Mariana Bitang

Mariana Bitang is a coach for the Romanian national women's artistic gymnastics team. Along with her partner, Octavian Bellu, she helped Romania win five consecutive team gold medals at the World [Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships] from 1994 to 2001 and team gold medals at the 2000 [Summer Olympics|2000] and 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2005, Bitang retired from coaching and became an adviser to Romanian President Traian Băsescu. She and Bellu began coaching the women's team again in 2010.