Mirela Barbălată Explained

Mirela Barbălată
Birth Date:23 October 1967
Discipline:WAG
Club:CSM Onesti[1]
Headcoach:Adrian Goreac
Assistcoach:Octavian Bellu, Maria Cosma
Show-Medals:yes

Mirela Barbălată (-Hübner) (born October 23, 1967)[2] is a Romanian retired artistic gymnast. At the 1983 World Championships, she won a silver medal with the Romanian team and scored a perfect ten on vault, the highest qualifying score for the vault final.[3] However, she did not compete in the final; the Romanian finalists were Lavinia Agache and Ecaterina Szabo, who won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

After retiring from gymnastics, Barbălată immigrated to Germany. There, she married the German marathoner Christian Hübner, with whom she competes in marathons.[4]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAAVTUBBBFX
1982 align=left HOL-ROM Dual Meet 7
align=left Junior Friendship Tournament 6
1983 align=left GBR-ROM Dual Meet
align=left Moscow News
align=left Riga International
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1984 align=left Cottbus International 6
align=left FRG-ROM-HUN Tri-Meet 10
1985 align=left 4
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Notes and References

  1. http://www.csmonesti.ro/gimnastica.htm CSM Onesti
  2. http://www.gymn-forum.net/Birthdates/october.html Gymn Forum
  3. http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/Worlds/Women/1983_teams_1-4.html Gymn Forum Results
  4. http://www.sport11.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1825&Itemid=1 Sport11
  5. Web site: Mirela Barbalata (ROM). Gymn Forum . 2 August 2022 . 21 May 2009.