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| Country represented |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1973 Bacău, Romania[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 144 cm (4 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CS Bacău Deva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Adrian Goreac, Maria Cosma, Octavian Bellu, Adrian Stan[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Marina and Mircea Bibire[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriela Potorac (born 6 February 1973) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she won three medals: a team silver, a silver on vault with a score of 19.830, and a bronze on balance beam with a score of 19.837.[1] At the 1989 World Championships, she won the bronze medal on balance beam with a score of 9.887.[3]
After retiring from competitions Potorac studied at the Sports University in Bucharest and coached at the club Triumf. In 1993 she moved to Japan to work as a gymnastics coach and married there. She later divorced, but stayed in Japan, working as a coach and occasional Japanese-Romanian translator.[2][4]
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Gabriela Potorac - 1988 Olympics Team Compulsories - Balance Beam
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Gabriela Potorac - 1988 Olympics Team Compulsories - Vault
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Gabriela Potorac - 1988 Olympics Team Compulsories - Uneven Bars
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References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriela Potorac". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b c "Gabriela Potorac". COSR.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016.
- ^ "1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships" (PDF). usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Gabriela Potorac". Gymn.ca. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010.
External links
- Gabriela Potorac at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Gabriela Potorac at Olympics.com
- Gabriela Potorac at Olympic.org (archived)
- Gabriela Potorac at Olympedia
- Gabriela Potorac at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
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