Aurelia Dobre (born 16 November 1972) is a former artistic gymnast and the 1987 world all-around champion. She is the 1987 world champion in the all-around and on the balance beam and the bronze medalist on the vault and floor exercise; she scored five perfect 10s at these championships. She was also a member of the silver medal-winning Romanian teams at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
For years, Dobre was thought to be the youngest world all-around champion ever, having won her title at the age of 14 years and 352 days, until it was found that Olga Bicherova's age had been falsified at the 1981 World Championships,FIG Clears Chinese Champions. International Gymnast Magazine (1 October 2008) and that Bicherova had been 13 when she won her title.
Career Dobre began gymnastics at 5 years old. She was initially scared of the balance beam, but she soon returned to the gym and began training. In 1982, she won the junior national championships.
She moved to Deva, Romania to train with the national team in 1984. She was selected for the 1986 Junior European Champinoships, where she won bronze in the all-around after a mistake on her floor exercise. In the event finals, she won gold on vault and uneven bars and silver on the balance beam. Afterward, she broke her knee in training, which she said was the result of training too much.
She recovered in time to compete at the 1987 World Championships, where she won the all-around - the first Romanian to do so. She won two more golds in the team competition and the balance beam final.
Dobre required knee surgery the next year and was unable to train for three months. She placed 6th in the all-around at the 1988 Summer Olympics and won silver with her teammates. The next year, she competed at the 1989 World Championships and won another silver in the team event; individually, she placed 36th in qualifications and did not advance to the all-around final.
Post-retirement She received an award at the Romanian Gymnastics Federation's 100-year anniversary celebrationUN SECOL DE AUR. prosport.ro (16 September 2006) and was formally recognised as one of the Romanian gymnasts to have scored a perfect 10.Romanian Gymnastics celebrated at Presidential Palace. romanian-gymnastics.com (16 September 2006) In May 2016, she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.Aurelia Dobre. ighof.com
In 1991, Dobre moved to the United States and in 1992 married Iranian gymnastics coach Boz Mofid. They have four sons who are YouTube personalities: Cyrus, Darius, and twins Lucas and Marcus. Dobre was a choreographer and dance coach at the Dobre Gymnastics Academy in Maryland until 2020, when she decided to retire and close the gym.
Competition History Year EventAATeamVTUBBBFX Junior 1982 Bucharest v. Moscow 1983 City of Popes Junior International 8 Dynamo Spartakiade Junior Balkan Championships Junior ROM-GDR Dual Meet ROM Championships (Category II) 1984 Druzhba 6 Moscow News 4 5 7 Riga International 4 7 55 Avignon International 4 Junior Romanian Championships Romanian Cup 1985 Druzhba 11 Junior Balkan Championships Avignon International International Junior Championships Senior 1986 Avignon International Junior European Championships Junior FRA-ROM Dual Meet Romanian Championships ROM-CSSR Dual Meet 1987 Dynamo Spartakiade Romanian Championships World Championships 4 Chunichi Cup 6 4 4 8 Tokyo Cup 1988 DTB Cup 6 6 6 6 Olympic Games 6 7 Chunichi Cup 6 4 4 8 Tokyo Cup 1989 Rome Grand Prix World Championships 1991 World Professional Championships 7
References
External links
Aurelia Dobre at Gymn Forum