Maria Neculiță

Maria Neculiță (born 30 March 1974) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed in international events between 1988 and 1992. Her best events were the floor and the beam. She won the team silver medal at the 1992 Olympics and team bronze at the 1991 World Championships. Individually, she won silver on beam and bronze on floor at the 1992 Worlds and a continental bronze on beam in 1990.

Career Neculiță started gymnastics at the age of eight at Cetate Deva Gymnastics Club. In 1987 she was selected for the senior national team trained by coaches Octavian Belu. In 1990 she competed in her first major international competition, the 1990, European Championships in Athens.

Neculiță won the bronze medal with the team at the 1991 World Championships. At this competition Maria did not qualify in any of the final events Her floor routine showed musicality, style and world class tumbling, establishing her as one of the medal contenders on floor for the 1992 Olympic Games. at the 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain. Unfortunately, in the qualifications for the floor and beam finals she placed seventeenth and sixteenth, respectively.