Oana Ban
Hope for the Future
Oana Ban is a young Romanian gymnast who is now training in Deva with the national team.
Oana
- Birthday-January 11, 1986
- Hometown-Cluj-Napoca
- Middle Name-Mihaela
- Home Club- CSS Viitrolul
- Parents-Father, Vasile, Mother, older sister, Andreea
- Favorite Event-Beam
- Hobbies-Drawing, watching movies
- Favorite Actor-Jim Carrey, Jean Claude van Damme
Etc.
Ban means "coin" in Romanian
*Oana missed the 2000 Jr. Europeans because of an injury
*Oana moved to Deva in 1997 and became of the Junior National team in May of 1999
*Oana's favorite food is Ciorba, a type of soup
*Oana was just 11 days too young to be eligible for the 2001 World Championships
Results
- 1992 Romanian Junior Championships(Age 7/8)-2nd A-A
- 1993 Romanian Junior Championships(Ages 7/8)-2nd A-A
- 1994 Romanian "Little Gymnast" Competition-1st V, 3rd FX
- 1997 Romanian National Championships (Category IV)-2nd UB
- 1998 Romanian Junior Nationals-4th A-A, 1st FX
- 1999 Charleroi TopGym Tournament (Charleroi, Belgium)- 1st A-A, 3rd V, 2nd FX
- 1999 International Junior Meet (Yokohama, Japan)- 2nd A-A, 7th BB, 7th FX, 3rd V
- 1999 Junior Zoetermeer Cup (Zoetermeer, Netherlands)- 1st A-A
- 2000 International Team Championships (Syracuse, NY)- 2nd Team
- 2001 ROM vs FRA Junior Dual Meet-1st Team, 2nd A-A
- 2001 Romanian International-5th A-A(exhibition only)
- 2001 European Youth Olympic Days-1st Team, 3rd A-A, 1st V, 2nd BB, 2nd FX
- 2001 International Junior Meet- 3rd A-A