10 Facts About Lavinia Agache

Lavinia Agache is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast.

Lavinia Agache won 10 medals at major international events, including a team gold medal at the 1984 Olympics and three silver medals at the 1983 World Championships.

Lavinia Agache is the 1983 European champion on balance beam.

Lavinia Agache was then coached by Bela and Marta Karolyi before their defection to the United States, and later by Octavian Bellu, Adrian Goreac and Maria Cosma.

Lavinia Agache won the all-around bronze at the 1980 Junior European Championships and the 1981 International Japan Junior Invitational.

In 1981, thirteen year old Lavinia Agache was entered to compete in the International Gymnastics Classic in Los Angeles under the name Ekaterina Szabo.

The reason for the deception is unclear because Lavinia Agache could have competed under her own name if Romanian gymnastics officials had simply entered her into the competition.

Lavinia Agache tied Julianne McNamara for second place, but her scores were invalidated after the competition.

Lavinia Agache won three individual medals at the 1983 World Championships and a team silver medal, and four medals at the 1983 European Championships.

Lavinia Agache semi-retired in 1984 after a knee injury, but returned in 1991 to compete in the first World Professional Championships.