The decline of Romanian gymnastics began after the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2006 World Championships they failed to medal, with only Sandra Izbașa winning any individual medals. They won the bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 Summer Olympics, and 2012 Summer Olympics but failed to medal at the 2010, 2011, or 2014 World Championships. Things took a drastic turn at the 2015 World Championships where the Romanian team not only didn't medal, they failed to qualify to the team final. In 2016 Romania attempted to qualify a team to the 2016 Summer Olympics through the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event; however they placed seventh and failed to qualify a team. They earned one spot and sent 3-time Olympic champion, Cătălina Ponor, to represent Romania. At the 2018 World Championships Romania placed thirteenth during qualifications and did not qualify for the team final. At the 2019 World Championships Romania finished 22nd in qualifications out of 24 teams (only beating the teams from the Czech Republic and Egypt); due to not finishing in the top 12 Romania failed to qualify a team to the 2020 Summer Olympics, with only Maria Holbura earning an individual Olympic spot.