Mirela Barbălată (-Hübner) (born October 23, 1967)
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Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n retired

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. At the 1983 World Championships, she won a silver medal with the Romanian team and scored a perfect ten on

vault Vault may refer to: * Jumping, the act of propelling oneself upwards Architecture * Vault (architecture), an arched form above an enclosed space * Bank vault, a reinforced room or compartment where valuables are stored * Burial vault (enclosur ...

, the highest qualifying score for the vault final.Gymn Forum Results
1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s Team However, she did not compete in the final; the Romanian finalists were

Lavinia Agache Lavinia Agache (later Carney; born 11 February 1968) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She won 10 medals at major international events, including a team gold medal at the 1984 Olympics and three silver medals at the 1983 World Championships ...

and

Ecaterina Szabo Ecaterina Szabo (, ; born 22 January 1968) is a former Romanian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals. Szabo won gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Olympics in three individual events ...

, who won the silver and bronze medals, respectively. After retiring from gymnastics, Barbălată immigrated to

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. There, she married the German

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

er Christian Hübner, with whom she competes in marathons.Sport11
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Competitive history

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* 1967 births Living people Romanian female artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 20th-century Romanian sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub