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{{short description|Romanian artistic gymnast (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox gymnast
| name            = Daniela Silivaș
| image           = Daniela Silivaş 1987.jpg
| image_size      =
| caption         = Silivaș in 1987
| full_name       = Daniela Viorica Silivaș-Harper
| nickname        = Dana
| country         = {{GYM National Team|ROU|WAG|flagyear=1965}}
| formercountry   = 
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|05|09}}
| birth_place     = [[Deva, Romania|Deva]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]]
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| height          = 1.45 m
| discipline      = WAG
| natlteam        = 1985–1989
| club            = 
| gym             = Deva National Training Center
| collegeteam     = 
| headcoach       = Adrian Goreac, Maria Cosma, [[Octavian Bellu]]<ref name=cosr>[http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/daniela-silivas Daniela Viorica Silivas]. [[Romanian Olympic Committee]]</ref>
| assistcoach     = 
| formercoach     = [[Béla Károlyi]], [[Márta Károlyi]]
| choreographer   = 
| music           = 1985–1986: "[[Turkey in the Straw]]"/"[[Cotton Eye Joe]]" <br /> 1987: "Ochi Chernye"/"[[Dark Eyes (Russian song)|Dark Eyes]]" <br /> 1988: "Macho Mozart" <small>by the [[Latin Rascals]]</small> <br /> 1989: "[[Ciuleandra]]"
| eponymousskills = Silivaș mount (balance beam): shoulder stand–pirouette to chest stand ; floor: double twisting double back tucked somersault
| retired         = 1991
| show-medals     = yes
| medaltemplates  = <!-- see [[Template:MedalRelatedTemplates]] -->
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|60px]]
{{MedalGold|[[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|Balance Beam}}
{{MedalGold|[[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|All-Around}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|Vault}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1985 Montreal]]|Balance Beam}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1987 Rotterdam]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1987 Rotterdam]]|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1987 Rotterdam]]|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalGold|[[1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Stuttgart]]|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Stuttgart]]|Balance Beam}}
{{MedalGold|[[1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Stuttgart]]|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1985 Montreal]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Stuttgart]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1987 Rotterdam]]|All-Around}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup Final]]}}
{{MedalSilver|1986 Beijing|All-Around}}
{{MedalSilver|1986 Beijing|Balance Beam}}
{{MedalBronze|1986 Beijing|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1987 Moscow]]|All-Around}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Moscow|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Moscow|Balance Beam}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Moscow |Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalGold|[[1989 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Brussels]]|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|1987 Moscow|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|1989 Brussels|All-Around}}
{{MedalSilver|1989 Brussels|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1985 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1985 Helsinki]]|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalBronze|1989 Brussels|Balance Beam}} 
}}

'''Daniela Viorica Silivaș-Harper''' ({{nee|'''Silivaș'''}}, {{IPA|ro|daniˈela vi.oˈrika siliˈvaʃ|lang}}; born 9 May 1972) is a [[Romanians|Romanian]] former [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]] best known for medaling in every single event at one Olympics, winning six medals (three gold, two silver, and one bronze) at the [[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Games]] in [[Seoul]]. In doing so, she was the fourth female gymnast to achieve this, after [[Maria Gorokhovskaya]] (1952), [[Larisa Latynina]] (1960, 1964) and [[Věra Čáslavská]] (1968). As of 2024, Silivaș is the last gymnast, male or female, to have accomplished this feat.

