Aurelia Dobre

Aurelia Dobre
Dobre in 1988
Personal information
Full nameAurelia Dobre
NicknameAurie
Born (1972-11-16) 16 November 1972
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse
Boz Mofid
​
(m. 1992)​
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Romania Romania
GymDeva National Training Center
Head coach
Adrian Goreac
Retired1989
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1988 SeoulTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1987 RotterdamTeam
Gold medal – first place1987 RotterdamAll-Around
Gold medal – first place1987 RotterdamBalance Beam
Silver medal – second place1989 StuttgartTeam
Bronze medal – third place1987 RotterdamVault
Bronze medal – third place1987 RotterdamFloor Exercise

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[1] 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,[2] 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.[3]

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.[3]

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.[3]

Dobre required knee surgery the next year and was unable to train for three months.[3] 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.[4]

Post-retirement

She received an award at the Romanian Gymnastics Federation's 100-year anniversary celebration[5] and was formally recognised as one of the Romanian gymnasts to have scored a perfect 10.[6] In May 2016, she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[7]

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.[7][8][9]

Competition History

Year Event AA Team VT UB BB FX
Junior
1982 Bucharest v. Moscow1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1983 City of Popes Junior International8
Dynamo Spartakiade1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior Balkan Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior ROM-GDR Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
ROM Championships (Category II)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1984 Druzhba2nd place, silver medalist(s)6
Moscow News457
Riga International4755
Avignon International4
Junior Romanian Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Romanian Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
1985 Druzhba2nd place, silver medalist(s)113rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junior Balkan Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Avignon International2nd place, silver medalist(s)
International Junior Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Senior
1986 Avignon International1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior FRA-ROM Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romanian Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
ROM-CSSR Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1987 Dynamo Spartakiade1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romanian Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chunichi Cup6448
Tokyo Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1988 DTB Cup6666
Olympic Games62nd place, silver medalist(s)7
Chunichi Cup6448
Tokyo Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1989 Rome Grand Prix3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1991 World Professional Championships7

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aurelia Dobre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ FIG Clears Chinese Champions. International Gymnast Magazine (1 October 2008)
  3. 1 2 3 4 Citroen, Nicole (May 1989). "Can she come back?". International Gymnast. Vol. 31, no. 5. pp. 57, 59.
  4. ↑ "Aurelia Dobre Biography". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  5. ↑ UN SECOL DE AUR. prosport.ro (16 September 2006)
  6. ↑ Romanian Gymnastics celebrated at Presidential Palace. romanian-gymnastics.com (16 September 2006)
  7. 1 2 Aurelia Dobre. ighof.com
  8. ↑ AURELIA DOBRE. romanian-gymnastics.com
  9. ↑ Meyers, Dvora (21 July 2017). "Popular Twin Vloggers Are The Sons Of Former Romanian World Champion Gymnast". Deadspin. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Gymn Forum: Aurelia Dobre Biography".
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