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Gabriela Potorac

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Gabriela Potorac
Personal information
Country represented Romania
Born (1973-02-06) 6 February 1973 (age 51)
Bacău, Romania[1]
Height144 cm (4 ft 9 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubCS Bacău
Deva
Head coach(es)Adrian Goreac, Maria Cosma, Octavian Bellu, Adrian Stan[2]
Former coach(es)Marina and Mircea Bibire[2]
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Vault
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Balance Beam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Stuttgart Team
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Stuttgart Balance beam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Brussels Balance beam

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Gabriela Potorac". COSR.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016.
  3. ^ "1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships" (PDF). usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Gabriela Potorac". Gymn.ca. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010.
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