Cristina Bontas
Team Mom
During her career, Cristina was well-known for being the Romanian "Mom". She was always the first to give congrats to a teammate when she did well, or console them when things didn't go as planned.
Cristina
- Birthday-December 5, 1973
- Hometown-Bacau
- Parents-
- Siblings-1 brother, 1 sister
- Status-Retired in 1993
Etc.
- Nadia was her beam coach until her defection
- She currently coaches in Ontario, Canada
- Good friends with Lavinia Milosovici
- Cristina was the 2nd Alternate for the 1988 Olympic Games
- Following Barcelona, Bontas stayed a bit in Italy and upon returning to her country, worked a short stint for Romanian Television
- Cristina worked for 1 year at a small gymnastics club in Wales, before heading to Canada, where she currently resides
- She married Gabi Tataru in 1998 and they had a daughter in May of 1999 called Elisa
Results
- 1987 Kosice International: 1st A-A
- 1987 International Jr. Meet: 1st V, 2nd A-A, 2nd UB, 2nd FX
- 1988 Jr. Europeans: 3rd A-A, 5th V, 7th F
- 1988 Jr. Friendship Tournament: 1st FX, 2nd Team, 3rd V, 3rd B, 4th AA
- 1989 Worlds: 2nd Team, 2nd V, 3rd F, 4th A-A
- 1989 Chunichi Cup: 3rd A-A
- 1989 Europeans: 3rd V, 3rd FX, 9th AA
- 1990 Europeans: 2nd V, 7th A-A, 7th UB, 7th FX
- 1990 World Cup: 3rd B, 6th A-A, 7th V, 7th UB, 7th FX
- 1990 Romanian Nationals: 1st A-A
- 1990 Romanian Invitational: 2nd A-A
- 1990 DTB Cup: 4th A-A
- 1991 ROM vs USA: 1st Team, 7th A-A
- 1991 Worlds: 1st Floor 3rd Team, 3rd A-A, 4th V, 7th UB, 8th B
- 1991 DTB Cup: 1st FX, 2nd V, 3rd UB, 4th A-A, 4th B
- 1991 Chunich Cup: 2nd B, 2nd FX, 3rd A-A, 4th UB, 5th V
- 1991 Tokyo Cup: 2nd B, 2nd FX
- 1992 Olympics: 2nd Team, 4th AA, 3rd F, 4th
- 1992 Chunichi Cup: qst FX, 2nd AA, 2nd V, 3rd B, 6th UB
- 1992 Tokyo Cup: 1st V, 2nd B, 3rd UB 8th FX