Sabina Cojocar

Sabina Carolina Cojocar (born 23 October 1985) is a Romanian retired international elite artistic gymnast and singer. She became a world gold medalist with the Romanian women's gymnastics team in 2001 and is also a five-time medalist at the 2000 Junior European Gymnastics Championships.

Early life and career Cojocar was born on 23 October 1985 in Sibiu, Romania. She began gymnastics at the age of three, though she told her coach she was five because she was afraid that he would not accept such a young gymnast. A few years later, she was accepted into the junior national team in Oneşti. After one year, Cojocar was accepted as a member of the senior national team in Deva, under the direct guidance of head coach Octavian Bellu. ahead of teammate Silvia Stroescu, and on vault and balance beam) and two silver medals (on floor exercise and with the team).

Cojocar underwent shoulder surgery in December 2001. In early 2002, she was one of the gymnasts affected when Bellu decided to send the entire senior national team home from the Deva training center. Cojocar returned to her home club in Sibiu to train and was one of the only gymnasts eventually asked to return to Deva. She competed in the 2002 World Championships, placing fifth on vault and ninth on floor exercise.

Retirement In 2003, Cojocar retired from gymnastics because of a chronic liver problem. After leaving Deva, she was outspoken about alleged problems on the national team. She said she had been diagnosed with high cholesterol in 2000 and prescribed Zocor, which was not intended for use by children and had experienced several serious side effects. She claimed the she had complained of weakness and of severe muscle and ligament pain, but Bellu forced her to continue training and take the medication.

Music career In 2006, Cojocar released the single "Domine", and in September 2007, she released on Myspace a song she had written herself, "I Don't Wanna Lose U".

Skills Vault: Double-twisting Yurchenko; round-off, back handspring with full turn on, piked back salto off.

Uneven bars: Kip–cast to handstand (KCH), clear hip to handstand, toe-on to high bar, KCH, giant, hop full, full pirouette, 1½ pirouette, Tkatchev, KCH, overshoot, KCH, sole circle, jump to high bar, KCH, giant, giant, full-in dismount.

Balance beam: Jump to knee mount, back handspring, back handspring, tucked full; switch split leap; Chen; front aerial; full turn; tucked side salto; back handspring, back handspring, triple twist dismount.

Floor exercise: Front handspring, 2½ twist; round-off, back handspring, double pike; double-twisting cat leap, hitchkick; round-off, back handspring, tucked double salto backward with full twist; switch ring leap, double-twisting tuck jump; full turn with leg horizontal; round-off, whip, triple twist. ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyFloor exercise Cojocar Salto forward stretched with 2½ turn (900°) E (0.5)