Gabriela Potorac

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
Personal information
Country represented Romania
Born (1973-02-06) 6 February 1973
Bacău, Romania[1]
Height144 cm (4 ft 9 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
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
1988 SeoulTeam
1988 SeoulVault
1988 SeoulBalance Beam
World Championships
1989 StuttgartTeam
1989 StuttgartBalance beam
European Championships
1989 BrusselsBalance beam

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. "Gabriela Potorac" Archived September 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  2. Gabriela Potorac. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. "1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships" (PDF). usagym.org. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. Gabriela Potorac Archived 2010-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. gymn.ca


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