Background
Szabo, Gabriela was born on November 14, 1975 in Bistrita, Romania.
Szabo, Gabriela was born on November 14, 1975 in Bistrita, Romania.
Szabo was born to a Romanian mother and a Hungarian father, yet she does not speak Hungarian at all. In May 2005 she retired from competitions due to exhaustion. She remains the European record holder in the 3000 m.
As of 19 August 2013 she held the honorific title of Romanian Tourism Ambassador, together with other 7 cultural and sport personalities of Romania.
On 5 March 2014, she was appointed Minister of Youth and Sport in the Victor Ponta social-democratic government.
Married Gyongyossy Zsolt, 1999.