Also, Silivaș is the first gymnast in history to win 3 Olympic and World individual titles on three (from four) apparatus: uneven bars and floor (1988 OG, 1987 and 1989 WC) and beam (1988 OG, 1985 and 1989 WC), an achievement equaled only by [[Simone Biles]], 20 years later. She won 16 Olympic and World medals, 10 of which were gold. In 1987, she dominated the [[1987 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] held in Moscow, medaling on every single event: 4 gold (individual AA, bars, beam and floor) and silver on vault. During her career, she earned 24 [[Perfect 10 (gymnastics)|perfect 10]] scores, of which 7 were earned in Seoul, equaling 1976 [[Nadia Comăneci]]'s record. She was named the [[BTA Best Balkan Athlete of the Year]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bta.bg/bg/news/sport/bg/816349-vsichki-pobediteli-v-anketata-na-bta-sportist-na-balkanite-|title= Всички победители в анкетата на БТА "Спортист на Балканите"|date=January 17, 2025 |publisher=www.bta.bg|author=Dimitar Veliov |access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref>

Silivaș was chosen as one of the "Top Ten All-Around Gymnasts of All Time", in a poll in ''Inside Gymnastics'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidegymnastics.com/news/article.asp?article=speaktopten|title=Speak Out: Top Ten Gymnasts of All Time|date=16 May 2005|website=www.insidegymnastics.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060308032440/http://www.insidegymnastics.com/news/article.asp?article=speaktopten|archive-date=8 March 2006|access-date=13 August 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was known for her technical excellence, difficult routines, charming performances, and artistic flair.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mWNlw0iGkA Daniela Silivas, Class of 2002, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]. youtube.com</ref>

In 1989, Silivaș's training was hampered by a knee injury and by the closure of the Deva National Training Center during the [[Romanian Revolution]]. She retired in 1991 and moved to the United States, where she is now a gymnastics coach. In 2002, she was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=ighf>[http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_silivas.html International Gymnastics Hall of Fame] Daniela Silivas – Romania {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504134301/http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_silivas.html |date=4 May 2007 }}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Silivaș was born in [[Deva, Romania|Deva]], [[Romania]], on 9 May 1972. She began gymnastics at age 6 and was coached by [[Béla Károlyi]] for six months before his defection in 1981. Silivaș won her school's championships in 1980, and was the Romanian junior national champion in 1981 and 1982. She continued to compete in various junior meets through 1984, with a particularly strong showing at the 1984 Junior European Championships, where she won the [[balance beam]] title, earned silver medals on the [[uneven bars]] and [[floor exercise]], and placed fourth in the all-around. At the 1984 Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba), she won gold medals in the all-around and uneven bars over a strong field that included future Olympic and World medalists [[Svetlana Boguinskaya]], [[Aurelia Dobre]], and [[Dagmar Kersten]].<ref name="greats">{{cite web |url=http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/silivas.htm |title=Whatever happened to Daniela Silivas? |publisher=Gymnastics Greats |date=2001–2005 |access-date=27 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030052557/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/silivas.htm |archive-date=30 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/Druzhba/Women/1984.html |title=Results from 198 Druzhba competition |publisher=Gymn-Forum |access-date=26 December 2007}}</ref>

==Senior career==
===Age falsification===
In 1985, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation [[Age controversies in gymnastics|changed Silivaș's birth year]] from 1972 to 1970 to make her age eligible for the [[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in [[Montreal]]. The falsification was suspected by some, but was never proven until Silivaș herself revealed it in 2002. She stated that she was never consulted about the matter: officials simply gave her a new passport, called her attention to the birth date, and informed her that she was now 15.<ref name="prosport">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgymrank.com/IOC04.html |title=Daniela Silivas discusses her age |publisher=ProSport |date=30 June 2002 |access-date=26 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430181022/http://www.worldgymrank.com/IOC04.html |archive-date=30 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2002/04/18/romania_ap/ |title=Romanian gymnasts lied about age |publisher=CNN/Sports Illustrated |date=18 April 2002 |access-date=26 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021011031543/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2002/04/18/romania_ap/ |archive-date=11 October 2002}}</ref><ref name="IGHOF">{{cite web |url=http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_silivas.html |title=Profile at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |publisher=International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |access-date=26 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030190750/http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_silivas.html |archive-date=30 October 2007}}</ref><ref name=r1/>

