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(Redirected from Sonia Iovan-Inovan) Romanian gymnast (1935–2024)

Sonia Iovan
Iovan in 1964
Personal information
Full nameSonia Iovan-Inovan
Born(1935-09-29)29 September 1935
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Died6 September 2024(2024-09-06) (aged 88)
La Chapelle-de-Brain, France
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Romania
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Moscow Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1959 Krakow Beam
Silver medal – second place 1957 Bucharest Beam
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Krakow All around
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Bucharest All around
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Bucharest Vault

Sonia Iovan-Inovan (29 September 1935 – 6 September 2024) was a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympic Games. She was a double Olympic bronze medalist, a bronze world medalist and a multiple European medalist. Iovan died in France on 6 September 2024, at the age of 88.

References

  1. Sonia Iovan-Inovan. Sports Reference
  2. Gymn Forum Results 1957 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s All Around
  3. Gymn Forum Results 1957 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s Events Finals
  4. Gymn Forum Results 1959 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s All Around
  5. Gymn Forum Results 1959 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s Events Finals
  6. "A murit Sonia Iovan, prima medaliată olimpică la gimnastică a României". Mediafax. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

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