Dan Potra
Romanian artistic gymnast (born 1979)
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Dan Nicolae Potra (born 28 July 1979) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. He is the 2002 European all-around champion and a two-time European team champion (2002, 2004). He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a team bronze medal
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| Full name | Dan Nicolae Potra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1979 Timișoara, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo Bucharest | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Gymnastics career
Potra joined the senior national team in 2000.[2] He competed at the 2001 American Team Cup, where Romania finished third behind the United States and China.[4] After winning the 2001 Romanian all-around title, he was selected to compete at the 2001 World Championships.[2] There, he helped Romania place sixth in the team final, and he placed fourth in the individual all-around final.[5][6]
At the 2002 European Championships, Potra competed with the Romanian team that won the gold medal. He then won the gold medal in the all-around final despite a mistake on the floor exercise.[3]
Potra competed at the 2003 American Cup and placed fifth.[7] He competed with the Romanian team that finished fifth at the 2003 World Championships.[8] He placed 26th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into the final.[9]
Potra won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the 2004 Romanian International.[10] He won a gold medal with the Romanian team at the 2004 European Championships.[11] He then represented Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the team won the bronze medal behind Japan and the United States. Individually, he placed 26th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into the final.[1]