===1985–1987===
Although she was only 13 at the 1985 Worlds, Silivaș scored a perfect 10 en route to capturing the balance beam title, defeating the reigning Olympic champion, her teammate [[Ecaterina Szabo]], in the process. She finished behind reigning co-world champion [[Yelena Shushunova]] in the individual all-around at the 1986 World Cup and quickly established herself as the leader of the Romanian gymnastics team.<ref name=IGHOF /><ref name="results">{{cite web |url=http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/silivas.html |title=List of competitive results |publisher=Gymn-Forum |access-date=26 December 2007}}</ref>

Silivaș's greatest triumph took place at the 1987 European Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, where she won the individual all-around, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise titles in addition to taking a silver medal on the [[vault (gymnastics)|vault]]. At the time, every dominant nation in women's gymnastics was located in Europe, and winning the European title over a deep field of Soviet, East German, and Bulgarian gymnasts was a major victory.<ref name="greats" />

[[File:Daniela Silivaş 1987b.jpg|thumb|300px|Silivaș at the 1987 World Championships]]
At the [[1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1987 World Championships]] in Rotterdam, Silivaș helped the Romanian squad win the team title, defeating the Soviet team for the first time since 1979. She was a favorite for the all-around title, but—hampered by low scores carried over from the team optionals, where she had fallen on the balance beam on a split leap, as well as a shaky uneven bars routine in the all-around—she still managed to win the bronze medal behind teammate Aurelia Dobre and Shushunova, especially due to her strong scores, including two perfect 10.00s, during the team compulsory round. In the event finals, she won gold medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise.<ref name=results />

===1988 Olympics ===
At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, the Romanian team finished second to the Soviets. Individually, Silivaș was one of the favorites, along with Dobre and Shushunova, for the all-around title.<ref name="NYT2">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/sports/the-seoul-olympics-the-games-from-archery-to-yachting-gymnastics.html |title=The Games, From Archery to Yachting: Gymnastics |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=26 December 2007 |date=11 September 1988}}</ref>

The all-around was a hotly anticipated battle between Silivaș, the technician and dancer, and Shushunova, the powerhouse and tumbler. Both received scores of 10.0 on floor. Shushunova received her second 10.0 on vault; Silivaș received hers on the uneven bars. Silivaș was in the lead entering the final rotation, but a score of 9.950 on the vault dropped her to second place, 0.025 behind Shushunova.<ref name="seoul1">{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/1388/IG.html |title=It's History: IG Looks back at the 1988 Olympics |publisher=International Gymnast |year=1998 |access-date=26 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206101713/http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/1388/IG.html |archive-date=6 December 2007}}</ref>

Silivaș's score on vault came under particular scrutiny. Of the six judges on the panel, three gave her first vault a 10.0; two others gave her 9.9s. However, the Soviet judge on the panel, [[Nellie Kim]], gave her a 9.8. On her second vault, Silivaș took a hop on her landing; all six judges gave her 9.9s. Silivaș was visibly upset after Shushunova's scores were posted and at the medal ceremony; according to a report in ''International Gymnast,'' she said, "After my last vault, I thought maybe I should be the champion."<ref name=seoul1 /> However, she did not argue the results publicly. Her former coach, Bela Károlyi, noted, "This kid had the honesty and decency to shut up. She didn’t want to say 'I’m better' because she knows Shushunova is the Olympic champion, but she couldn’t praise a rival. So she just didn’t say a word. These kids have more decency than all the judges and coaches in the world."<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/26/sports/the-seoul-olympics-gymnastics-who-s-the-best-mum-s-the-word.html |title=Who's the Best? Mum's the Word |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=26 December 2007 |date=26 September 1988 |author=Mifflin, Lawrie}}</ref>

