Corina Georgiana Ungureanu (born August 29, 1980, in Ploieşti, Romania) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed internationally from 1993 to 1999. She was part of the gold medal-winning Romanian teams at the 1997 and 1999 World Gymnastics Championships and was the 1998 European Champion on floor exercise. Ungureanu began gymnastics at the Petrolul Ploieşti club and later trained in Bucharest and at the national center in Deva under coaches Leana Sima and Octavian Belu. She retired in 1999 due to a spinal cord injury.
After retiring, Ungureanu posed nude for Playboy Romania in January 2000, with images also published in Playboy Japan, leading to the release of two nude photobooks and DVDs featuring her and former teammates. Some material showed them in official Romanian team leotards, which caused controversy. As a result, Ungureanu and her teammates were banned from coaching or competing in Romania from 2002 to 2007. She coached in Italy and later in England. Her authorized biography was published in 2004. Ungureanu has worked as a spokesmodel and currently manages a coffee shop in Ploieşti. She posed for Playboy Romania again in March 2008.
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