Gold medal	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics Women's Team Competition
Silver medal	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics Women's All-Around Individual

Maria Olaru (born June 4, 1982, Falticeni) is a retired Olympic gymnast from Romania. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Falticeni is a city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics. ...

Olaru began gymnastics at the age of six in her hometown of Falticeni, but quickly transferred to the local gymnastics club in Deva. She moved up to the junior national team in 1993, but after six months, she returned to her home club. In 1995 she rejoined the junior team in Bucharest. Olaru graduated to the Deva national training facility in 1996, after taking first place on the vault at the Junior European Championshps. Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ... In architecture, a vault is an arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. ...

In 1998 Olaru moved up to senior competition, taking first place with the Romanian team and second on the vault at the European Championships. The following year, she helped the Romanian squad tio a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships and became the second Romanian gymnast in history, after Aurelia Dobre, to win the all-around title. She continued her success at the 2000 Olympics, where she shared in the team gold medal and won a silver in the all-around. The World Gymnastics Championships are held every year. ... Aurelia Dobre, Romanian artistic gymnast, was the 1987 World Champion. ... (Redirected from 2000 Olympics) Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics ...

Olaru was one of the tallest gymnasts competing in the late 1990s, standing 5'3"/160cm. Her strengths were vaulting and floor exercise, however, she was best known as an all-around gymnast.

Olaru retired after the 2000 Olympics, noting that the new Code of Points would not be suited to gymnasts of her height, and enrolled as a student at the University of Timisoara. The Code of Points is a document that regulates scoring of artistic gymnastics. ...

External links and resources

• Maria Olaru interview 2003, International Gymnast
• "Maria Olaru update" Feb. 26th, 2002, Agenda Timisoara
• List of competitive results