Gabriela Potorac

Gabriela Potorac
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Country represented  Romania
Born (1973-02-06) February 6, 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
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Team
1988 Seoul Vault
1988 Seoul Balance Beam
World Championships
1989 Stuttgart Team
1989 Stuttgart Balance beam
European Championships
1989 Brussels Balance beam

Gabriela Potorac (born February 6, 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

  1. 1 2 "Gabriela Potorac". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Gabriela Potorac. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ↑ "1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Gabriela Potorac. gymn.ca
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