Ecaterina Szabo

The native form of this personal name is Szabó Katalin. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ecaterina Szabo Tamas
Szabo in 1985
Personal information
Country represented Romania
Born (1968-01-22) 22 January 1968 (age 56)
Zagon, Romania[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team1983–87 (ROM)
ClubLiceul Sportiv Deva[1]
Head coach(es)Adrian Goreac
Assistant coach(es)Adrian Stan, Maria Cosma
Former coach(es)Márta Károlyi, Béla Károlyi, Mihai Agoston
Retired1987
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Vault
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Floor
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles All-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Budapest Floor
Gold medal – first place 1987 Rotterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 Budapest Vault
Silver medal – second place 1983 Budapest Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 1985 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 1985 Montreal Vault
Silver medal – second place 1985 Montreal Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Budapest All-around
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Rotterdam Balance beam
World Cup Final
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Beijing Vault
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Gothenburg Uneven bars
Gold medal – first place 1983 Gothenburg Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 1983 Gothenburg Vault
Silver medal – second place 1985 Helsinki Vault
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Gothenburg All-around

Ecaterina Szabo (Hungarian: Szabó Katalin, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɒboː ˈkɒtɒlin]; born 22 January 1968) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals.

Szabo won gold medals in the 1984 Olympics in three individual events (vault, balance beam (tie), and floor exercise), won the all-around silver medal, and contributed to the team gold. With her four gold medals and a silver medal, Szabo was the most successful athlete at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Afterwards, she led her team to the world title at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, defeating the USSR in the team competition for only the second time in the history of the competition. In 2000, Szabo was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ecaterina Szabo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Ecaterina Szabo