Gabriela Szabo

Gabriela Szabo

Personal information
Born	14 November 1975 (1975-11-14) (age 41) Bistriţa, Romania
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Medal record Representing  Romania Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 3 0 0 World Indoor Championships 3 1 1 European Championships 0 1 1 European Indoor Championships 2 0 0 Universiade 2 0 0 Total 12 2 3 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 5000 m 1996 Atlanta 1500 m 2000 Sydney 1500 m World Championships 1997 Athens 5000 m 1999 Seville 5000 m 2001 Edmonton 1500 m European Championships 2002 Munich 1500 m 1994 Helsinki 3000 m World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris 3000 m 1999 Maebashi 3000 m 1999 Maebashi 1500 m 2001 Lisbon 3000 m 1995 Barcelona 3000 m European Indoor Championships 1998 Valencia 3000 m 2000 Ghent 3000 m Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 5000 m 1995 Fukuoka 1500 m

Gabriela Szabo (Romanian pronunciation: [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.

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.

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