Valeria Răcilă
Romanian rower
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Born | 2 June 1957 (1957-06-02) (age 67) Stulpicani, Romania[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valeria Răcilă (later Roşca, later van Groningen, born 2 June 1957) is a retired Romanian rower. She first competed in double and quadruple sculls, winning bronze medals at the 1980 Olympics and 1979 and 1981 world championships. She then changed to single sculls, and won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 and silver medals at the world championships in 1982 and 1985.[1][2]
References
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- ^ a b Valeria Roşca-Răcilă. sports-reference.com
- ^ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Einer, Doppelzweier. sport-komplett.de
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Olympic champions – Women's single sculls
- 1976:
Christine Scheiblich (GDR)
- 1980:
Sanda Toma (ROU)
- 1984:
Valeria Răcilă (ROU)
- 1988:
Jutta Behrendt (GDR)
- 1992:
Elisabeta Lipă (ROU)
- 1996:
Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)
- 2000:
Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)
- 2004:
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)
- 2008:
Rumyana Neykova (BUL)
- 2012:
Miroslava Knapková (CZE)
- 2016:
Kim Brennan (AUS)
- 2020:
Emma Twigg (NZL)
- 2024:
Karolien Florijn (NED)
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