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Ecaterina Szabo

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Ecaterina Szabo is the 102nd most popular gymnast (up from 136th in 2024), the 433rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 502nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Ecaterina Szabo ranks 102 out of 370. Before her are Georg Selenius, Arthur Amundsen, Samu Fóti, Eizo Kenmotsu, Axel Sjöblom, and Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles. After her are Shigeru Kasamatsu, Ingrid Sandahl, Roberto Ferrari, Angelo Zorzi, Alfredo Gollini, and Nobuyuki Aihara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ecaterina Szabo ranks 255. Before her are Scott Weiland, Inha Babakova, Morten Tyldum, Robert S. Kimbrough, Alejandro Aravena, and Amala Akkineni. After her are Gus Poyet, Masashi Nakayama, Manuela Maleeva, Kotono Mitsuishi, Quentin Meillassoux, and Tim "Ripper" Owens.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ecaterina Szabo ranks 433 out of 844. Before her are Gheorghe Mironescu (1874), Cătălin Predoiu (1968), Ernst Lörtscher (1913), Adrian Ilie (1974), Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (1946), and Lajos Keresztes (1900). After her are György Kulin (1905), Vintilă Cossini (1913), Cornel Dinu (1948), Michael Klein (1959), Ernő Nagy (1898), and Theodor Rosetti (1837).

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Among GYMNASTS In Romania

Among gymnasts born in Romania, Ecaterina Szabo ranks 3. Before her are Nadia Comăneci (1961), and Daniela Silivaș (1972). After her are Cristina Elena Grigoraș (1966), Lavinia Miloșovici (1976), Mariana Constantin (1960), Georgeta Gabor (1962), Simona Păucă (1969), Cătălina Ponor (1987), Claudia Presăcan (1979), Mihaela Stănuleț (1967), and Melitta Rühn (1965).

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