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Dan Potra
Personal information
Full nameDan Nicolae Potra
Born (1979-07-28) 28 July 1979 (age 46)
Timișoara, Romania
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
SportMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Romania Romania
ClubDinamo Bucharest
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Patras All-around
Gold medal – first place 2002 Patras Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Ljubljana Team

Dan Nicolae Potra (born 28 July 1979) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. He is the 2002 European all-around champion and a two-time European team champion (2002, 2004). He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a team bronze medal

Early life

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Potra was born on 28 July 1979 in Timișoara, Romania.[1] He began artistic gymnastics at the age of five and was a member of the junior national team from 1992 until 1996.[2] He moved to Bucharest in 1998 for his training.[3]

Gymnastics career

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Potra joined the senior national team in 2000.[2] He competed at the 2001 American Team Cup, where Romania finished third behind the United States and China.[4] After winning the 2001 Romanian all-around title, he was selected to compete at the 2001 World Championships.[2] There, he helped Romania place sixth in the team final, and he placed fourth in the individual all-around final.[5][6]

At the 2002 European Championships, Potra competed with the Romanian team that won the gold medal. He then won the gold medal in the all-around final despite a mistake on the floor exercise.[3]

Potra competed at the 2003 American Cup and placed fifth.[7] He competed with the Romanian team that finished fifth at the 2003 World Championships.[8] He placed 26th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into the final.[9]

Potra won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the 2004 Romanian International.[10] He won a gold medal with the Romanian team at the 2004 European Championships.[11] He then represented Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the team won the bronze medal behind Japan and the United States. Individually, he placed 26th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into the final.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dan Potra". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Dan Nicolae Potra". Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b "After the victory with his team, Dan Potra wins the individual title". European Gymnastics. 27 April 2002. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. ^ "U.S. Men Win 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup". USA Gymnastics. 30 March 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  5. ^ "2001 World Championships - Ghent, Belgium October 27-November 5, 2001 Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Chinese gymnast wins world title". United Press International. 1 November 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  7. ^ "2003 VISA American Cup All Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 1 March 2003. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  8. ^ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim (USA) August 16-24, 2003 Finals Men". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  9. ^ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim (USA) August 16-24, 2003 Qualification Individual Men". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Host dominated Romanian Internationals". Gym Media. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  11. ^ "26th European Championships Men's Seniors Artistic Gymnastics". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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