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. At the 1989 World Championships, she won the bronze medal on balance beam with a score of 9.887. 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. References External links 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Bacău Romanian female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships European champions in gymnastics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Romanian women