Rower M\u0103d\u0103lina Bere\u015f and swimmer Robert Glin\u0163\u0103 have been
\ndesignated the flag bearers of Romania’s team at the Olympics in Tokyo, the
\nRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee has announced. M\u0103d\u0103lina Bere\u015f was a
\nbronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, world champion with Romania’s
\neight and six times European champion. Glinta is the first Romanian swimmer to
\nwin gold at the European Championships and the first athlete qualified for the
\nTokyo Olympics. <\/p>\n
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The first Romanian flag bearer at the Olympic Games was
\nIosif Sarbu, in Melbourne 1956. He used to be Olympic champion in the shooting
\ncontest of the Helsinki Olympics in 1952. An illness in his right eye prompted
\nhim to modify his gun to be able to use his left eye for shooting and went
\nfifth in Melbourne, a remarkable performance under the given circumstances. <\/p>\n
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However, the athlete with the largest number of
\nparticipations as Romania’s flag bearer was kayaker Aurel Vernescu. He carried
\nthe flag for Romania three times, in Tokyo 1964, Mexico, four years later and
\nMunich 1972. He was designated flag bearer after he had won two world titles in
\nYugoslavia in 1963. <\/p>\n
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He compelled recognition in Tokyo as well with a bronze
\nmedal in the 500-meter individual race and with the Romanian four in the 1000-meter
\nevent. In Munich 1972, he stepped onto the podium’s second step with the
\nRomanian four in the 1000-meter race. <\/p>\n
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Elisabeta Lipa became the first woman athlete to wear the
\nflag for Romania at the Olympic Games. She had this honour in Sydney in 2000
\nand Athens in 2004. <\/p>\n
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Lipa obtained her first Olympic gold in Los Angeles in 1984
\ntogether with Marioara Popescu in the double sculls event. <\/p>\n
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Four years later she got bronze with the Romanian four and
\nsilver in the double sculls. She dominated the individual races for many years
\nand eventually reaped the Olympic title in Barcelona in 1992. She later joined
\nthe famous Romanian eight with which she managed to win another three gold
\nmedals, in Atlanta in 1996, in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. <\/p>\n
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Gymnasts from Romania have obtained the largest number of
\nnotable performances in international competitions. And the first gymnast to
\nbear the Romanian flag in the Olympics was Catalina Ponor, triple Olympic
\nchampion in Athens 2004. <\/p>\n
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