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{{Short description|Romanian gymnast (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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| caption         = Amânar at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
| fullname        = Simona Amânar
| nickname        = Simi
| country         = {{ROU}}
| formercountry   = 
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1979|10|07|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Constanța]], Romania
| hometown        = 
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| height          = 158 cm
| discipline      = WAG
| natlteam        = 1994–2000 ([[Romania women's national gymnastics team|ROM]])
| club            = 
| gym             = Deva National Training Center
| collegeteam     = 
| headcoach       = [[Octavian Bellu]]
| assistcoach     = [[Mariana Bitang]]
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| eponymousskills = [[Amanar|Amanar (vault)]]
| retired         = 2000
| show-medals     = yes
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{{MedalCountry | {{ROU}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|60px]]
{{MedalGold | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's vault|Vault]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around|All-Around]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's floor|Floor Exercise]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around|All-Around]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's floor|Floor Exercise]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)|1994 Dortmund]] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1995 Sabae]] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1995 Sabae]] | Vault }}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1997 Lausanne]] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1997 Lausanne]] | Vault }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1999 Tianjin]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1996 San Juan]] | Vault }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1997 Lausanne]] | All-Around }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1999 Tianjin]] | Vault }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1999 Tianjin]] | Floor Exercise }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup Final]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Sabae | Vault }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Sabae | Floor Exercise }}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Glasgow | Vault }}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Glasgow | Balance Beam }}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Glasgow | Floor Exercise }}
{{MedalCompetition| [[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| 1998 New York|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalBronze| 1998 New York|All Around}}
{{MedalBronze| 1998 New York|Vault}}
{{MedalBronze| 1998 New York|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1994 Stockholm | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Birmingham | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Birmingham | Vault }}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Birmingham | Uneven Bars }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 St. Petersburg | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Paris | Vault }}
{{MedalSilver | 1998 St. Petersburg | All-Around }}
{{MedalSilver | 1998 St. Petersburg | Vault }}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Paris | Balance Beam }}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 St. Petersburg | Balance Beam }}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 St. Petersburg | Floor Exercise }}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Paris | Team }}
}}

'''Simona Amânar''' ({{IPA|ro|siˈmona amɨˈnar}}; born 7 October 1979) is a [[Romania]]n former [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. She is the 2000 Olympic all-around champion, and a seven-time [[Olympics|Olympic]] and ten-time [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championship]] medalist.  Amânar helped Romania win four consecutive world team titles (1994–1999), as well as the 2000 Olympic team title.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Simona Amânar |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/simona-amanar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202204017/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/simona-amanar-1.html |archive-date=2 December 2016}}</ref> She has [[Amanar|a vault named after her]], one of the most difficult in women's gymnastics, and was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ighof.com/honorees/2007_Simona_Amanar.php |title=Simona Amanar – The International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |website=www.ighof.com |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Simona Amânar is an ethnic [[Aromanians|Aromanian]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cotidianul.ro/sunt-aromanii-in-criza-identitara/ |title=Sunt aromânii în criză identitară? |first=Adrian |last=Bucurescu |newspaper=[[Cotidianul]] |date=28 August 2016 |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/aromanii-care-au-facut-romania-mare-intra-aici-si-asculta-cea-mai-tare-melodie-dedicata-simonei-halep-947763 |title=Aromânii care au făcut România mare! Intră aici și ascultă cea mai tare melodie dedicată Simonei Halep |first1=Mihai |last1=Toma |first2=Daniel |last2=Conțescu |newspaper=[[Libertatea]] |date=4 November 2013 |language=ro}}</ref>

==Career==

===1994–1995===
In 1994, her first year on the senior national team, Amânar contributed to Romania's team titles at the [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)|World]] and [[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]].

Amânar began to excel as an individual performer at the 1995 European Cup, placing second in the all-around behind [[Svetlana Khorkina]] of Russia and winning gold on both [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]] and [[Floor (gymnastics)|floor exercise]]. At the [[1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1995 World Championships]], she helped Romania secure its second consecutive world team title and became co-champion on vault (with all-around winner [[Lilia Podkopayeva]] of Ukraine). Amânar's powerful floor routine and vaults put her in the lead after two rotations in the all-around, but she dropped to fourth after an average [[uneven bars]] routine and a shaky [[balance beam]] routine.

