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Elena Săcălici

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Elena Săcălici
Full nameElena Săcălici-Petroşanu
Born18 July 1935
Died1 October 1959(1959-10-01) (aged 24)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Romania
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne Team competition
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Moscow Team competition

Elena (Ileana) Săcălici-Petroşanu (18 July 1935 – 1 October 1959) was a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1956 Olympic Games.[2] She was a member of the team that won the first team Olympic medal (1956)[3] and of the team that won the first team world medal (1958)[4][5] for Romania.

References

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  1. ^ Elena Săcălici at Olympedia (archive)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Săcălici". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ^ Wikipedia List of Olympic medalist in gymnastics, women’s team
  4. ^ Wikipedia World artistic gymnastics championships women’s team
  5. ^ Wikipedia 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Team Final