Mirela Țugurlan

Mirela Ţugurlan
— Gymnast —
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1980-09-04) September 4, 1980 Focşani
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Octavian Belu
Assistant coach(es)	Mariana Bitang
Medal record Summer Olympics 1996 Atlanta Team World Championships 1997 Lausanne Team

Mirela Ţugurlan (b. September 4, 1979 in Focşani, Romania)^[1] is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is a 1996 Olympic bronze medalist and a 1997 world gold medalist with the team. She was not originally expected to be a member of the Romanian Olympic team in Atlanta, but was added to the roster after Ana Maria Bican sustained a serious knee injury in training after having arrived in Atlanta. Despite her relative lack of experience competing at the international senior level, Tugurlan performed solidly on the Olympic stage and contributed to Romania's bronze medal finish. A year later at the world championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tugurlan helped the Romanian women win their third consecutive world team title.

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World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition     1934:  Czechoslovakia 1938:  Czechoslovakia 1950:  Sweden 1954:  Soviet Union 1958:  Soviet Union 1962:  Soviet Union 1966:  Czechoslovakia 1970:  Soviet Union 1974:  Soviet Union 1978:  Soviet Union 1979:  Romania 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Soviet Union 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Romania 1989:  Soviet Union 1991:  Soviet Union 1994:  Romania 1995:  Romania 1997:  Romania 1999:  Romania 2001:  Romania 2003:  United States 2006:  China 2007:  United States 2010:  Russia 2011:  United States 2014:  United States 1997:  Romania (ROM), Simona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Alexandra Marinescu, Claudia Presăcan, Mirela Țugurlan, Corina Ungureanu