Emilia Vătășoiu

Emilia Vătășoiu-Liță (born 20 October 1933) is a Romanian retired artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and 1958 World Championships and won team bronze medals in 1956, 1958 and 1960.[2]

Emilia Vătășoiu
Personal information
Full nameEmilia Vătășoiu-Liță
Born (1933-10-20) 20 October 1933
Câineni, Romania
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubDinamo Bucharest[1]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1956 MelbourneTeam
Bronze medal – third place1960 RomeTeam
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1958 MoscowTeam

Vătășoiu took up gymnastics in 1951, and in 1954 was included to the national team. After retiring from competitions she worked as a gymnastics coach and international referee.[1]

References

  1. "Emilia Vatasoiu". COSR.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Olympic Committee.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.


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