Gabriela Szabo

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Gold	2000 Sydney	5,000 m
Silver	1996 Atlanta	1,500 m
Bronze	2000 Sydney	1,500 m

Gabriela Szabó (born November 14, 1975 in Bistriţa) is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.

Szabó is also a three-time world champion. She has always had a single coach, Zsolt Gyongyossy, whom she eventually married. In May 2005 she announced her withdrawal from professional sport. She remains the European record holder over 3000m.

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Presently, Szabó is Romanian Athletics Federation’s vice-president and she is doing her Ph. D. in anthropologic motricity at A.N.E.F.S. Bucharest. But she comes with the same dedication to the athletic contests, where she has the opportunity to meet the future champions. She misses her sport life, but competition is still a part of her daily life because she wants to know and to do more. Gabi wants to prove that she can be more than a high performance sportive, a person capable of doing other things in her life.