Cătălina Ponor

Cătălina Ponor (born 20 August 1987) is a Romanian artistic gymnast.

She won three gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, on balance beam, floor, and as part of the Romanian team.

She also obtained a silver medal on floor and a bronze medal as part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as multiple World Championship and European Championship medals.

Ponor was born in Constanta.

In 2002, Ponor was discovered training in Constanţa by the Romanian national team coaches Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang who invited her to train with the national team.

In August, Ponor competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Ponor was the first female gymnast to win three gold medals at a single Olympics.

At the end of July, Ponor competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

She helped the Romanian team qualify to the team final and individually she qualified to the balance beam final with a score of 15.033 and the floor final with a score of 14.600.