Career
She is an Olympic bronze medalist and a European gold medalist with the team Individually she is a European bronze medalist on balance beam. Gabriela began training for gymnastics at the age of four at Computer Software Systems Buzau with Costica Cliniciu and 1976 Olympic silver medalist Gabriela Trușcă (now Gabriela Robu).
She had a promising junior career with participations in various international events.
In 2007 she placed fourth all around at the 7th Lugano International Trophy and eight all around, sixth on vault, eight on uneven bars and fourth on floor at the 27th International Junior Competition, Yokohama. 2008 and the Olympic Games
Her first participation at a major international event was as the 2008 European Championships.
Here she competed in the team finals replacing Cerasela Pătraşcu who injured her foot during the team qualifications. She was the surprise of the 2008 Romanian Nationals placing first on beam ahead of the more experienced Nistor.
She also placed seventh all around and sixth on vault.
Here she helped her team to qualify in the fourth position in the team finals by competing on uneven bars (14225), beam (15450), and on floor (14250). Her score on floor was the lowest among her team and it was not counted. However, her score on beam was the highest among her team and she placed seventh in the qualification for the beam final.
Her colleagues Nistor and Izbaşa who medaled previously on beam at world and European championships did not qualify.
Individually she placed fifth in the beam final improving the score obtained in the qualification (15625). 2009
Struggling with health problems she was not at her full physical potential at the 2009 European Championships.
However she managed to qualify sixth on beam and to place ninth on uneven bars preliminaries. Later that year she replaced injured Sandra Izbaşa at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Here she placed 11th and 17th in the uneven bars and beam qualifications, respectively.
2010
In January 2010 she underwent surgery for tibia tear with little chances of making the team for the 2010 European Championships. She made a comeback in August at a friendly meet in Great Britain. Later that year, she was selected in the national team for 2010 World Championships.
Here she placed fourth with her team by competing on balance beam and uneven bars.