Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo was born in Zbala, Covasna County, Romania on January 22nd, 1967 and is the Gymnast. At the age of 57, Ecaterina Szabo biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ecaterina Szabo (Hungarian) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who has received 20 Olympic, world, and continental medals. (Bo] ktlin] born 22 January 1967) is a female gymnast who competed in 20 Olympic, world, and continental championships.
In three individual events (vault, balance beam (tie), and floor exercise), Szabo earned the all-around silver medal and contributed to the team's gold medal in 1984. Szabo was the most successful athlete at the 1984 Summer Olympics, with four gold medals and a silver medal. She then led her team to the world Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1987, defeating the USSR for the second time in the tournament's history. Szabo was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000.
Early life and career
Katalin, an ethnic Hungarian from Transylvania, was later moved to Ecaterina by the Communists in order to conceal her Hungarian roots. Szabo's first language is Hungarian. She started gymnastics at the Gymnastics School in Oneşti, 1973, with coaches Maria Cosma and Mihai Agoston. She trained with Márta and Béla Károlyi later in life. She was mentored by Adrian Goreac, Adrian Stan, and Maria Cosma at Cetate Deva after the Károlyis' defection to the United States in 1981. As a youth, she had a blast. Szabo became the first gymnast to win two Junior European all-around titles, competing against Lavinia Agache and Natalia Ilienko (in 1980) and Olga Mostepanova and Yelena Shushunova (in 1982). She won gold on vault, beam, and floor in 1980 and placed fourth on uneven bars, and on balance beam in 1982.
Senior career
The 1983 European Championships in Göeborg was Szabo's first big international event. There she captured gold on the floor and uneven bars, silver on vault and bronze (tie) all around. After Olga Mostepanova and Natalia Yurchenko, she came in third place at the 1983 World Championships. She scored two tens, one on the floor and one on the vault. She gained gold on floor and silver on vault and uneven bars, in addition to her all around bronze. She did not qualify for the beam finals because she did not qualify for the beam finals. She also contributed to the team silver medal by scoring perfect tens on the ground and uneven bars in the team's optional.
14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies, including the Soviet Union, Cuba, and East Germany, boycotted the Games in reaction to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. (but not Romania) boycotted the Games. Szabo was the favourite in the absence of the Soviet competitors, and he was the first to enter the tournament. Despite the Soviets' involvement, Szabo would have been a strong candidate. Szabo's obligatory exercises at a dual meet held in Czechoslovakia were a hit while preparing for the Olympics. Szabo's team won their first Olympic title and qualifying second in the team's first Olympic appearance (mainly due to a drop on bars in the team finals) and third in three of the four event finals (vault, beam, and floor). Following Nadia Comăneci, Szabo was a strong favorite to win the all-around title and was dubbed "the next Nadia." She lost the title by.05 to Mary Lou Retton and received the silver medal in the all-around competition, but not before. Despite her second-place finish, she posted the highest cumulative rating, which would have given her the title if the competition had been held under New Life rule. Despite this, she had a good run back in the event finals, winning three gold medals on the three event finals she had entered; vault, beam, and floor. Despite his personal disappointment in not winning the all-around title, Szabo returned home to Romania as a hero. She was named Romania's Most Popular Celebrity of the Year earlier this year.
1985 was a sad year for the multiple Olympic champions. Szabo placed sixth on beam and floor, fifth all around, and did not qualify for the uneven bars finals at the 1985 European Championships. Despite this, she went on to win a silver medal on vault. She had a similar appearance at the 1985 World Championships the previous year; she came in fifth, fourth on the floor, and sixth on uneven bars. She left the competition with silver medals on beam, vault, and with the team. However, Szabo's hard work paid off in 1987. Szabo and her colleagues faced the Soviets in a dramatic loss to the Soviets at the 1988 World Championships, earning the gold medal in the team event. She finished bronze on beam with Svetlana Boginskaya and finished 14th all around.