===1996===
Amânar won a silver medal on vault at the [[1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1996 World Championships]], behind teammate [[Gina Gogean]] and ahead of Cuba's [[Annia Hatch|Annia {{sic|hide=y|Portuondo}}-Hatch]].

At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], Amânar was one of the front-runners for several individual medals, but her Olympics started inauspiciously when she fell off the beam during the compulsories. Though she later posted the highest all-around score in the optionals (39.387, her lowest score being a 9.800 on the balance beam), her combined compulsory and optionals scores put her fourth among her teammates, and she did not qualify for the final.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/26/sports/atlanta-day-7-gymnastics-us-gymnasts-take-back-seat-in-all-around.html |title=U.S. Gymnasts Take Back Seat in All-Around |last=Clarey |first=Christopher |date=26 July 1996 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> However, in a scenario similar to the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]]'s substitution of [[Tatiana Gutsu]] for [[Rozalia Galiyeva]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/07/31/zmeskal-steps-out-then-down-world-champion-is-tearful-10th-as-gutsu-miller-reign-barcelona-92/ |title=Zmeskal steps out, then down: World champion is tearful 10th as Gutsu, Miller reign |last=Glauber |first=Bill |date=31 July 1992 |website=Baltimore Sun |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Amânar replaced her teammate [[Alexandra Marinescu]] in the all-around final.<ref name=":0" /> The Romanian head coach, [[Octavian Bellu]], said that Amânar deserved to compete because she had worked harder and was a better athlete than Marinescu. Amânar ended up sharing the bronze medal with teammate [[Lavinia Miloşovici]], behind Gogean.<ref name=":0" />

In both the 1996 Olympic all-around and the 1995 World Championships all-around, Amânar failed to score over 9.800 on the floor exercise despite well-executed and difficult tumbling. In the Olympics, she scored a 9.887 in the team optionals (the highest score of the entire Olympics on any event, for men or women), but only a 9.737 in the all-around. She did not start from a 10.0 in the all-around—despite having the most tumbling bonus points of anyone at the Games—because her tour jeté half-turn ([[Kerri Strug|Strug]]), a C element, was not completed. Thus, she did not have enough simple A, B, and C skills, and much of her D- and E-rated tumbling had to count as easier elements to fulfill those requirements. Amânar did not perform a double turn in the team optionals or the all-around because it was not necessary as long as she completed her Strug. However, when she failed to complete the Strug, four of her six tenths in D and E elements had to count toward requirements, which left her with only .2 counting toward her bonus. Without the error, Amânar would have finished ahead of Gogean and Miloşovici.

In the event finals, Amânar completed her Strug and added a double turn to fulfill the more stringent Competition III requirements. She earned a 9.850 and the silver medal, behind Podkopayeva and just ahead of [[Dominique Dawes]] of the United States. She won the vault final the day before, largely because of her 9.875 score for her double-twisting [[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko vault]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-29-ss-29267-story.html |title=After the Rest Bow Out, Chow Gets Silver Medal |last=Penner |first=Mike |date=29 July 1996 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> She left the 1996 Olympics with four medals, including Romania's team bronze.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/simona-amanar |title=Simona Amanar |date=20 June 2016 |website=olympic.org |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>

===1997–1999===
Romania won its third straight team title at the [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1997 World Championships]]. Amânar again replaced a higher-scoring Marinescu in the all-around competition and won the silver medal behind Russia's Khorkina, followed by a gold medal on vault.

In the [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1999 World Championships]], Amânar led the Romanian team to a fourth consecutive title (there was no Worlds competition in 1998). However, she fell off the bars during the all-around and placed well out of the medals. She also lost her vaulting title to Russia's [[Elena Zamolodchikova]], who dominated that event in the following years due to a more difficult second vault: a double-twisting [[Tsukahara (vault)|Tsukahara]]. Amânar won her only medal of the competition on the floor, taking home the silver behind teammate [[Andreea Răducan]].

