Sabina Cojocar

Sabina Carolina Cojocar (born 23 October 1985) is a Romanian retired international elite artistic gymnast and singer.

After one year, Cojocar was accepted as a member of the senior national team in Deva, under the direct guidance of head coach Octavian Bellu.

She won the all-around title, upsetting more established gymnasts, such as Russia's Svetlana Khorkina, and earned a bronze medal on the floor exercise.

Her first major senior event was later in the year at the 2001 World Championships in Ghent, Belgium, where she placed first with the Romanian team, sixth in the all-around, and fourth on beam.

In early 2002, she was one of the gymnasts affected when Bellu decided to send the entire senior national team home from the Deva training center.

[7] She claimed the she had complained of weakness and of severe muscle and ligament pain, but Bellu forced her to continue training and take the medication.