In spite of the controversy, no score protests were ever filed by Silivaș, her coaches, or her federation, and no disciplinary measures were taken against any of the judges. In addition, even though Kim's first mark was considered questionable by many fans, it did not figure into Silivaș's final score: in 1988, the highest and lowest marks of the panel were dropped, and the final score was the average of the remaining four marks. Also, in spite of her vault score, Silivaș's all-around total was higher than that of Shushunova: if the competition had been held under the [[Artistic gymnastics#New Life|New Life]] rule, she would have won. In the third rotation, Shushunova was awarded 10s for her floor exercise by every judge except the Romanian judge, who gave her a 9.9, which did not count towards her final score.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymn-forum.net/results/Olympics/1988_Seoul/1988_women_aa.html |title=Scores from 1988 Olympics AA |publisher=Gymn-Forum |access-date=26 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124185833/http://gymn-forum.net/Results/Olympics/1988_Seoul/1988_women_aa.html |archive-date=24 January 2009}}</ref>

Silivaș returned in the event finals to win gold medals on the uneven bars, floor, and beam, as well as bronze on vault behind Soviet [[Svetlana Boguinskaya]] (gold) and teammate [[Gabriela Potorac]] (silver). In doing this, she became the only gymnast in Seoul to win medals in every event (team, all-around, and the four apparatus finals). She also equaled [[Nadia Comăneci]]'s record of seven perfect 10 scores in a single Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2001/july.html |title=Twenty-five years of perfection |publisher=International Gymnast |date=18 July 2001 |access-date=26 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010828222526/http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2001/july.html |archive-date=28 August 2001}}</ref>

===Post-Olympics===
Despite a serious knee injury in 1989, Silivaș successfully defended her floor exercise title at the European Championships and won three additional medals. In the all-around, she placed second to Svetlana Boguinskaya. Still injured, she went to the [[1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1989 World Championships]], where she placed 12th in the all-around after falling from the balance beam. In event finals, however, she captured three more gold medals on the bars, beam, and floor.<ref name=results />

After several more competitions in 1989, Silivaș underwent surgery on her knee. She intended to start training again afterwards, but the National Training Center at Deva was closed during the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]], putting an early end to her career.

==Life after gymnastics==
Silivaș retired from gymnastics in 1991 and moved to the United States, settling in [[Atlanta]].<ref name=r1/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/gimnastica/articles01/silivas.html |title=Daniela Silivaș, 10 years later |publisher=Gazeta Sporturilor |year=2001 |access-date=26 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808133922/http://geocities.com/gimnastica/articles01/silivas.html |archive-date=8 August 2009}}</ref> In 2002, she was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]]; she still holds the record as the youngest gymnast to receive this honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2002/june.html |title=Hall of Fame celebration continues |publisher=International Gymnast |date=June 2002 |access-date=26 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020721103634/http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2002/june.html |archive-date=21 July 2002}}</ref>

Silivaș works full-time as a gymnastics coach at Jump Start Gymnasium in [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]]. In May 2003, she married Scott Harper, a sports management graduate living in the Atlanta area. The couple have three children: two sons, Jadan Scott (born 8 April 2004) and Rylan Bryce Harper (born October 2009), and a daughter, Ava Luciana (born 8 November 2005). They live in [[Marietta, Georgia]].<ref name=greats /><ref name=r1/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/events/2004/europeans/champions/silivas.html |title=Daniela Silivas |publisher=International Gymnast |year=2004 |access-date=26 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040508164158/http://www.intlgymnast.com/events/2004/europeans/champions/silivas.html |archive-date=8 May 2004}}</ref>

==Skills==
The hallmarks of Silivaș's gymnastics were her impeccable form and execution, difficulty, and expressive dance. Many of the skills she performed in the 1988 Olympics still carry high difficulty ratings in the ''[[Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)|Code of Points]]'' today including the "Silivas" on floor, which is a double-twisting double back tucked somersault and has the third highest difficulty assignment of "H" in women's gymnastics. Between 1985 and 1988, the highlights of Silivaș's routines included:

