Aurelia Dobre

Aurelia Dobre
— Gymnast —

Aurelia Dobre in 1987
Personal information
Full name Aurelia Dobre
Country represented  Romania
Born (1972-11-16) November 16, 1972
Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.46 m (4 ft 9 in)
Weight 42 kg (93 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International
Gym Deva National Training Center
Head coach(es) Adrian Goreac
Retired 1989
Medal record
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Team
World Championships
1987 Rotterdam Team
1987 Rotterdam All-Around
1987 Rotterdam Balance Beam
1989 Stuttgart Team
1987 Rotterdam Vault
1987 Rotterdam Floor Exercise

Aurelia Dobre (born November 16, 1972) is a former artistic gymnast from Romania and was the 1987 World All-Around Champion. She was also the 1987 World Champion on balance beam, and bronze medalist in the vault and floor exercise event finals, and scored a total of five "perfect 10's" at these championships. She is held in high esteem by many gymnastics fans for her clean technique as well as balletic and artistic qualities.

For years, she was thought to be the youngest World All-Around Champion ever, winning her title at the age of 14 years and 352 days, until it was found that 1981 World Champion Olga Bicherova's age had been falsified;[1] Bicherova was only 13 when she won her World title.

Dobre's career was quite short because of two major injuries and a growth spurt. However, she was a member of the silver medal winning team in the Seoul Olympic Games[2] and the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

After her retirement, she caused controversy by posing nude for the September 1991 issue of Playboy Netherlands, and giving an interview to the magazine which was highly critical of the Romanian gymnastics setup during the communist era.[3]

In 1991, Dobre moved to the United States. There in 1992 she married Boz Mofid and changed her last name to Mofid.[2] They have four sons: Cyrus, Darius and twins Lucas and Marcus. The twins are best known for their vines. Dobre is a choreographer and dance coach at her husband's gym in Maryland.[4]

Dobre was honored with an award at the Romanian Gymnastics Federations 100 year anniversary celebrations[5] and also recognised as one of the Romanian gymnasts to have scored a "perfect 10".[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=641&catid=2:news&Itemid=53
  2. 1 2 Aurelia Dobre. sports-reference.com
  3. ↑ Aurelia Dobre: Wereldkampioene: Interview by Maria Marber. Playboy Nederland September 1991 pp 18-25
  4. ↑ AURELIA DOBRE. romanian-gymnastics.com
  5. ↑ UN SECOL DE AUR. prosport.ro (16 September 2006)
  6. ↑ Romanian Gymnastics celebrated at Presidential Palace. romanian-gymnastics.com (16 September 2006)

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