Gymn Forum: Aurelia Dobre Biography

Aurelia Dobre (ROM)

1987 World AA Champion

Medal Total

Olympic Games: 1 Silver
World Championships: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Aurelia was born on November 16, 1972 in Bucharest. She trained at Cetate Deva. Her most successful competition was the 1987 World Championships in Rotterdam. There she won the AA title (the first Romanian woman to do so) and finished first on beam. Unfortunately, she had knee surgery prior to the 1988 Olympics so she was unable to make much of an impact. Today, Aurelia lives in Maryland and is married to gym club owner Boz Mofid. They have 4 sons.

Competition Results

1982
Bucharest v. Moscow: 1st Team, 3rd AA

1983
City of Popes Jr. International: 8th AA
Dynamo Spartakiade: 1st V, 1st FX
Jr. Balkan Championships: 1st Team, 2nd AA
Jr. ROM-GDR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA ROM Championships (category II): 3rd AA
1984
Avignon International: 4th AA
Jr. Friendship Tournament (Druzhba): 2nd Team, 6th FX
Jr. ROM Championships: 2nd B, 3rd UB
Moscow News: 4th AA, 5th UB, 7th FX
Riga International: 4th AA, 5th B, 5th FX, 7th UB Romanian Cup: 1st UB, 1st FX (Cat. IV)
1985
Avignon International: 2nd AA
Intl. Junior Championships: 3rd AA, 1st B, 2nd UB, 3rd V
Jr. Balkan Championships: 1st Team, 1st AA
Jr. Friendship Tournament (Druzhba): 2nd Team, 11th AA, 3rd B
1986
Avignon International: 1st AA, 1st B, 1st FX
Jr. European Championships: 3rd AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 2nd B
Jr. FRA-ROM Dual Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA, 1st FX, 2nd V, 2nd UB ROM Championships: 2nd AA, 1st V, 3rd UB, 3rd FX
ROM-CSSR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 2nd AA
1987
Chunichi Cup: 4th AA, 1st V, 1st B, 3rd FX
Dynamo Spartakiade: 1st AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 1st B, 1st FX Romanian Championships: 2nd AA SUI-ROM Dual Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA
World Championships: 1st Team, 1st AA, 1st B, 3rd V, 3rd FX, 4th UB
1988
Chunichi Cup: 6th AA, 4th V, 4th UB, 8th FX
DTB Cup: 6th AA, 6th V, 6th B, 6th FX
Olympic Games: 2nd Team, 6th AA, 7th UB
Tokyo Cup: 2nd V, 2nd B
1989
Rome Grand Prix: 3rd AA, 1st UB
World Championships: 2nd Team, 36th AA (prelims)
1991
World Professional Championships: 7th FX