'''Vault'''

* Tucked Yurchenko full
* Layout Yurchenko full

'''Uneven bars'''

* Stalder 1/2 pirouette directly into Endo 1/2 pirouette
* Straddled Deltchev
* Straddled Tkatchev
* Shaposhnikova transition
* Free hip frontaway to front 1/2 dismount

'''Balance beam'''

* The "Silivaș" mount: shoulder stand–pirouette to chest stand
* Back handspring, two layout step-outs
* Back handspring, layout on two feet
* Aerial front walkover
* Double back tuck dismount

'''Floor exercise'''

* "Back to back" tumbling: Round-off, back handspring, double twist, punch front, round-off, back handspring, double twist, punch front.
* Triple twist
* Double twisting double back tuck ("Silivaș")
* Tucked full-in
* Piked full-in
* Double back tuck
* Double tour–double pirouette
* The "Silivaș" skill, which involved spinning on the ankles

===Eponymous skills===
Silivaș has two eponymous skills listed in the [[Code of Points (gymnastics)|Code of Points]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2022–2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=110, 167 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Apparatus
!Name
!Description
![[Code of Points (gymnastics)#Table of elements|Difficulty]]{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}}
|-
|Balance beam || Silivaș || Jump with ½ turn (180°) over shoulder to neck stand, ½ turn (180°) to chest stand || B (0.2)
|-
|Floor exercise || Silivaș || Double salto backward tucked with 2/1 turn (720°) || H (0.8)
|}
{{notelist}}

