Mirela Țugurlan

Mirela Țugurlan
Born	(1980-09-04) September 4, 1980 Focșani, Romania
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Romania
Head coach(es)	Octavian Belu
Assistant coach(es)	Mariana Bitang
Medal record Representing Romania Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Championships 1997 Lausanne Team

Mirela Țugurlan (born September 4, 1980) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is a 1996 Olympic bronze medalist and a 1997 world gold medalist with the team. She was not originally expected to be a member of the Romanian Olympic team in Atlanta, but was added to the roster after Ana Maria Bican sustained a serious knee injury in training after having arrived in Atlanta. Despite her relative lack of experience competing at the international senior level, Țugurlan performed solidly on the Olympic stage and contributed to Romania's bronze medal finish. A year later at the world championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, Țugurlan helped the Romanian women win their third consecutive world team title.

External links

• Small bio at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-10-20)
• Mirela Tugurlan at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Mirela Tugurlan at Olympics.com