First Lady of Romanian Gymnastics dies

Elena Lehniuc was born in Cernauti (in the later Republic of Moldova) in 1935.

It seems she has passed on.

That according to FanGymnastics – Romanian gymnastics blog.

Elena was one of the Bronze medal winning Team at the Olympic Games in Melbourne (1956), the first Romanian Olympic medal in gymnastics.

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Read a long, rambling article on FanGymnastics – Elena Leusteanu – The First Lady of Romanian Gymnastics

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