===2000===
At the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], the Romanians edged out the Russians to take the team title—their first since [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and their first ever in a non-boycotted Olympics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/20/sports/sydney-2000-gymnastics-romania-conquers-and-americans-are-left-divided.html |title=Romania Conquers and Americans Are Left Divided |last=Roberts |first=Selena |date=20 September 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>

In the all-around, the vaulting horse was set too low by the Olympic organizers, and the favorite for the title, Svetlana Khorkina, fell on her signature vault.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100494&page=1 |title=Gymnastics: Olympic Vault Set Too Low |last=Pells |first=Eddie |date=21 September 2000 |website=ABC News |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Several other gymnasts fell or stumbled because of [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|the same problem]]. Many went on to make mistakes on their next event, knowing their medal chances were gone, only to be informed later of the error and their chance to vault again.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/22/unthinkable-error-mars-gymnastics-competition/ |title='Unthinkable' Error Mars Gymnastics Competition |last=Isaacson |first=Melissa |date=22 September 2000 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> The three Romanian women either managed to perform well on the faulty vault or vaulted after the mistake had been corrected. They swept the medals, with Răducan winning the gold, Amânar the silver, and [[Maria Olaru]] the bronze.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/22/sports/sydney-2000-gymnastics-romania-sweeps-as-controversy-swirls.html |title=Romania Sweeps as Controversy Swirls |last=Roberts |first=Selena |date=22 September 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>

Răducan was subsequently found to have used a cold medicine containing a banned substance. Although her results in other events were allowed to stand, she was stripped of her all-around gold medal, which went to Amânar.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/26/sports/sydney-2000-drug-testing-gymnast-tests-positive-and-loses-gold.html |title=Gymnast Tests Positive and Loses Gold |last=Roberts |first=Selena |date=26 September 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-26-ss-27078-story.html |title=Romanian Teenager Stripped of Gold |last=Pucin |first=Diane |date=26 September 2000 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Initially, Amânar refused to accept the medal, insisting that Răducan had rightfully earned the title. Olaru took the same stance when the silver was awarded to her.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/092600/Bre_Breakin.html#.V52TsTkrIy4 |title=Romanian gymnastics team gives up two all-around medals |date=26 September 2000 |website=juneauempire.com |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> However, they eventually reconsidered and decided to bring the medals home to Romania as symbolic victories of the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sydney/story/0,,374965,00.html |title=Bitter pill as tiny gymnast loses gold |last=Chaudhary |first=Vivek |date=29 September 2000 |website=www.theguardian.com |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Amânar continued to insist, however, that Răducan was the true Olympic all-around champion.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/gymnastics/952053.stm |title=Amanar retires as Raducan feted |date=1 October 2000 |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> 

In the event finals, Amânar had the opportunity to defend her Olympic vault title from four years earlier. However, she stumbled badly while debuting a new vault (a 2{{frac|1|2}} twisting laid-out [[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko]], which was then named after her), and did not win a medal. She went on to win bronze on floor exercise after losing points for a step out of bounds on her last tumbling pass.

==Legacy==
Amânar ranks highly (117th) on the list of most medal gymnasts in the world, with 10 World and 7 Olympic medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/simona-amanar |title=SIMONA AMANAR |publisher=Olympics.org |website=Olympic.org |access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref> She played a large role in the four consecutive World team titles and Olympic title that established Romania as the top-ranked women's gymnastics team in the world.

The '''''[[Amanar]]''''' vault<ref name=fig>[http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188050-205272-nav-list,00.html FIG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181920/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0%2C10853%2C5187-188050-205272-nav-list%2C00.html |date=21 July 2011 }} Women's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2009–2012, page 163</ref> involves a round-off entry onto the vaulting table followed by a laid-out salto with 2{{frac|1|2}} twists. Amânar first competed this skill at the 2000 Olympics. It has a difficulty score of 6.5, 6.3 and 5.8 in the women's 2009–2012, 2013–2016 and 2017–2020 [[Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)|Code of Points]].

==Post-retirement==
Amânar retired in 2000, shortly after the Olympic Games. She married Cosmin Tabără, a lawyer, on 9 March 2002, in [[Timișoara]], and gave birth to a son, Alexandru Iosif, five months later.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/simona-amanar |title=Simona AMANAR |website=olympics.com |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> She is the vice president of the [[Romanian Gymnastics Federation]].

