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Romanian national women’s volleyball team certified for the 1980 Olympic Game titles.
Nadia Elena Comaneci is just one of the symbols of the 1970s. Romania’s Nadia was the finest athlete at the 1976 Montreal Summer season Olympic Online games. Nadia was 14 many years old when she won a few Olympic gold medals in Montreal’76. Nadia experienced also created history when she grew to become the first Olympic gymnast to rating a perfect ten details (unven bars). Her distinction was the most crucial minute in the Online games. Anita Verschoth, who is a sportswriter, wrote: “She surprised the judges as properly as the group not only with double somersaults and twists but also with an unusual consistency and steadiness even in her most hard moves. She exhibited an unflappable self confidence and a lot more stamina and energy than seemed achievable for a overall body as apparently frail as hers. When the level of competition was above, every person was speaking about Comaneci. She experienced set an emphatie conclusion to the classical model, with its emphasis on maturity and ladylike grace”. Four years afterwards, she gained 2 gold medals at the 1980 Olympic Game titles in Moscow (Soviet Union). The adhering to year Nadia won various medals at the1981Summer time Environment College Video games in Bucharest. Nadia was born on November 12, 1961 in Onesti, Romania.
This European country gained two gold medals at the 1999 IAAF Globe Observe and Area Championships in Seville (Spain ).
The most well-known sporting activities in Romania are soccer, handball, gymnastics, aquatics, tennis, volleyball, basketball, drinking water polo, shooting, boxing and athletics.
Dinamo Bucharest was 1 of the most well known handball clubs in the planet. This club received many intercontinental tournaments in Europe. Other well-known clubs ended up Stiinta Bucharest (European champion), Uni Timisora, Quick Bucharest (Continental champio ), Steaua Bucharest (European champion)…
Romania sent 63 athletes to the 1988 Summer months Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Bucharest hosted the 1981 Globe College Video games. Much more than 2,900 athletes from 86 international locations competed in 10 sporting activities. Romania experienced numerous winners: Emilian Nicula, Kurt Szilier, Dan Odorhean, Nadia Comaneci, Emilia Eberle , Doina Melinte, Florenta Craciunescu-Tacu and Carmen Bonaciu.
This European nation participated in the Francophonie Video games in 2001.
Romania won the gold medal in water polo in the Entire world University Games in 1977.
The best Olympic athletes are: Nadia Comaneci (gymnastics), Viorica Viscopoleanu (long leap/ observe & discipline/ Olympic winner, 1968), Lia Manoliu (discus toss /athletics/ gold medalist, 1968), Iolanda Balas (large soar /athletics/ gold medalist, 1960 & 1964), Mihaela Penes (javelin throw/ planet champion/ Tokyo 1964), Ivan Patzaichin (kayak / planet champion/ Mexico City 1968), Ion Drimba (fencing/ Olympic winner/ Mexico City 1968), Nicolae Martinescu (wrestling/ planet winner/ Munich 1972), Corneliu Ion (fast-fire pisto/ shooting/ Moscow 1980), Sanda Toma (solitary sculls/ rowing/ Moscow 1980), Doina Melinte (800m/ track & discipline/ Los Angeles 1984), Maricica Puica (3,000m/ athletics/ Los Angeles 1984), Ekaterina Szabo (ground routines/ gymnastics/ Los Angeles 1984), Simona Pauca (harmony beam/ gymnastics/ Los Angeles 1984), Paula Ivan (1, 500m/ keep track of & industry/ Seoul 1988), Daniela Silivas (asymmetrical bars/ gymnastics/ Seoul 1988), Sorin Babii (totally free pistol/ taking pictures/ Seoul 1988), Lavinia Milosovici (floor workout routines/ gymnastics/ Barcelona 1992), Elisabeta Lipa (one sculls/ rowing/ Barcelona 1992), Laura Badea (foil particular person/ fencing/ Atlanta 1996), Simona Amanar (facet horse vault/ gymnastics/ Atlanta 1996), Gabriela Szabo (5,00m/ athletics/ Sydney 2000), Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (sabre specific/ fencing/ Sydney 2000), Dina Monacu (100m & 200m backstroke/ swimming/ Sydney 2000), Marius Urzica (pommeled horse/ gymnastics/ Sydney 2000), Camelia Potec (200m freestyle/ aquatics/ Athens 2004), Catalina Ponor (flooring workout/ gymnastics/ Athens 2004)…
This European state gained the gold medal at the 1970 Earth Women’s Handball Championships in Amsterdam (Holland).
Elisabeta Lipa was the flag bearer of the Romanian Olympic team at the 2004 Summer season Olympic Game titles in Greece.
Bucharest hosted the Globe Women’s Handball Championships in 1962. Closing standings:
1.Romania
2.Denmark
3.Czechoslovakia
From 1924 to 2004, Romania -former socialist republic- has received 283 Olympic medals (82 golds, 88 silvers, 113 bronzes). Not like Bulgaria, Cuba, North Korea, Poland, Vietnam, Hungary and Ethiopia, Romania did not boycott the Olympic Games in 1984. This European country despatched 127 athletes to the Olympic Game titles in the United States.
Hosts………………..Gold……Silver… Bronze…Overall….Ranking
Paris-1924………………………………..1…………1……….23
Berlin-1936…………………….1……………………1………25
Helsinki-1952……….1……….1…………2…………4………23
Melbourne-1956……5……….3…………5………..13………9
Rome-1960…………..3……….1…………6………..10……..11
Tokyo-1964……………2………4…………6…………12…….14
Mexico-1968………….4………6…………5…………15…….12
Munich-1972…………3………6…………7…………16…….13
Montreal-1976………4………9……….14…………27………9
Moscow-1980………6……….6………13…………25………7
Los Angeles-84…..20…….16……..17…………53………2
Seoul-1988…………..7……..11……….6…………24………8
Barcelona-92……….4………..6……….8…………18…….14
Atlanta-1996…………4……….7……….9…………20……..14
Sydney-2000………11……….6……….9…………26……..11
Athens-2004………..8……….5………..6…………19……..14
