000