- Aurelia Dobre
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gymnastname= Aurelia Dobre
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fullname=Aurelia Dobre
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country= ROU
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birthdate= birth date and age|1972|11|16
birthplace= Bucharest, Romania
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discipline= WAG
level= Senior International
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gym=Deva National Training Center
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headcoach= Adrian Goreac
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retired=1989
medaltemplates=Aurelia Dobre (born November 16, 1972 in
Bucharest ) is a former artisticgymnast fromRomania , who was the 1987 World Champion. She is still held in high esteem by many gymnastics fans today for her clean technique as well as balletic and artistic flair. She was also 1st on balance beam, 3rd on vault and floor exercise in event finals and scored a total of 5 "perfect 10's" at these championships.For years, she was thought to be the youngest artistic gymnastics World Champion ever, winning her title at the age of 14 years and 352 days, until it was found that 1981 World Champion
Olga Bicherova 's age had been falsified Fact|date=February 2007 – Bicherova was only thirteen when she won her World title.Unfortunately, Aurelia's career was quite short because of two major injuries. However she was a member of the silver medal winning team in the Seoul Olympic Games and the
1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships .After her retirement, she caused controversy by posing nude for the September 1991 issue of
Playboy Netherlands , and giving an interview to the magazine which was highly critical of the Romanian gymnastics setup during thecommunist era. She gave a similar interview to International Gymnast MagazineAurelia moved to America in 1991 and in 1992 she married Boz Mofid; they have 4 sons, Cyrus, Darius and twins Lucas and Marcus.Aurelia Dobre is a choreographer and dance coach at her husbands gym in Maryland.
Most recently Aurelia was honored with an award at the Romanian Gymnastics Federations 100 year anniversary celebrations [http://www.prosport.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=6352] and also recognised as one of the Romanian gymnasts to have scored a "perfect 10" [http://www.romanian-gymnastics.com/news/2006/sept/romanian_gymnastics_celebrated_presidential_palace.htm]
External links
* [http://www.romanian-gymnastics.com/profiles/1988olympics/aurelia_dobre.htm Bio at romanian-gymnastics.com]
* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/dobre.html List of competitive results at Gymn Forum]
* [http://www.romanian-gymnastics.com/news/the_wall_of_shame.htm The Wall of Shame: Romanian Gymnastics abusive coaches]
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* [http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/aurelia_dobre Aurelia Dobre yahoo group]
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