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Ecaterina Szabo (Hungarian: Szabó Katalin, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɒboː ˈkɒtɒlin]; born 22 January 1967) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals.
Oct 19, 2018 · Ecaterina Szabo gave an interview to Céline Nony of L’Equipe last spring, shortly before the European Championships. In the interview, she talked about her career and training under Karolyis, about Romania not qualifying to the Rio Olympics, and about her current life in France.
Her first international medals on senior level came one year later in 1983 when Szabo won gold on floor, silver on uneven bars, vault, and with the team as well as a bronze in all-around at the World Championships in Budapest after winning four medals, including two gold (floor and uneven bars), at the 1983 European Championships held in Goteborg.
Mar 5, 2013 · Mary Lou Retton came to win Olympic gold in the All Around event however, Szabo's fantastic performance crowned her Olympic champion in the Balance Beam, the Vault and the Floor exercises. She...
Apr 1, 2021 · Ecaterina was born on January 22, 1966 in Zagon. Her first language is Hungarian; she learned to speak Romanian only after she started going to gymnastics lessons. Her first coaches were Marta and Bela Karolyi.
Always poised and cool in competition, Ecaterina Szabo was the ideal gymnast, with creativity, flexibility, style and technique. By the time her career ended in 1987, she had won five Olympic medals, four of them gold, eight World medals, and an amazing 11 Junior and Senior European medals combined.
May 24, 2019 · La 35 de ani de la cea mai mare performanță, Olimpiada de la Los Angeles care i-a adus 4 medalii de aur și una de argint, Ecaterina Szabo nu mai seamănă deloc cu fetița care provoca un nou șoc în lume, după cel porit de performanțele Nadiei Comăneci.
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Ecaterina Szabo. Biographical information. Biography. Katalin Szabó was born in 1968 to ethnic Hungarian parents and her mother tongue is Hungarian. She had to change her given name to Ecaterina, because the Romanian government wished to obscure her Hungarian background.
Watch Ecaterina Szabo's stunning floor exercise that earned her the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics.
