Cornel Gheorghe | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Galaţi, Romania | 21 March 1971||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | Romania | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cornel Gheorghe (born 21 March 1971) is a Romanian figure skating coach and former competitor. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 14th, and at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 21st. [1]
Gheorghe retired from competition in 2000 and turned to coaching. He coached Adrian Matei and Zolt Kosz, among others. He is also a technical specialist for Romania. [2]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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1999–2000 [3] |
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GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
International [3] | |||||||||||||||
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Event | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 |
Olympics | 14th | 21st | |||||||||||||
Worlds | 26th | 23rd | 11th | 9th | 14th | 14th | 14th | 28th | 28th | ||||||
Europeans | 22nd | 12th | 14th | 24th | 12th | 10th | 9th | 16th | 18th | ||||||
GP Skate America | 8th | ||||||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 9th | 10th | 6th | ||||||||||||
GP Trophée de France | 5th | ||||||||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 9th | ||||||||||||||
Skate Canada | 5th | ||||||||||||||
Inter. de Paris / Trophée de France | 9th | 8th | |||||||||||||
Skate Israel | 11th | ||||||||||||||
Crystal Skate | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
Universiade | 2nd | 4th | |||||||||||||
International: Junior [3] | |||||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 15th | 17th | WD | ||||||||||||
National [3] | |||||||||||||||
Romanian Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |||
WD: Withdrew |
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