Interesting Facts About Olympic Nations – Romania

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Romania’s national women’s volleyball team qualified for the 1980 Olympics.

Nadia Elena Comaneci is one of the symbols of the seventies. Nadia from Romania was the best athlete at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Nadia was 14 when she won three Olympic gold medals at Montreal’76. Nadia had also made history when she became the first Olympic gymnast to score ten perfect points (uneven bars). His distinction was the most important moment of the Games. Anita Verschoth, who is a sports writer, wrote: “She wowed the judges and the audience not only with double somersaults and twists, but also with uncommon consistency and stability even in her most difficult moves. She showed unflappable confidence and more. stamina. and strength than seemed possible for a seemingly fragile body like hers. By the time the competition ended, everyone was talking about Comaneci. She had done away with the classic style, with its emphasis on maturity and grace of a Lady “. Four years later, he won 2 gold medals at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow (Soviet Union). The following year, Nadia won several medals at the 1981 World University Summer Games in Bucharest. Nadia was born on November 12, 1961 in Onesti, Romania.

This European country won two gold medals at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain.

The most popular sports in Romania are football, handball, gymnastics, water sports, tennis, volleyball, basketball, water polo, shooting, boxing and athletics.

Dinamo Bucharest was one of the most famous handball clubs in the world. This club won many international tournaments in Europe. Other popular clubs were Stiinta Bucharest (European champion), Uni Timisora, Rapid Bucharest (continental champion), Steaua Bucharest (European champion) …

Romania sent 63 athletes to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Bucharest hosted the 1981 World University Games. More than 2,900 athletes from 86 countries competed in 10 sports. Romania had many winners: Emilian Nicula, Kurt Szilier, Dan Odorhean, Nadia Comaneci, Emilia Eberle, Doina Melinte, Florenta Craciunescu-Tacu and Carmen Bonaciu.

This European country participated in the Francophonie Games in 2001.

Romania won the gold medal in water polo at the World University Games in 1977.

The best Olympic athletes are: Nadia Comaneci (gymnastics), Viorica Viscopoleanu (long jump / track and field / Olympic champion, 1968), Lia Manoliu (discus throw / athletics / gold medalist, 1968), Iolanda Balas (jump of height / athletics / gold medalist, 1960 and 1964), Mihaela Penes (javelin throw / world champion / Tokyo 1964), Ivan Patzaichin (kayak / world champion / Mexico City 1968), Ion Drimba (fencing / Olympic champion / Mexico City 1968), Nicolae Martinescu (wrestling / world champion / Munich 1972), Corneliu Ion (rapid pistol / shooting / Moscow 1980), Sanda Toma (sculls / rowing / Moscow 1980), Doina Melinte (800 m / track and field / Los Angeles 1984), Maricica Puica (3,000 m / athletics / Los Angeles 1984), Ekaterina Szabo (floor exercises / gymnastics / Los Angeles 1984), Simona Pauca (balance beam / gymnastics / Los Angeles 1984), Paula Ivan (1,500 m / track and field / Seoul 1988)), Daniela Silivas (uneven bars cas / gymnastics / Seoul 1988), Sorin Babii (free pistol / shooting / Seoul 1988), Lavini a Milosovici (floor exercises / gymnastics / Barcelona 1992), Elisabeta Lipa (sculls / rowing / Barcelona 1992), Laura Badea (individual foil / fencing / Atlanta 1996), Simona Amanar (side jump / gymnastics / Atlanta 1996), Gabriela Szabo (5.00 m / athletics / Sydney 2000), Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (individual saber / fencing / Sydney 2000), Dina Monacu (100 m and 200 m backstroke / swimming / Sydney 2000), Marius Urzica (pommel horse / gymnastics / Sydney 2000), Camelia Potec (200m freestyle / water sports / Athens 2004), Catalina Ponor (floor exercise / gymnastics / Athens 2004) …

This European country won the gold medal at the 1970 Women’s World Handball Championship in Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Elisabeta Lipa was the standard bearer for the Romanian Olympic team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece.

Bucharest hosted the World Handball Championship for Women in 1962. Final classification:

1.Romania

2.Denmark

3 Czechoslovakia

From 1924 to 2004, Romania – a former socialist republic – has won 283 Olympic medals (82 gold, 88 silver, 113 bronze). Unlike Bulgaria, Cuba, North Korea, Poland, Vietnam, Hungary and Ethiopia, Romania did not boycott the 1984 Olympic Games. This European country sent 127 athletes to the United States Olympic Games.

Hosts ……………….. Gold …… Silver … Bronze … Total …. Ranking

Paris-1924 …………… 0 ……….. 0 ………… 1 …… …… 1 ………. 23

Berlin-1936 ………….. 0 ……….. 1 ………… 0 ……. ….. 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 ………… 2014

Sydney-2000 ……… 11 ………. 6 ………. 9 ………… 26 .. …… eleven

Athens-2004 ……….. 8 ………. 5 ……….. 6 ………… 19 …….. 14