Gabriela Potorac

Summary

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]

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

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 edit

  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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