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]
| Gabriela Potorac | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Romania |
| Born | 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 | |
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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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gabriela Potorac.
- Gabriela Potorac at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Gabriela Potorac at Olympics.com
- Gabriela Potorac at Olympic.org (archived)
- Gabriela Potorac at Olympedia
- Gabriela Potorac at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
