Sport Running Weight 42 kg Height 1.58 m | Role Runner Name Gabriela Szabo Spouse Zsolt Gyongyossy | |
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Olympic medals Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres Nominations Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award Similar People Violeta Szekely, Sonia O'Sullivan, Nouria Merah‑Benida, Svetlana Masterkova, Gete Wami | ||
Fisu leader gabriela szabo rom 34th campus sport tv show fisu 2015
Gabriela Szabo ([ɡabriˈela ˈsabo], born 14 November 1975) is a retired Romanian runner. She competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Szabo was born to a Romanian mother and a Hungarian father, yet she does not speak Hungarian at all.
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- Fisu leader gabriela szabo rom 34th campus sport tv show fisu 2015
- Fisu hero gabriela szabo 23th campus tv show fisu 2014
- Outdoor track
- Indoor
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Szabo is a three-time world champion. Throughout her entire career she was coached by Zsolt Gyöngyössy, whom she eventually married. In May 2005 she retired from competitions due to exhaustion. She remains the European record holder in the 3000 m.
As of 19 August 2013 she held the honorific title of Romanian Tourism Ambassador, together with other 7 cultural and sport personalities of Romania.
On 5 March 2014, she was appointed Minister of Youth and Sport in the Victor Ponta social-democratic government.
Fisu hero gabriela szabo 23th campus tv show fisu 2014
Outdoor (track)
1500 metres - 3:56.97 (1998)
One mile - 4:19.30 (1998)
3000 metres - 8:21.42 (2002)
5000 metres - 14:31.48 (1998)
Indoor
1500 metres - 4:03.23 (1999)
One mile - 4:23.19 (2001)
2000 metres - 5:30.53 (1998)
3000 metres - 8:32.88 (2001)
5000 metres - 14:47.35 (1999)