Andreea Răducan
Andreea Mădălina Răducan ( born September 30, 1983 in Bârlad, Vaslui county ) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She was several times World Champion and won with the Romanian team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, the team all-around. Also in Sydney, she was Olympic champion in the individual all-around, this medal but had to leave again because of a doping offense.
Life
Răducan began at the age of four years with the gymnastics. In 1999, she was the first to win a title at international championships. It was in Tianjin World Champion with the team as well as on the ground and won silver on beam.
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Răducan also won with the Romanian team the gold medal. In addition, she won the individual all-around, had the medal but again leave because they tested positive after winning the individual all-around struggle for the banned stimulant pseudoephedrine. Răducan stated, however, you have used the funds unknowingly. A team doctor had given her the medicine for a cold. This doctor has been banned until 2004 for the Olympic Games. In Romania, there were demonstrations in which the population expressed its solidarity with Răducan expressed. Your team gold medal was allowed to keep Răducan because they had not been tested for this competition. Similarly, the silver medal on vault remained in their possession since the doping test after this match was negative.
In 2001 Răducan went back to the international stage, renounced in their exercises, however, on some acrobatic elements, security and health because. It was yet another time world champion with the Romanian team. In addition, she won at the World Championships in Ghent, the title of balance beam and floor. A winning the individual all struggle as in Sydney but she could not. In this competition she finished third.
Răducan 2002 once again took part in the World Championships before she ended her sports career in 2003 in order to focus on their education and a career in television.
After her playing days Răducan worked at the Romanian Television and the Foundation for the National Olympic Committee of Romania. She is currently studying at the University of Bucharest with the aim of obtaining a master's degree in journalism.
In December 2010, her autobiography " Reversul medaliei " appeared in the publisher Cărţile tango.