Ecaterina Szabó

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Ecaterina Szabó 1985

Ecaterina Szabó , Hungarian Szabó Katalin , (born January 22, 1968 in Zagon , Covasna district ) is a former Romanian gymnast and current trainer. She is a member of the Hungarian minority in the Szeklerland . She was a multiple Olympic champion as well as world and European champion.

Career

Ecaterina Szabó's year of birth was initially given by the Romanian authorities as 1967 in order to be able to start at international championships. Szabó was a seven-time gold medalist at the European Junior Championships in 1980 and 1982. Her series of successes then continued at the 1983 European Championships in Gothenburg and at the World Championships in Budapest in the same year . The high point of her career was the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , USA. With four gold medals in floor (with a grade of 10), balance beam, horse jumping and team gymnastics (with a grade of 10 on the balance beam), Ecaterina Szabó was the most successful gymnast in these games. Only 0.05 points separated them from the fifth gold medal, which went to the American Mary Lou Retton in the individual all-around competition . She was denied another gold medal until the 1987 World Championships in Rotterdam . With Romania she achieved the second World Cup team gold in gymnastics history before the Soviet Union .

Life

After retiring from her active career, Ecaterina Szabó studied physical exercise and sport in Bucharest and worked as a trainer in Deva . Maria Olaru , all around world champion in 1999, is one of her successful students .

In 1991 she married the former member of the Romanian national kayak team, Cristian Tamas . From this marriage two sons, Lorenzo and Zeno, emerged. The family left Romania in 1992 and has since lived in Chamalières ( France ), where Szabo works as a trainer. In 2000 Ecaterina Szabó was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame .

Sporting successes

  • Olympic Games :
OS discipline medal
Los Angeles 1984 Floor exercise gold
Los Angeles 1984 Balance beam gold
Los Angeles 1984 Leap gold
Los Angeles 1984 team gold
Los Angeles 1984 All-around silver
  • World Championships :
WM discipline medal
Budapest 1983 Floor exercise gold
Rotterdam 1987 team gold
Budapest 1983 team silver
Budapest 1983 Leap silver
Budapest 1983 Uneven bars silver
Montréal 1985 Balance beam silver
Montréal 1985 team silver
Budapest 1983 All-around bronze
Rotterdam 1987 Balance beam bronze
  • European Championships :
EM discipline medal
Gothenburg 1983 Floor exercise gold
Gothenburg 1983 Uneven bars gold
Gothenburg 1983 Leap silver
Helsinki 1985 Leap silver
Gothenburg 1983 All-around bronze

Web links

Commons : Ecaterina Szabo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://adevarul.ro/news/sport/foto-nadia-comaneci-nu-e-singura-gimnastele-romania-luat-nota-10-marile-competitii-1_578ce8895ab6550cb8f9cdfc/index.html
personal data
SURNAME Szabó, Ecaterina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Szabó, Katalin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian gymnast and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagon , Covasna County