Career
Leuşteanu made her debut at the 1954 World Championships in Rome, Italy, where she placed 4th with her team, 5th in the individual combined standings, and was a vault finalist. At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Leuşteanu led her Romanian team the bronze medal at these games, a first for Romania at any World Championships or Olympics. In the individual combined standings, she tied Olga Tass of Hungary for 4th place, just.100 behind bronze medal position.
In the event finals, she collected two more medals in both the uneven bars and floor exercises.
In Moscow at the 1958 World Championships, competing under her newly acquired married name, "Elena Teodorescu", she helped her team to the bronze medal and placed 17th in the individual combined exercises and was, again, a vault finalist. At the 1960 Rome Olympics, she buttressed her stronger teammate Sonia Iovan, helping their team to the bronze and she was 11th in the individual combined standings.
Post 1960 and Later In Leuşteanu"s 3rd appearance at the European Championships held in 1961 in Leipzig, East Germany, she placed 6th in the all-around and qualified to two event finals - uneven bars and floor where she placed 4th and 5th, respectively. She placed 6th with the team and 20th all around.
In 2006, at a celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, Leuşteanu was the first gymnast to be mentioned and honoured and clips of her performance on the uneven bars were presented.
She took part in the celebration, ascending to the podium along with other notable Romanian gymnasts of the past such as Nadia Comăneci, Daniela Silivaş, and Lavinia Miloșovici.
