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.

Mirela Barbălată
Country represented Romania
Born (1967-10-23) October 23, 1967 (age 56)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubCSM Onesti[1]
Head coach(es)Adrian Goreac
Assistant coach(es)Octavian Bellu, Maria Cosma
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 Budapest Team Competition

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 edit

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
1982 HOL-ROM Dual Meet   7
Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba)   6    
1983 GBR-ROM Dual Meet  
Moscow News  
Riga International  
Budapest World Championships  
1984 Cottbus International         6
FRG-ROM-HUN Tri-Meet   10
1985 Kobe Summer Universiade   4

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References edit

  1. ^ CSM Onesti Archived 2009-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Gymnastics at CSM Oneşti (Romanian)
  2. ^ Gymn Forum Birthdates
  3. ^ Gymn Forum Results 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s Team
  4. ^ Sport11 Regional German Sport Portal (in German)
  5. ^ "Mirela Barbalata (ROM)". Gymn Forum. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

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