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Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie Personal information Country Represented:  Romania Date of birth: February 12, 1988 (1988-02-12) (age 21) Place of birth: Constanţa, Romania Discipline: Women's artistic gymnastics

Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Team competition Silver 2004 Athens Floor exercise European Championships Gold 2004 Amsterdam Team Silver 2004 Amsterdam All around

Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie, known as Daniela, (born February 12, 1988 in Constanţa, Romania) is an artistic gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1992, and she burst out onto the international scene with a Silver Medal in the all around at the 2004 European Championships in Amsterdam behind Alina Kozich of the Ukraine. She also helped Romania to the team gold, the first time since 1998 that they had taken this title.

She affirmed her position as a notable gymnast with strong performances at the 2004 Athens Olympics, helping the Romanian team to the gold. She competed on vault, bars and floor in team finals, scoring 9.400, 9.562 and 9.562 respectively. Unusually for a Romanian gymnast, she is a strong bars worker (she made the final at the Olympics) and comparatively weak on beam. Şofronie also placed fifth all around and won a silver in floor finals behind teammate Cătălina Ponor. Following an underpar performance at the 2005 European Championships, Şofronie has now retired from the sport and is pursuing her education.

External links

• Bio at romanian-gymnastics.com
• Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique