An outlook of Romania's participation in rowing events in the Olympics
Romanian rowers have recently grabbed a number of very good performances. At the World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland, which came to a close last week, Romanian rowing crews have secured qualification to the Tokyo Olympics. Romania's rowing delegation now totals 36 athletes, which will compete in a total of nine events.
Romania's highest hopes for a medal are pinned on the women's 8+1 crew. In this event, Romania has climbed onto the podium since 1996 onwards, with the exception of the 2012 London Olympics. With three Olympic gold medals, three silver and three bronze, the Romanian women's 8+1 crew is the most successful in the history of Romanian rowing. Over the years famous athletes have contributed to Romania's success, including Elisabeta Lipă, Georgeta Andrunache, Viorica Susanu, Liliana Gafencu or Doina Ignat.
For years Romania has also been dominating the women's double-scull event. The list of Olympic winners began in 1984 in Los Angeles, when Rodica Arba and Elena Horvat won the gold. Most gold medals were scooped by Georgeta Andrunache. Alongside Doina Ignat, she won the Olympic gold first in Sydney in 2000, then alongside Viorica Susanu in Athens in 2004, and in Beijing in 2008.
We should also mention the Romanian lightweight women's double scull. In 1996, in Athens, Constanța Burcică and Camelia Macoviciuc won the Olympic gold. Constanța Burcică climbed onto the first step of the Olympic podium again in 2000 and 2004, alongside Angela Alupei. Apart from the aforementioned events, Romania will be represented in Tokyo in another six rowing events: the men's quadruple sculls, the women's quadruple sculls, the women's pair, the men's pair, the men's double-scull and the men's 8+1 events.
Romania has been taking part in rowing events in the Olympic Games since 1952, at the Helsinki Olympics. Since then, it only missed one edition, in 1956 in Melbourne. Along with gymnastics, rowing is the best-represented Romanian Olympic sport, having earned Romania 19 gold medals, 10 silver and 9 bronze over the years. (VP)
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