Английская Википедия:Cristina Bontaș

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Cristina Bontaş (later Tăntaru, born December 5, 1973) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1987 and 1993.[1] Her best events were the floor exercise, the vault, and the all around. She is a world champion on floor, a double olympic medalist and a six-time world medalist. Bontaş scored a perfect ten on floor in the all around event of the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2]

Early life and career

She started training at the age of seven at the CSM Oneşti club under coaches Dorin and Mihai Săndulescu.[3] She had a successful junior career, medaling in various competitions. In 1987 her debut at a major international event (International Japan Junior Invitational) brought her four medals, one gold for vault and three silver for the all around, uneven bars and floor. At the 1988 Junior European Championships, Avignon, France she won bronze in the all around event and she managed a fifth place on vault and a seventh place on floor. The 1988 Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) was another especially successful meet: she won gold for floor, bronze for balance beam and vault and finished fourth in the all around event. In spite of her successful junior career she was the second and therefore the non traveling alternate for the team at the 1988 Olympics.[4]

Senior career

1989–1990

Bontaş' debut as a senior in an international event was at the 1989 Romanian Internationals where she medaled silver for all around, uneven bars and floor and bronze for vault. 1989 was the start of a series of medals for floor and vault in international events. Bontaş was the surprise top Romanian gymnast at the 1989 World Championships, finishing in fourth place in the all around event ahead of the great Daniela Silivaş and just behind the trio of Soviet medalists (Boginskaya, Laschenova and Strazheva).[5] In the all around event she scored a perfect 10 for the floor exercise.[2] She won bronze on floor and tied for silver on vault with Brandy Johnson.[6] Bontaş also contributed to the team's silver medal by achieving the third highest average score on her team.[7] In 1990 she won silver medal on vault at the European Championships in Athens, Greece and placed seventh in the floor and uneven bars events.[8]

1991

At the 1991 World Championships in Indianapolis, United States Bontaş tied for gold for floor with Oksana Chusovitina.[9][10] Her performance on the floor exercise based on a musical background of well-known American songs (e.g., "The Star-Spangled Banner" (USA anthem), "Oh Susanna", "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again", "Yankee Doodle" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas") energized the crowds.[11] She also won the bronze medal on the all-around event, contributed heavily to the team bronze with the highest average score on her team[10][12] and placed fourth on vault, seventh on uneven bars and eight on balance beam.[13]

1992 Olympic Games

Together with Lavinia Miloşovici, Gina Gogean, Mirela Paşca, Vanda Hădărean, and Maria Neculiţă, Bontaş was a team member of the Romanian team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the team finals she had once again the highest contributing score of all her colleagues, highlighted by an average 9.95 on the floor exercise.[14] She qualified first in the floor finals, third all around and fifth in the balance beam finals.[15] She won silver with the team, tied for the bronze medal on floor exercise with Tatiana Gutsu and Shannon Miller, and placed fourth in the all-around and beam finals.[16][17]

Post retirement

Bontaş retired after the 1992 Olympic games. She first coached in Romania and did some TV commentaries for gymnastics events. Later, she coached in Italy and in Wales. When the contract in Wales was up, Bontaş immigrated to Canada to coach at Hamilton's Mountain Star Gymnastics. She went back to Romania in 1998 to marry, returning to Canada without husband Gabi Tăntaru while they waited for immigration papers. After several months, her husband was able to join her in Canada, he too coaching at Hamilton Mountain Gym Elites (formerly Mountain Star Gymnastics). The couple have a daughter named Elissa, also a gymnast, born April 1999 and a son Eric, born in April 2002.[1]

In September 2003, Bontaş and her husband opened their own gymnastics club in Hamilton, World Class Gymnastics.[18] Here Bontaş was training her pupils for the 2012 Olympic Games. Bontas also recently started an aerobic gymnastics program at her gym which has produced many national team members. .[19]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
1986 Cottbus International Шаблон:Goca
Senior
1987 Blume Memorial 5
International Junior Championships Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Goca
Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Brca
Kosice International Шаблон:Goca 4 Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Goca 5
1988 Balkan Championships Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca
Catania Cup Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Sica
Champions All Шаблон:Goca
Junior European Championships Шаблон:Brca 7
Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) Шаблон:Sica 4 Шаблон:Brca 8 Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Goca
1989 Chunichi Cup Шаблон:Brca
CSSR-ROM Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca
Brussels European Championships 9 Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Brca
French International Шаблон:Brca 5 4 4
International Championships of Romania Шаблон:Sica
ROM-CSSR Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca
Rome Grand Prix Шаблон:Goca
Tokyo Cup Шаблон:Sica 7
Stuttgart World Championships Шаблон:Sica 4 Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Brca
1990 Blume Memorial 11
DTB Cup 4 Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Sica
Athens European Championships 7 Шаблон:Sica 7 7
French International 19
GBR-ROM Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Brca
HUN-ROM Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Brca
International Championships of Romania Шаблон:Sica
Romanian National Championships Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Sica
ROM-TCH Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Sica
Brussels World Cup Final 6 7 7 Шаблон:Brca 7
1991 BEL-FRA-ROM-URS Meet Шаблон:Goca
Chunichi Cup Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Sica
DTB Cup 4 Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Goca
Dutch Open 4 Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca
Romanian National Championships Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca
ROM-GER Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca
ROM-ITA Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Sica
Tokyo Cup Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Sica
USA-ROM Dual Meet 7
Indianapolis World Championships Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Brca 4 7 8 Шаблон:Goca
1992 Chunichi Cup Шаблон:Sica Шаблон:Sica 6 Шаблон:Goca
FRA-ROM Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Brca
HUN-ROM Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Brca
Romanian National Championships Шаблон:Sica 4 4 Шаблон:Brca
ROM-GER Dual Meet Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Goca
Tokyo Cup Шаблон:Goca Шаблон:Brca Шаблон:Sica
Barcelona Olympic Games Шаблон:Sica 4 4 Шаблон:Brca

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References

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External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 "Gymnastics Greats: Cristina Bontas" Шаблон:Webarchive
  2. 2,0 2,1 1989 World Championships Women's AA. gymn-forum.net
  3. Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок cosr не указан текст
  4. "Gymnastic Greats: The Alternate" Шаблон:Webarchive
  5. "Romanian gymnasts profiles". Romanian-gymnastics.com (1973-12-05). Retrieved on 2016-10-06.
  6. Gymn Forum 1989 World Championships Women's EF
  7. Gymn Forum 1989 World Championships Women's Team FinalШаблон:Dead link
  8. Gymn Forum 1990 European Championships Women's EF
  9. Gymnstands World Championships by event Шаблон:Webarchive
  10. 10,0 10,1 "1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships"
  11. "The New York Times" Gymnastics; Star-spangled Romanian, Michael Janofsky, April 7, 1991
  12. Gymn Forum Results 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Team Final
  13. Gymn Forum Results 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Events Final
  14. Gymn Forum 1992 Olympic Games, Team Final
  15. Sports References Gymnastics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Individual All-Around Qualifying
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  17. 1992 Olympic Games Шаблон:Webarchive. Gymnastics results
  18. Our gym Шаблон:Webarchive. Worldclassgymnastics.ca. Retrieved on 2016-10-06.
  19. "The Hamilton Spectator" Tumbling to the top: Romanian Olympic medallist shares her talents with local gymnasts by Raveena Aulakh, August 2007
  20. Шаблон:Cite web