Gabriela Szabo

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Medal record
Gabriela Szabo
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Romania
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	5000 m
Silver	1996 Atlanta	1500 m
Bronze	2000 Sydney	1500 m
World Championships
Gold	1997 Athens	5000 m
Gold	1999 Seville	5000 m
Gold	2001 Edmonton	1500 m

Gabriela Szabo (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.

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

In 2003, French authorities discovered an undeclared substance in the boot of her car, driven by a family friend, for delivery to teammate Mihaela Botezan. A week later they cleared Szabo of any charges. She retired from athletics in 2005 amid health problems and a decline in her performance, citing exhaustion.

[edit] External links

IAAF profile for Gabriela Szabo

• Official website of Gabi Szabo

Awards
Preceded by Christine Arron	Women's European Athlete of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Trine Hattestad
Preceded by Marion Jones	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Marion Jones
Sporting positions
Preceded by Jiang Bo	Women's 1.500m Best Year Performance 1998	Succeeded by Violeta Szekely
Preceded by Sonia O'Sullivan	Women's 3.000m Best Year Performance 1997 – 2000	Succeeded by Olga Yegorova
Preceded by Jiang Bo	Women's 5.000m Best Year Performance 1998 – 1999	Succeeded by Getenesh Wami
Preceded by Olga Yegorova	Women's 3.000m Best Year Performance 2002 – 2003	Succeeded by Isabella Ochichi

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 3000 m and 5000 m 3000 m 1984: Maricica Puică · 1988: Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh · 1992: Yelena Romanova 5000 m 1996: Wang Junxia · 2000: Gabriela Szabo · 2004: Meseret Defar Note: In 1996, the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.