Gabriela Potorac

Gabriela Potorac
Personal information
Country represented  Romania
Born (1973-02-06) 6 February 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 SeoulTeam
1988 SeoulVault
1988 SeoulBalance Beam
World Championships
1989 StuttgartTeam
1989 StuttgartBalance beam
European Championships
1989 BrusselsBalance 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gabriela Potorac" Archived September 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.. 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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