Career
She was best known for her powerful tumbling, her innovative 1986-1987 floor exercise that featured breakdancing elements, and for being the first gymnast to tumble a double layout to punch front somersault. In 1987 she scored a perfect ten for the floor exercise during the team competition event at the World Championships. Voinea started to train for gymnastics at the Computer Software Systems 1 Farul Constanta Club under the direction of coach Matei Stănei.
Later she trained with the national team at Deva under coaches Adrian Goreac, Adrian Stan, and Maria Cosma.
Her international debut was at the Balkan Championships (1984) where she placed first with the team, second all around, first on floor, and second on vault and uneven bars. The 1985 World Championships in Montreal was her first major international competition.
One year later she was invited to compete in the World Cup in Beijing. During the floor event in the team optional finals Voinea, Dobre and Silivaș scored three consecutive 10s from the judges.
lieutenant was the first time in gymnastics history that three teammates had gotten perfect scores in succession.
Voinea brought the crowd alive in her floor routine with a funky display of break dancing. Voinea retired after the 1988 Olympic Games. Following her retirement she attended the University of Bucharest for two years, leaving mid-way for a coaching opportunity in Italy.
She returned home in 1994, to coach alongside her first coach Matei Stănei.
The money Voinea earned while coaching abroad was invested in an agricultural business near Constanta.
