Cătălina Ponor

Cătălina Ponor
Personal information
Full nameCătălina Ponor
Nickname(s)Cătă, Black Tulip
Born (1987-08-20) 20 August 1987
Constanța, Romania
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Romania
(2002–07, 2011–12, 2015–17 (ROU))
ClubCS Dinamo București
Head coach(es)Octavian Bellu
Assistant coach(es)Sandu Lucian
Former coach(es)Matei Stanei, Gabriela Dosoftei
ChoreographerAdriana Pop
Music2004: Gia

2005: Harem
2006: Underground
2007: Dark Angel
2011: Rise
2011–2012: Requiem for a Dream
2012: Fever

2016: Powerful
Retired30 April 2006
12 December 2007
8 August 2012
25 November 2017
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 1
World Championships 0 3 2
European Championships 8 2 3
World Cup Final 1 1 0
FIG World Cup 7 2 0
Total 19 9 6
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTeam
2004 AthensBalance Beam
2004 AthensFloor Exercise
2012 LondonFloor Exercise
2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
2003 AnaheimTeam
2003 AnaheimBalance Beam
2003 AnaheimFloor Exercise
2005 MelbourneBalance Beam
2007 StuttgartTeam
World Cup Final
2004 BirminghamBalance Beam
2004 BirminghamFloor Exercise
European Championships
2004 AmsterdamTeam
2004 AmsterdamBalance Beam
2004 AmsterdamFloor Exercise
2005 DebrecenBalance Beam
2006 VolosBalance Beam
2012 BrusselsTeam
2012 BrusselsBalance Beam
2017 Cluj-NapocaBalance Beam
2006 VolosTeam
2012 BrusselsFloor Exercise
2006 VolosFloor Exercise
2016 BernBalance Beam
2016 BernFloor Exercise

Cătălina Ponor (Romanian pronunciation: [kətəˈlina poˈnor]; born 20 August 1987) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast who competed at three Summer Olympic Games: 2004, 2012, and 2016. She won three gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens on balance beam, floor and as part of the Romanian team. She also earned a silver medal on floor and bronze medal as part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as well as multiple World Championship and European Championship medals. She announced her plans to retire from gymnastics after the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, in Montreal. During her career, she won 23 Olympic, World and European medals. More than half of them (12) were gold medals. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2022.