Gabriela Potorac

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Gabriela Potorac
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Personal information
Born (1973-02-06) 6 February 1973 (age 51)
Bacău, Romania [1]
Height144 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
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 icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Vault
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Balance Beam
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1989 Stuttgart Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Stuttgart Balance beam
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 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]

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