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Corina Georgiana Ungureanu (born August 29, 1980, Ploieşti, Romania) is a world-class Romanian gymnast who competed internationally between 1993 and 1999.

Ungureanu began gymnastics at the Petrolul Ploieşti club in her hometown of Ploieşti, but spent the major part of her career training in Bucharest under Leana Sima. At the Deva national training center, she was coached by Octavian Belu.

Ungureanu's first international assignment was a junior dual meet between Romania and Germany, where she placed first with her team and eighth in the all-around. She resurfaced on the international scene again in 1996, when she won the all-around title at the EcoAir Cup. She did not compete in the 1996 Olympics, but was a member of the gold medal-winning Romanian teams at the 1997 and 1999 World Gymnastics Championships. She was forced to retire in 1999 due to a spinal cord injury.

After retiring from gymnastics, she sparked some controversy by posing for the Romanian edition of Playboy, the Japanese magazine Shukan Gendai, and performing topless gymnastics routines for a Japanese video. For this affront, she was banned from coaching or competing in Romania from 2002 to 2007. Teammates Lavinia Miloşovici and Claudia Presecan were also banned for appearing in the video. She subsequently spent some time coaching in Italy.

In 2004, an authorized biography of her was written by Laurian Stãnchescu entitled Corina Ungureanu: Beginning and End. She is now also the spokesmodel for Bucovina SA, a bottled water company in Romania.

Corina is not known to be related to gymnast Teodora Ungureanu, who competed for Romania in the 1970s.

Major awards

Key: AA: all-around; BB: balance beam; FX: floor exercise; UB: uneven bars; VT: vault

External links

World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition

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