Melita Ruhn

Melita Ruhn (later Fleischer, born 19 April 1965) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Ruhn took up gymnastics aged seven at Sport School Club Sibiu coached by Ana Crihan and Adrian Goreac.

[4] Together with Nadia Comăneci, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Dumitriţa Turner and Marilena Vlădărău, Ruhn was a member of the gold-winning team at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

[5] Individually she won the bronze medals in the all around and in the floor event and placed seventh on vault and eighth on balance beam.

They wanted to get married but the Romanian communist government only gave them their approval two years later, so she only managed to leave Romania in 1990.