Gabriel Burtănete (born 19 February 2002)[1] is a Romanian artistic gymnast. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the vault at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Győr, Hungary.[1][2][3] In 2020, Burtănete earned the gold medal in the vault final of the Junior European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Mersin, Turkey.[4]

Gabriel Burtănete
Gabriel Burtanete in 2019
Personal information
Country represented Romania
Born (2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 22)
Buzău, Romania
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Men's artistic gymnastics
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Győr Vault
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Mersin Vault

In 2018, Burtănete represented Romania at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the boys' vault event he finished in 5th place in the final.

His twin brother, Robert, is also an artistic gymnast who competes for the Romanian national team.

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". FIG. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ Payne, Ned (30 June 2019). "Russian teenage sensation wins third gold of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ "GYMNASTICS: Russia and Japan shine in first World Junior Championships; di Cello wins gold on Vault". The Sports Examiner. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (13 December 2020). "Turkey end home European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships with historic double". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

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