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]
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Born | (1973-02-06) 6 February 1973 (age 49) 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
European Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Balance Beam | |
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