Celestina Popa
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| Full name | Celestina Stefania Popa | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 145 cm (4 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Adrian Goreac, Maria Cosma, Octavian Bellu[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Leana Sima[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Popa (floor) | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1989 | |||||||||||||||||
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Celestina Stefania Popa-Toma (born 12 July 1970) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed internationally between 1985 and 1988.[3] She is an Olympic silver medalist and a world gold and silver medalist with the team. She is best known for her eponymous straddle pike jump with full turn on floor[4][5] as well as for her flexibility and style.[6]
In 1984 Popa placed second at the Romanian Junior Nationals and she became a member of the national team. In 1985 she was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 1985 World Championships. Also in 1985, she was the all around champion, vault and beam gold medalist at the International Chunichi Cup in Japan.[4]
Together with Aurelia Dobre, Camelia Voinea, Eugenia Golea, Daniela Silivaș and Ecaterina Szabo, Popa was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1987 World Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 1988 she won the silver medal with the team at the Olympics and placed tenth all around in the preliminaries.[6]
