Sonia Iovan

Sonia Iovan-Inovan (29 September 1935 – 6 September 2024) was a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympic Games.^[1] She was a double Olympic bronze medalist, a bronze world medalist and a multiple European medalist.^[2][3][4][5] Iovan died in France on 6 September 2024, at the age of 88.^[6]

Sonia Iovan
Iovan in 1964
Personal information
Full name	Sonia Iovan-Inovan
Born	(1935-09-29)29 September 1935 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Died	6 September 2024(2024-09-06) (aged 88) La Chapelle-de-Brain, France
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Romania
Medal record Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team 1956 Melbourne Team World Championships 1958 Moscow Team European Championships 1959 Krakow Beam 1957 Bucharest Beam 1959 Krakow All around 1957 Bucharest All around 1957 Bucharest Vault