Gorneşti (formerly Ghernesig; Hungarian: Gernyeszeg, Hungarian pronunciation: [’ɡɛrɲɛsɛɡ]) is a commune in Mureş County, Romania composed of nine villages:

It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 Census it has a population of 5,885 of which 75.4% or 4,437 are Hungarian.

Simona Spiridon (born 1 February 1980 in Roman, Romania) is an Austrian handballer who plays for Russian Superleague club Zvezda Zvenigorod. She is also member of the Austrian national team.

Romanian born Spiridon moved to Austria in 2001 when she signed for Hypo Niederösterreich. Having gained Austrian citizenship, her first outing with her new national team came in 2004, at a tournament in the Ukraine where they defeated Belarus. Averaging 3 goals per match, Spiridon has scored over 250 goals in 71 international appearances.

Her club successes are well documented. With Romania, she has picked up two gold medals in younger age category World and European Championships in addition to the 2 Hungarian Cup and 5 Austrian Cup titles. Spiridon has also made it to the EHF Champions League semi-final on three occasions.