==Eponymous skill==
Amânar has one eponymous skill in the [[Code of Points (gymnastics)|Code of Points]], the [[Amanar]] vault.<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=12 January 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Apparatus
!Name
!Description
!Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025-2028 Code of Points}}
|-
|Vault || [[Amanar]] || Round-off flic-flac on - stretched salto backward with 2½ turn (900°) off || 5.4
|}
{{notelist}}

==Competitive history==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Event
! style="width:30px;" | AA
! style="width:30px;" | Team
! 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]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''1993''' || align=left | China Cup || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Romanian Nationals || 5th || || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd
|-
| rowspan="7" | '''1994''' || align=left | American Cup || 9th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[1994 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|-
| align=left | GBR-ROM Dual Meet || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|-
| align=left | International Mixed Pairs || || 6th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Massilia Elite || 5th || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || ||
|-
| align=left | USA-ROM Dual Meet || 7th || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)|Team World Championships]] || || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="8" | '''1995''' || align=left | European Cup || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || style="background:gold;" | 1st || 5th || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || style="background:gold;" | 1st
|-
| align=left | FRA-ROM Dual Meet || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|-
| align=left | French International || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || || || || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || 5th
|-
| align=left | GBR-ROM Dual Meet || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Kosice Cup || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:silver;" | 2nd
|-
| align=left | ROM-GER Dual Meet || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Romanian Nationals || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || ||
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || 4th || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || 6th
|-
| rowspan="7" | '''1996''' || align=left | [[1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || 4th || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:gold;" | 1st || 5th || 7th
|-
| align=left | French International || || || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || 5th || ||
|-
| align=left | Hungarian International || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | ITA-BLR-ROM-RUS Meet || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | International Championships of Romania || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || || ||
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || ||
|- bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' || style="background:#c96;" | '''3rd''' || style="background:#c96;" | '''3rd''' || style="background:gold;" | '''1st''' || '''5th''' || || style="background:silver;" | '''2nd'''
|-
| rowspan="6" | '''1997'''<!-- || || || || || || || -->
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || ||
|-
| align=left | Chunichi Cup || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Blume Memorial || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | DTB Cup || || || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || 6th || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd
|-
| align=left | Arthur Gander Memorial || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | '''1998''' || align=left | [[1998 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || ||
|-
| align=left | Chunichi Cup || 6th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | DTB Cup || || || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:silver;" | 2nd
|-
| align=left | Romanian International || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:gold;" | 1st
|-
| align=left | Swiss Cup || || || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd
|-
| rowspan="6" | '''1999'''<!-- || || || || || || || -->
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || 14th || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || style="background:silver;" | 2nd
|-
| align=left | Chunichi Cup || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Arthur Gander Memorial || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Romanian International || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:gold;" | 1st
|-
| align=left | International Mixed Pairs || style="background:gold;" | 1st || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | '''2000''' || align=left | [[2000 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || 8th || style="background:#c96;" | 3rd || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || 5th
|- bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' || style="background:gold;" | '''1st''' || style="background:gold;" | '''1st''' || '''6th''' || || || style="background:#c96;" | '''3rd'''
|-
| align=left | Chunichi Cup || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Cottbus World Cup || || || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || 7th || style="background:silver;" | 2nd
|-
| align=left | Romanian International || style="background:silver;" | 2nd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | National Championships || style="background:gold;" | 1st || || || || ||
|}

==See also==

* [[List of Olympic female gymnasts for Romania]]
* [[List of Olympic medal leaders in women's gymnastics]]
* [[List of top female medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.romanian-gymnastics.com/profiles/2000olympics/simona_amanar.htm Bio at romanian-gymnastics.com]
* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/amanar.html List of competitive results at Gymn Forum]
* [http://www.gymnaflash.com/v_simona_amanar_a.htm Amânar (vault skills)]
* {{FIG|bio=21898|lic=172}}
* {{IGHOF}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{COSR profile|new_id=amanar-simona|old_id=simona-amanar}}

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Gymnasts from Constanța]]
[[Category:Aromanian sportspeople]]
[[Category:Romanian people of Aromanian descent]]
[[Category:Romanian female artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Olympic gymnasts for Romania]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World champion gymnasts]]
[[Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]
[[Category:European champions in gymnastics]]
[[Category:Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in gymnastics]]