Sabrina Voinea

Voinea was born in Constanța in 2007.^[3] Her mother, Camelia Voinea, is a former artistic gymnast who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with the Romanian team.^[4] When Sabrina was young, Camelia brought her to the gym where she worked as a coach, and Sabrina became interested in gymnastics herself. Sabrina is coached by her mother.^[5]

Voinea started competing for the Romanian national team in 2017. In April 2022, she competed at the Junior City of Jesolo Trophy. She helped Romania finish fourth in the team competition. She also won the bronze medal on vault and finished seventh on floor. In July, Voinea competed at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. She helped Romania win the gold medal. In the individual events, she finished 12th in the all-around, fourth on vault, and fifth on floor. In August, Voinea competed at the Junior European Championships. She helped Romania win the bronze medal in the team competition. She also finished fourth in the all-around, won the gold medal on vault, and won the bronze medal on floor.^[6]

After the 2025 World Championships, complaints were lodged against Voinea with the Romanian Gymnastics Federation by her teammates Denisa Golgotă and Anamaria Mihăescu for bullying and harassment. Golgotă alleged that other gymnasts said they heard another person, who media reported was Voinea, repeatedly threaten that they wanted to hit her until she was disfigured.^[22][23] Voinea's mother denied the allegations and said she intended to sue Golgotă.^[21]

In March 2026, at the restaurant of the Sport Hotel in the "Lia Manoliu" complex, Voinea got into a physical altercation with a member of Romanian weightlifting team after allegedly calling the weightlifter "fat".^[24] In June 2026, Voinea's boyfriend, Șerban Cotîrlan, alleged that she physically assaulted him at the same complex.^[25] Cotîrlean had his injuries documented at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and then filed a complaint at a police station.^[26][27]