Dan Potra

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Dan Potra
Personal information
Full nameDan Nicolae Potra
Born (1979-07-28) 28 July 1979 (age 46)
Timișoara, Romania
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Sport Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Club Dinamo Bucharest
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Patras All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 PatrasTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Ljubljana Team

Dan Nicolae Potra (born 28 July 1979) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. He is the 2002 European all-around champion and a two-time European team champion (2002, 2004). He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a team bronze medal

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Early life

Potra was born on 28 July 1979 in Timișoara, Romania. [1] He began artistic gymnastics at the age of five and was a member of the junior national team from 1992 until 1996. [2] He moved to Bucharest in 1998 for his training. [3]

Gymnastics career

Potra joined the senior national team in 2000. [2] He competed at the 2001 American Team Cup, where Romania finished third behind the United States and China. [4] After winning the 2001 Romanian all-around title, he was selected to compete at the 2001 World Championships. [2] There, he helped Romania place sixth in the team final, and he placed fourth in the individual all-around final. [5] [6]

At the 2002 European Championships, Potra competed with the Romanian team that won the gold medal. He then won the gold medal in the all-around final despite a mistake on the floor exercise. [3]

Potra competed at the 2003 American Cup and placed fifth. [7] He competed with the Romanian team that finished fifth at the 2003 World Championships. [8] He placed 26th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into the final. [9]

Potra won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the 2004 Romanian International. [10] He won a gold medal with the Romanian team at the 2004 European Championships. [11] He then represented Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the team won the bronze medal behind Japan and the United States. Individually, he placed 26th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into the final. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dan Potra". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dan Nicolae Potra". Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "After the victory with his team, Dan Potra wins the individual title". European Gymnastics . 27 April 2002. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Men Win 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup". USA Gymnastics . 30 March 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "2001 World Championships - Ghent, Belgium October 27-November 5, 2001 Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Chinese gymnast wins world title". United Press International . 1 November 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "2003 VISA American Cup All Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 1 March 2003. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim (USA) August 16-24, 2003 Finals Men". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim (USA) August 16-24, 2003 Qualification Individual Men". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Host dominated Romanian Internationals". Gym Media. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "26th European Championships Men's Seniors Artistic Gymnastics". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 12 May 2021.