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| -name:Gabriela Potorac -birthdate: February 6, 1973 -Parents are Vasile and Virgina Potorac -Has 2 older brothers Vasile & Culita, an older sister Marinela and a younger sister Camelia. - home club CSS Bacau -coached by Mircea and Marina Bibire -Her favorite event was beam -Retired in 1989 at the age of 16 due to the revolution -Last heard she was living in Tokyo, Japan in Matsuyama with her Japanese husband,, but they eventually got divorced. She still lives in Japan and works as a coach. She also did translations from Romanian into Japanese at last year's Chunichi Cup -She began gymnastics at age 6 and made rapid progress, moving to the famed Cetate Deva club at age 12. |
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| 1986 -Catania Cup: 1st AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 1st B, 1st FX -Goodwill Games: 4th AA, 4th V, 5th UB, 7th FX -Jr. European Championships: 6th AA, 3rd UB, 4th V, 4th FX -Jr. FRA-ROM Dual Meet: 1st Team, 2nd AA -Leningrad International: 2nd AA, 2nd B, 3rd V -Moscow News: 2nd FX, 3rd V -ROM Championships: 4th AA 1987 -Cottbus International: 1st AA -Jr. Balkan Championships: 1st AA, 1st UB, 1st B -Kosice International: 2nd AA, 1st UB, 2nd FX, 4th B, 5th V -ROM Championships: 3rd AA -ROM-ITA Dual Meet: 1st Team, 4th AA 1988 -American Cup: 5th AA -Balkan Championships: 1st Team, 1st AA -Blume Memorial: 2nd AA -Cottbus International: 2nd AA, 1st UB -Gander Memorial: 1st AA -International Mixed Pairs: 3rd Team -Jr. European Championships: 2nd AA, 1st B, 2nd UB, 3rd FX, 4th V -Olympic Games: 2nd Team, 4th AA, 2nd V, 3rd B -SUI-ROM-CSSR Tri-Meet: 3rd AA -Swiss Cup: 1st AA 1989 -European Championships: 4th AA, 1st B, 4th UB -ROM-CSSR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 3rd AA -World Championships: 2nd Team, 16th AA, 3rd B, 5th UB, 6th V 1990 -Dutch Open: 18th AA |