This article is about Romanian field and track athlete. For the Hungarian sprint canoer, see Gabriella Szabó.Romanian runner

Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 5000 m 1996 Atlanta 1500 m 2000 Sydney 1500 mWorld Championships 1997 Athens 5000 m 1999 Seville 5000 m 2001 Edmonton 1500 mEuropean Championships1998 Budapest5000 m2002 Munich1500 m1994 Helsinki3000 mWorld Indoor Championships1995 Barcelona3000 m1997 Paris3000 m1999 Maebashi3000 m1999 Maebashi1500 m2001 Lisbon3000 mEuropean Indoor Championships1998 Valencia3000 m2000 Ghent3000 mUniversiade 1995 *uoka 5000 m 1995 *uoka 1500 m

Gabriela Szabo (Romanian pronunciation::, Hungarian: Szabó Gabriella; 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 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 compe*ions due to exhaustion. She held European record in the 3000 m between 2002–2019.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Post-sport career
• 3 Compe*ion record
• 4 Personal bests
  • 4.1 Outdoor (track)
  • 4.2 Indoor
• 5 2001 Accident
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Szabo was born to a Romanian mother and a Hungarian father. As a child, Szabo used to speak Hungarian with her friends, but she can only understand a few words today, which she regrets.

Post-sport career

Gabriela Szabo as Minister of Youth and Sport in the third Ponta cabinet

As of 19 August 2013 she held the honorific *le of Romanian Tourism Amb*ador, together with 7 other 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. She held the position until 17 November 2015.

Compe*ion record

Personal bests

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)

2001 Accident

Szabo is remembered for a collision with Ghanaian long-jumper Kofi Amoah Prah during an indoor meeting at Stuttgart in 2001. Szabo was leaving the track after her compe*ion had finished while Amoah was running for his attempt. Szabo walked into Amoah's path and they collided heavily.

References

External links

• Official website of Gabi Szabo
• Gabriela Szabo at World Athletics