Gabriela Potorac
Gabriela Potorac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bacău, Romania[1] | February 6, 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 2 "Gabriela Potorac". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Gabriela Potorac. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ↑ "1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ↑ Gabriela Potorac. gymn.ca
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