==Competitive history==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
! align=center|Year
! align=center|Event
! style="width:30px;"|Team
! style="width:30px;"|AA
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]]
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]]
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
|-
! colspan="8" | '''Junior'''
|-
| rowspan="1" | '''1981'''
| align=left | Daciada || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''1982'''
| align=left | Junior Romanian Championships || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || || {{gold1}}||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | Peace Cup || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Romanian Cup || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''1983'''
| align=left | International Junior Championships || ||{{gold1}} || || ||4 ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | Romanian Championships || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="8" | '''1984'''
| align=left | Blume Memorial || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Coca-Cola International || ||{{silver2}} || ||{{bronze3}} ||{{bronze3}} ||
|-
| align=left | Junior Balkan Championships || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | Junior European Championships || ||4 || ||{{silver2}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | Junior Friendship Tournament || {{silver2}}||{{gold1}} || ||{{gold1}} ||4 ||{{bronze3}}
|-
| align=left | Moscow News || ||8 ||8 || ||{{gold1}} ||5
|-
| align=left | Paris Grand Prix || ||{{silver2}} || || ||{{gold1}} ||
|-
| align=left | Riga International || ||{{silver2}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}} ||{{silver2}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
! colspan="8" | '''Senior'''
|-
| rowspan="14" | '''1985{{efn|name=Daniela's age was falsified in order for her to compete at the [[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]].}}'''
| align=left | [[McDonald's American Cup]] || ||{{bronze3}} || || ||{{gold1}} ||
|-
| align=left | Balkan Championships ||{{gold1}} ||{{bronze3}} || ||{{silver2}} ||{{bronze3}} ||{{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | Champions All || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | DTB Cup || ||5 || || 5||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | ESP-ROM Dual Meet ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[1985 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || 8|| || ||5 ||{{bronze3}}
|-
| align=left | FRG-ROM-SUI Tri-Meet ||{{gold1}} ||{{bronze3}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Gander Memorial || ||{{silver2}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | HOL-ROM Dual Meet ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | International Championships of Romania || || {{gold1}}|| || || ||
|-
| align=left | International Mixed Pairs ||{{bronze3}} || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Romanian Championships || ||{{silver2}} || || || {{gold1}}||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | ROM-CSSR Dual Meet ||{{gold1}} ||4 || || || ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF 
| align=left | [[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || {{silver2}}||7 || || ||{{gold1}} ||4
|-
| rowspan="9" | '''1986'''
| align=left | Ahoy Cup || || ||{{bronze3}} ||{{gold1}} || ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | Antibes International || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | Balkan Championships ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || || {{gold1}}|| {{gold1}}||
|-
| align=left | DTB Cup || ||{{gold1}} || || {{gold1}}|| {{gold1}}||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | ESP-ROM-BUL Tri-Meet || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | International Championships of Romania || ||{{gold1}} || ||{{silver2}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | Romanian Championships || ||{{gold1}} || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} ||
|-
| align=left | ROM-CSSR Dual Meet ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[1986 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] || || {{silver2}}||4 ||{{bronze3}} ||{{silver2}} ||4
|-
| rowspan="9" | '''1987'''
| align=left | Avignon International || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | DTB Cup || ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}} ||{{bronze3}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[1987 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | Gander Memorial || ||{{silver2}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | ITA-ROM Dual Meet ||{{gold1}} ||{{bronze3}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Romanian Championships || ||{{gold1}} || || {{gold1}}||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | SUI-ROM Dual Meet || {{gold1}}||{{silver2}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Swiss Cup || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF 
| align=left | [[1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] ||{{gold1}} || {{bronze3}}|| ||{{gold1}} || ||{{gold1}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | '''1988'''
| align=left | Chunichi Cup || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | DTB Cup || ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}} || {{silver2}}||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | International Championships of Romania || ||{{gold1}} || {{silver2}}||{{gold1}} || ||
|-bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' ||{{silver2}} ||{{silver2}} ||{{bronze3}} ||{{gold1}} || {{gold1}}||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | ROM-CSSR-SUI Tri-Meet ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Tokyo Cup || || || ||{{gold1}} || ||{{gold1}}
|-
| rowspan="7" | '''1989'''
| align=left | Blume Memorial || || {{gold1}}|| || || ||
|-
| align=left | Chunichi Cup || ||4 || || || ||
|-bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[1989 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || ||{{silver2}} ||4 ||{{silver2}} ||{{bronze3}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | French International || ||{{gold1}} ||6 ||{{silver2}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | International Championships of Romania || ||{{gold1}} ||{{silver2}} || {{gold1}}|| {{gold1}}||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | Tokyo Cup || || || || ||7 ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF 
| align=left | [[1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] ||{{silver2}} ||12 || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| rowspan="1" | '''1991'''
| align=left | World Professional Championships || || || || ||6 ||6
|}{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=Daniela's age was falsified in order for her to compete at the [[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]].|Daniela's age was falsified in order for her to compete at the [[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]].}}
}}
<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniela Silivas (ROM) |url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/silivas.html |website=Gymn Forum |access-date=26 July 2022 |date=31 January 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games]]
*[[List of Olympic female gymnasts for Romania]]
*[[List of top Olympic gymnastics medalists]]
*[[List of top medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=r1>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/daniela-silivas-1.html |title=Daniela Silivaș |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164044/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/daniela-silivas-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Daniela Silivaș}}
* {{FIG|bio=21939|lic=679|name=Daniela Silivas}}
* {{IGHOF}}
* {{Olympics.com|daniela-silivas|Daniela Silivas|org_archive=20160919103214}}
* {{COSR|new_id=silivas-daniela-viorica|name=Daniela Viorica Silivas|old_id=daniela-silivas}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|si/daniela-silivas-1|archive=20161203234941}}
* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/silivas.html Daniela Silivas] at Gymn Forum
* [http://www.gymnaflash.com/f_silivas_a.htm Silivaș(Floor Exercise skills)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170423155241/http://jurnalul.ro/scinteia/special/ultima-mare-reprezentatie-a-danielei-silivas-525870.html Ultima mare reprezentaţie a Danielei Silivaş], 3 noiembrie 2009, Marius Mihalcea, ''Jurnalul Național''

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