Eugenia Golea

Career

Golea began training at School Club N 2 in Bucharest under the coaching of Lucia Marcu and Mihai Demetrescu. Later she joined the national team at Deva where she trained with Adrian Gorean, Adrian Stan and Maria Cosma. Her debut as a senior in an international event was in 1984. Although she had an excellent showing at the 1984 Balkan Championships where she placed first with the team and third all-around she was left off the 1984 Olympic team. She added two more individual medals at the 1987 European Championships in Moscow, a silver on beam and a bronze on vault. After winning silver with the team at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Golea retired.