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Lavinia Corina Milosovici was born October 21st 1976  in Lugoj, Romania.

Her family includes her father, a  former wrestler, mother, a former volleyball, player and one older brother, Cristian.

Milosovici attended the Cetate Deva  Academy, under Octavian Belu.

The Romanian Government awarded her 7 million lei (US $18, 000) for the gold medals she won at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Her Olympic medals were stolen from her parents' apartment, but police apprehended the thieves and returned the medals to her.

Milosovici's favorite gymnasts are Nadia Comaneci, Daniela Silivas, and Valery Balenky.

Her nickname is "Milo" and she rarely answers to anything else.

In 1992, Milosovici was named best Romanian athlete following her success at the Barcelona Olympics.

She retired from competitive gymnastics on 18th of September, 1996.

Lavinia Milsovici was one of Romania's shiniest Gymnastics stars. Like her idol, Daniela Silivas, Milosovici never won a major gymnastics title but she has contributed half her life to Romanian gymnastics and has won innumerable medals in international competitions, many of them gold.

She is also the last gymnast ever to score a 10.00 in a major gymnastics event, with her wonderful performance on the floor exercise final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, in which she won 2 gold medals, on vault and floor exercise, 1 silver medal, for team competition, and 1 bronze medal in the all-around final. Because of her success at the 1992 Olympics, Milosovici was awarded the best athlete of Romania that year.

In the 1996 Olympics, Milosovici  captured another bronze medal in the all-around final again, giving herself an excellent retirement gift. She is the first gymnast since her compatriot Nadia Comaneci (1976-1980)  to win All-Around medals in 2 consecutive Olympics and is the first female gymnast since Czechoslovakia's Vera Caslavska ('64-68) to win a world or Olympic title on every event.

After her gymnastics career, Milosovici stayed in Romania and began University in Timisora, studying sport and English.

On October 23rd, Milosovici married her childhood friend Cosmin Vinatu, a sergeant in the police force.

1990

American Cup: 5^th All-Around

GBR-ROM Jr Dual Meet: 1^st All-Around
International Mixed Pairs: 6^th Team
World Sports Fair: 3^rd Vault, 3^rd Floor, 7^th All-Around

1991

DTB Cup: 1^st All-Around, 1^st Vault, 1^st Uneven Bars, 2^nd Beam
GER-ROM Dual Meet: 1^st Team, 2^nd All-Around
Junior European Championships: 1^st Vault, 1^st Floor, 2^nd Beam, 6^th All-Around
 World Championships: 1^st Vault, 3^rd Team, 3^rd Beam, 4^th Floor, 7^th All-Around

1992

Chunichi Cup: 1^st All-Around, 1^st Vault, 3^rd Uneven Bars, 3^rd Floor
DTB Cup: 1^st Vault, 1^st Uneven Bars, 2^nd Floor, 3^rd All-Around, 3^rd Unenven Bars
GER-ROM Dual Meet: 1^st Team, 5^th All-Around
HUN-ROM Dual Meet: 1^st Team, 2^nd All-Around
Olympic Games: 1^st Vault, 1^st Floor, 2^nd Team, 3^rd All-Around, 4^th Uneven Bars, ^8th Beam
World Championships: 1^st Uneven Bars, 4^th Vault, 8^th Floor

1993

Birmingham Classics: 1^st All-Around
Chunichi Cup: 1^st All-Around, 1^st Vault, 2^nd Beam, 3^rd Uneven Bars, 5^th Floor
 DTB Cup: 1^st Vault, 1^st Beam, 7^th Floor, 8^th UB
 European Cup: 1^st Vault, 1^st Uneven Bars, 2^nd Floor, 3^rd All-Around, 6^th Beam
 French International: 2^nd Vault
 Kosice International: 1^st All-Around
 International Championships of Romania: 1^st All-Around, 1^st Vault, 1^st Uneven Bars, 1^st Beam
 Romanian Nationals: 1^st All-Around, 1^st Vault, 1^st Beam, 1^st Floor, 3^rd Uneven Bars
 Tokyo Cup: 1^st Vault, 2^nd Floor, 5^th Uneven Bars
World Championships: 1^st Beam, 2^nd Vault, 5^th Floor, 5^th Uneven Bars, 8^th All-Around

1994

Birmingham Classics: 1^st All-Around
Chunichi Cup: 1^st Vault, 1^st Floor, 2^nd All-Around, 2^nd Beam, 5^th Uneven Bars
European Championships: 1^st Team, 1^st Vault, 2^nd Floor, 3^rd Beam, 6^th All-Around, 7^th Uneven Bars
USA-ROM Dual Meet: 1^st Team, 5^th All-Around
World Championships: 2^nd All-Around, 2^nd Floor, 3^rd Vault, 5^th Beam, 6^th Uneven Bars
World Team Championships: 1^st Team

1995

Chunichi Cup: 1^st All-Around, 1^st Floor, 2^nd Vault, 2^nd Beam, 4^th Uneven Bars
DTB Cup: 1^st Floor, 2^nd Vault, 3^rd Uneven Bars, 3^rd Beam
Gander Memorial: 1^st All-Around
Messe Cup: 1^st Team
ROM-GER Dual Meet: 1^st Team, 1^st All-Around
Romanian National: 1^st All-Around
World Championships: 1^st Team, 3^rd All-Around, 5^th Uneven Bars

1996

European Championships: 1^st Team, 1^st Floor, 3^rd All-Around, 4^th Uneven Bars
 World Championships: 3^rd Floor
Olympic Games: 3^rd Team, 3^rd All-Around, 8^th Uneven Bars
Messe Cup: 1^st Team