Gina Gogean's unforgettable routines at Atlanta 1996! 

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I remember those days, she was called boring and sad and her gymnastics was not spectacular ... Ok, she did not smile, but she had a fantastic execution, not so many gymnasts have this level of excellence, it is nice to see her again in a video :)

Maybe not the most flashy, maybe not the most artistic, but she was consistent, as tough as nails, and did some difficult moves on the power events. And she deserves some credit for relative longevity.

She has always been the queen of STUCK landings. Rarely have I seen her give those points away.

I will always remember that she won the silver after recovering from an emergency appendectomy weeks before the games.

I love her choreography. I miss those days.

Her FX is beautiful and difficult. Gina is probably one of the most consistent and reliable gymnast ever.

And now she’s coaching the Romanian women. Can’t learn from anything better than the voice of experience!

Actually, the most decorated Romanian gymnast ever...and this is a huge thing in a country with Silivaș, Comaneci or Miloșovici.

Great video Thanks. I personally think Gina was a great gymnast - she had a lot of difficulty in her routines and made it look easy because of her fantastically reliable execution. She was always knocked because of her serious look and lack of facial expression but that was just the way she was! Her stoicism was admirable. Gina was one of the greats for sure!

I'm so grateful to you for all these routines from Atlanta, my first and favorite Olympics🙏 I remember how I always appreciated Gina Gogean despite her lack of artistry and beauty. I think her humble attitude was a lesson to me. Besides, her floor music is really beautiful.

She's amazing

Some of the highlights -- That AMAZING 1.5 pirouette on TOP of the bar. That STUCK double back from two back handsprings off beam. A STUCK full-in at the end of the routine.

Sixteen Olympic and championship medals because of one stuck landing after another. She was one of the "toughest" female gymnasts of all time.

Huge fan of Gina. That’s one of my favorite iterations of her floor.

That last tumbling was insane!

If you compare her routines to likes of Shannon Miller, Henrietta Onodi, or Lilia Podkopayeva, I wouldn't call her unforgettable, but she was consistent, i'll give you that. And she worked the code very well in the 90s.

It's nice to see the Russian coach applauding in the background after Gina sticks her full-twisting double back.

The sad part is that nobody from Romania ( television, internet content creators. etc) cares about this champions today. All are forgotten .

Some comments are purely idiotic... guys, you just watched one of the most decorated gymnasts ever!!!

She was fantastic!

AWESOME GINA 😳👏💐

Romania was outrageously overscored during the 90’s and Gina was one of the many gymnasts who were benefited from that. However we can’t deny how consistent and hardworking she was and IMO those were the main reasons why she had great results throughout her career

Great Gina! ❤️❤️

you can always count on Gina to hit routines after routines. She does not give away deductions. Just look at the full-in dismount on that floor routine.

Qeen! Respect, Gina Gogean!🏅

Fantastic, Foarte frumos.

She and her coaches played the CoP very well I'd say. They understood it and took advantage of it. Had just enough difficulty and made it up with beautiful executions to win.

Bravo Gina ,oriunde ești acum,probabil America

I miss seen her compete

Octavian belu is the best coach

Gina Goegean? I only remember her from when her kindergarten beam routine in the 1997 Worlds won gold over Kui Yuanyuan's monstrous routine 💀

Gina was one of romania more successful gymnasts regarding medals won. Of course Russia and the USA were never overlooked.

Sadly these performances WERE Forgettable in 1996. Overshadowed by GREAT USA performances but even by Gina's standards from her earlier years these were some of her MOST stock routines. I first saw her in 89 and thru 1992 she was a VERY exciting gymnast with HIGH difficulty on ALL events. Hard vault, crazy combo's on bars at Euro 92, full beam difficulty and full in in some cases off it to boot, and MAD paced choreo with FAST combo whip thru to combo's on floor. But after 92 the only thing that remained of interest were her EXTREME cat-like stick landings that impressed me and her flare, but everything else had been lost unfortunately. Others her age increased they difficulty like Shannon etc but Gina seemed to go the other route even if it still spoke to the code it was to basic and I lost interest.

😂At the 4:00 mark you can hear coach Steve Nunno saying “…Shannon, come on now”. I’d rather watch Shannon Miller any day. Not knocking Gogean’s consistency.

Like others have said . She worked the code of points extremely well , taking advantage of some quirks in it . Most noticeable to me on beam . The 92 routine of Gutsu was much more difficult

I don't know if "unforgettable" is the word I would use to describe her gymnastics...

Well deserved silver

She was very exciting in the early 90s with some stunning skills on each event but by 96 and 97 she was completely forgettable. In this AA final against the likes of Podkopayeva, Mo, Kochetkova, Khorkina, Miller, Dawes and etc I didn't even notice she was there. Heck, even Milo and Amanar had more presence. But in the end her consistency paid off!

There's nothing wrong with being a more serious/composed performer, which is what Gina was. It's a shame the 97 beam final is what people think about when they hear her name.

👍🏻😀👍🏻

Wow! I’m surprised that her floor music was הבאנו שלום עליכם (Hebrew folklore). Always nice to hear it. Were any of the romanian coaches/ choreographers Jewish?

Her bars were bloody terrible - should never have been a 9.700.

Quite the opposite, her routines are pretty forgettable

She was so emotionless and boring.

I wouldn't call most of these routines "unforgetable" lol I do like her floor routine a lot though, all the other routines were very meh (even if adjusting for historical scoring)

wow no acro series?