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Claudia Presacan

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Gymnast

The Resume

    (December 28, 1979- )
    Olympic team Gold Medalist (2000)
    4th place on individual beam at Olympics (2000)
    Team World Championship Gold medal (1994, 95, 97)
    International of Romania: 1st All-Around (1997)

Why she might be annoying:

    She started practicing gymnastics at seven.
    As a kid, she moved to Bucharest to train to become a gymnast.
    Her nickname is Piti.
    She retired after the 2000 Olympics.
    She retired three weeks before the 1999 World Championships due to a shoulder injury. Her best friend and teammate Simona Amanar begged her to come out of retirement and rejoin the team, so she did.
    She failed her driver's test.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She appears totally nude in a gymnastic video.
    She speaks Romanian and English.
    She enjoys skiing.
    She enjoys reading mystery novels.
    Romanian team coach Octavian Belu nicknamed her 'The Little Soldier.'
    She broke her hand the day before her team left for the Atlanta Olympics and had to be replaced (1996).
    She spends St. Nikolaus Day bringing gifts to orphanages and old age homes in Bucharest.
    She tried out and was accepted as coxswain on Romania's rowing team (2001).
    At a Seattle meet, six of the eleven rowing members decided to move to the United States permanently, she and the other four decided to return to Romania.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 55 Votes: 32.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 51.06% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 62.86% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 134 Votes: 54.48% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 218 Votes: 51.38% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 324 Votes: 42.90% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 503 Votes: 47.91% Annoying