Aurelia Dobre (born 16 November 1972) is a former artistic gymnast and the 1987 world all-around champion. She is the 1987 world champion on the

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and the bronze medalist on the

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and

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, as well, and scored five perfect 10s at these championships. Dobre was also a member of the silver-medal-winning Romanian teams at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. However, her career was cut short because of two major injuries and a growth spurt. 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 Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova (born 26 October 1967 or 26 October 1966 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a retired Soviet gymnast, who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Career Bicherova began gymn ...

's age had been falsified at the 1981 World Championships, and that Bicherova had been 13 when she won her title.

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.com (16 September 2006) In May 2016, she was inducted into the

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.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 is a choreographer and dance coach at the Dobre Gymnastics Academy in Maryland.

References

External links

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List of competitive results at Gymn Forum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dobre, Aurelia 1972 births Living people Gymnasts from Bucharest Romanian female artistic gymnasts Romanian emigrants to the United States Naturalized citizens of the United States Olympic gymnasts of Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics