Anca Gabriela Grigoraș (later Mihăilescu, born 8 November 1957) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who won team silver medals at the 1976 Olympics and the 1978 World Championships. Individually, she was a European bronze medalist on balance beam in 1973.

Anca Grigoraș
Personal information
Country represented Romania
Born (1957-11-08) 8 November 1957 (age 66)
Comănești, Romania[1]
HometownBucharest
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelElite
ClubCS Dinamo București[2]
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Strasbourg Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1973 London Beam

She began her training at the Onesti "Flacara" (The Flame) sports club at age 9, and in 1972 moved to CS Dinamo Bucuresti. While at Flacara Onesti, she was twice Romanian national champion, in 1972 and 1973.

After retiring from competition, Grigoraș coached gymnasts at her native club, Dinamo Bucharest. Since 1990, she has been a national coach and a technical director at the Romanian Gymnastics Federation.[3] She is also an international referee, and has been a member of the UEG Women's Technical Committee. She has received the honors of Master Emeritus of Sport, Trainer Emeritus, and the National Cross for "Faithful Service", II-a class[2]

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