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Claudia Maria Presacan was born on December 28th, 1979 in Sibiu Romania.

Her family includes, her father, a veterinarian, mother, and 3 siblings, a sister named Alina and 2 brothers, Claudiu and Cristian.

Presacan speaks both Romanian and English.

She most admires former team mate Gina Gogean.

Presacan professes that she has a soft spot for skiing.

Before being coached by Octavian Belu, Presacan was coached by Eliza Stoica.

Presacan retired right after the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and dabbles in rowing for a while as the coxswain.

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Claudia Presacan, albeit not winning any major All-Around title, has been a consistent and dedicated gymnast, contributing to the success of the Romanian gold winning performances in many international competitions.

An injury kept her out of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but she made it to the Sydney Olympics, helping the Romanian team capture the gold medal for team competition and placed fourth for the beam final.

Presacan was the bronze medalist at the 1998 European championships.

Despite having serious anemia, Presacan still went ahead to join her team mates at the Sydney Olympics, but performed well.

Immediately after the Olympics, Presacan retired and went into rowing. She trained as a cox man for a while but stopped after half a year due mainly to disagreement with her club.

1993

International Jr Tournament: 3^rd All-Around

1994

Jr Europeans: 1^st FX, 4^th V, 7^th All-Around

Team Worlds: 1^st Team

Joaquin Blume Memorial: 1^st All-Around

1995

Hapoel Games: 2^nd All-Around

Worlds: 1^st Team

1997

Hungarian International: 2^nd All-Around

nternational of Romania: 1^st All-Around

International Team Championships: 1^st Team

Thailand Invitaitonal: 3^rd Vault, 3^rd Uneven Bars, 3^rd Floor

Romania vs Spain: 1^st Team

Romanian Nationals: 1^st All-Around, 1^st Uneven Bars, 2^nd Floor, 3^rd Beam

Italy/Russia/Romania: 1^st Team, 2^nd All-Around

World Class: 3^rd All-Around

Glasgow Grand Prix: 3^rd B, 4^th UB, 9^th V

World Championships: 1^st Team, 5^th UB, 6^th FX, 8^th All-Around

ITA/ROM/UKR: 1^st Team, 2^nd All-Around

ROM vs GER: 1^st Team

Trophee Massilia: 1^st Team, 5^th UB

1998

International Team Championships: 2^nd Team

Euros: 1^st Team, 3^rd All-Around, 3^rd UB

Romanian International: 2^nd FX

Arthur Gander Memorial: 2^nd All-Around

Copa Gimnastica: 1^st Team, 2^nd UB, 2^nd B, 3^rd FX, 4^th All-Around

1999

International Team Championships: 1^st Team, 5^th All-Around

Romanian International: 1^st UB, 2^nd All-Around

2000

Oympics 1st Team, 4th Beam