Sandra Raluca Izbașa (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsandra izˈbaʃa]; born 18 June 1990) is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania. She is a double Olympic champion, having won the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and vault at the 2012 Olympics. She is also a winner of two Olympic bronze medals (as part of the Romanian team in 2008 and 2012) and multiple World Championship and European Championship medals.
In April, Izbașa competed at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Volos, Greece, where she helped the Romanian team finish in second place. In event finals, she placed seventh on vault, scoring 13.950; third on balance beam, scoring 15.300; and first on floor, scoring 15.550.
In October, she competed at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. She helped the Romanian team place fourth and placed third in the individual all-around with a score of 60.250. In event finals, she placed eighth on vault, scoring 14.562; second on balance beam, scoring 15.500; and sixth on floor, scoring 15.375.
In November, Izbașa competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Glasgow, United Kingdom. She placed third on balance beam with a score of 15.025, and first on floor with a score of 15.300.
In March, Izbașa competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Paris. She placed sixth on vault, scoring 13.937; fifth on balance beam, scoring 14.950; and third on floor, scoring 14.950.
The following month, she competed at the 2007 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Amsterdam. She placed second in the all-around final with a score of 59.900. In event finals, she placed eighth on vault, scoring 13.975, and second on balance beam, scoring 15.525. She also qualified to the floor finals but had to withdraw due to injury.
In September, Izbașa competed at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. She helped the Romanian team place third, and finished ninth individually with a score of 59.225. In event finals, she placed eighth on floor, scoring 14.525.
In April, Izbașa competed at the 2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Clermond-Ferrand, France. She contributed scores of 15.075 on vault, 15.350 on balance beam, and 15.750 on floor toward the Romanian team's first-place finish. In event finals, she placed second on balance beam, scoring 15.450, and first on floor, scoring 15.775.
Later in April, she competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Cottbus, Germany. She placed third on balance beam, scoring 15.300, and first on floor, scoring 15.300.
In August, Izbașa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She contributed scores of 15.100 on vault, 15.600 on balance beam, and 15.550 on floor toward the Romanian team's third-place finish. Individually, she placed eighth in the all-around final with a score of 60.750, and she won the floor final with a score of 15.650.
In December, she competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup final in Madrid. She placed fourth on balance beam, scoring 14.925, and third on floor, scoring 15.000.
In March, Izbașa competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy. Shortly thereafter, she competed at the 2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Milan, Italy, where she placed seventh in the floor final with a score of 13.900. In April, she was featured on the cover of International Gymnast Magazine for her Olympic achievements.
Later in 2009, she enrolled as a student at the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.
In September, Izbașa tore her right Achilles tendon and injured her hand while performing a piked full-in back-out on floor. She had surgery to repair the tendon.
In September, Izbașa returned to competition at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. She won the floor final with a score of 14.325. Later in September, she competed at the Romanian National Championships in Reșița, where she placed second on vault, scoring 14.400; second on balance beam, scoring 14.800; and first on floor, scoring 15.150.
In October, she competed at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam. She contributed scores of 14.700 on vault, 14.333 on balance beam, and 14.200 on floor toward the Romanian team's fourth-place finish. In event finals, she placed seventh on floor with a score of 13.983. Before the competition, she said, "I don't plan on winning any (individual) medals. For me the most important thing is to come back and help my team. The fact that I can lend a hand to help the girls in the team competition matters most. I watched several videos of the Russian and American women. The gymnasts are strong and the competition will be quite high."
In March, Izbașa competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Paris. She won the floor final with a score of 14.833.
In April, she competed at the 2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Berlin. She placed first on vault with a score of 14.525 and first on floor with a score of 14.600.