Mirela Barbălată

Mirela Barbălată (-Hübner) (born October 23, 1967)[2] is a Romanian retired artistic gymnast. At the 1983 World Championships, she won a silver medal with the Romanian team and scored a perfect ten on vault, the highest qualifying score for the vault final.[3] However, she did not compete in the final; the Romanian finalists were Lavinia Agache and Ecaterina Szabo, who won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Mirela Barbălată
Country represented Romania
Born (1967-10-23) October 23, 1967
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubCSM Onesti[1]
Head coach(es)Adrian Goreac
Assistant coach(es)Octavian Bellu, Maria Cosma
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1983 BudapestTeam Competition

After retiring from gymnastics, Barbălată immigrated to Germany. There, she married the German marathoner Christian Hübner, with whom she competes in marathons.[4]

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
1982 HOL-ROM Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)7
Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba)2nd place, silver medalist(s)61st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1983 GBR-ROM Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)
Moscow News3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Riga International2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Budapest World Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1984 Cottbus International2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)6
FRG-ROM-HUN Tri-Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)10
1985 Kobe Summer Universiade2nd place, silver medalist(s)4

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References
  1. CSM Onesti Archived 2009-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Gymnastics at CSM Oneşti (Romanian)
  2. Gymn Forum Birthdates
  3. Gymn Forum Results 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s Team
  4. Sport11 Regional German Sport Portal (in German)
  5. "Mirela Barbalata (ROM)". Gymn Forum. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2022.


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