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Gymnastics Biography

Lavinia Miloșovici

“Milo”

Romanian flag Romanian · Lugoj, Romania · Born 21 October 1976

Artistic Gymnast

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Lavinia Miloșovici is a Romanian former artistic gymnast who won two golds at the 1992 Olympics, including gymnastics' last-ever perfect 10 on floor exercise, and became only the third gymnast in history to win a world or Olympic title on all four apparatus.

The last perfect 10.0 ever awarded at an Olympic Games went to Lavinia Milošovici for her floor exercise at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics — a mark that stood on the books until 2008 — one highlight in a career that produced a career sweep of individual apparatus titles across Olympic and World Championship competition, a feat only Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská had achieved before her. She burst onto the senior scene in 1991 and quickly became one of the most complete gymnasts in the world, medalling at every World Championships, Olympics, and European Championships she entered between 1991 and 1996. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Miloșovici nearly won the all-around title outright, tying with eventual champion Tatiana Gutsu after three rotations before a hop on beam and a hop on her bars dismount cost her the gold; she settled for individual all-around bronze and team silver. In the event finals she shared vault gold with Hungary's Henrietta Ónodi, then delivered a floor exercise routine scored a perfect 10.0 for gold — a mark that, as of 2008, remains the last perfect 10 ever awarded at the Olympics. Miloșovici continued to dominate through the mid-1990s, completing a rare career sweep of world or Olympic titles on all four individual apparatus — vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor — a feat only Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská had achieved before her. She helped lead Romania to back-to-back World team titles in 1994 and 1995, even staging a strike with teammates shortly before the 1994 Worlds over unpaid prize money before still winning gold. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics she added bronze medals in the team and all-around events, becoming the first gymnast since her childhood idol Nadia Comăneci to medal in the all-around at consecutive Olympics. She retired in 1997 with 19 World and Olympic medals, seven of them gold, and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2011.

Famous For

Scoring the last perfect 10.0 in Olympic history, on floor exercise at Barcelona 1992

Playing Style

How They Played

Complete all-around gymnast with standout power on vault and floor exercise

Legacy

Lasting Impact

One of only three gymnasts ever to win a world or Olympic title on all four individual apparatus, alongside Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská

Honours & Achievements

Career Honours

  • 2x Olympic gold (vault and floor, 1992)
  • 7x Olympic medallist across two Games
  • 5x World Champion, 19 total World/Olympic medals
  • Last gymnast to score a perfect 10.0 at the Olympics
  • International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (2011)
Career Journey

Timeline

1991 🌍 Senior international debut for Romania
1992 🏆 Olympic gold in vault and floor at Barcelona, scoring gymnastics' last Olympic perfect 10
1993 🏆 World Championship gold on balance beam, completing titles on all four apparatus
1994 🏆 Led Romania to World Championship team gold amid a prize-money strike
1996 🎯 Olympic bronze in team and all-around at Atlanta
1997 📌 Retired from competitive gymnastics
2011 🥇 Inducted into International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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Lavinia Miloșovici competed as an Artistic Gymnast.