Famous People with Name Gabriela

Gabriela Gaja Cover            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Gabriela Gaja Cover: is a retired female butterfly swimmer from Mexico. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in 17th place (4:26.73) in the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay event, alongside Heike Koerner (backstroke), Ana Mendoza (breaststroke), and Laura Sánchez (freestyle).

Gabriela Benacková            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Gabriela Benacková: is a Slovak soprano.She specializes in the music of her compatriots, particularly Eugen Suchon, as well as Czech composers, notably Bedrich Smetana and Leoš Janácek. She is considered to be one of the greatest 'Jenufa's' in Janácek's opera of the same name. Her Carnegie Hall performance (and subsequent Metropolitan Opera run with Leonie Rysanek) is considered to be legendary.

Gabriela Lourdes Pérez Del Solar Cuculiza            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Gabriela Lourdes Pérez Del Solar Cuculiza: is a Peruvian female volleyball player and politician. On July 27, 2006 she assumed a position in the Peruvian Congress in the Unidad Nacional party.

Gabriela Paz-Franco            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Gabriela Paz-Franco: is a Venezuelan tennis player. As a junior she reached a career high of 10. She is coached by Diego Dominguez.She reached the final of the Girls' singles tournament at the 2008 US Open, where she lost to wildcard Coco Vandeweghe.

Gabriela Montero            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Gabriela Montero: a Venezuelan pianist.Montero gave her first public performance at the age of five. At age eight, she made her concert debut with the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra, conducted by José Antonio Abreu and was granted a scholarship from the Venezuelan government to study in the USA. At twelve she won the Baldwin National Competition and AMSA Young Artist International Piano Competition, performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She has been a student of Lyl Tiempo, Rosalina Sackstein, Andrez Esterhazy and Hamish Milne in London at the Royal Academy of Music. Her competition prizes include the Bronze Medal at the 13th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1995.