Georgeta Damian (married name Andruanche, born 14 April 1976 in Botoșani) is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She married the rower Valeriu Andrunache in 2006.
Medal record | ||
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Women's rowing | ||
Representing Romania | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | Coxless pair | |
2000 Sydney | Eight | |
2004 Athens | Coxless pair | |
2004 Athens | Eight | |
2008 Beijing | Coxless pair | |
2008 Beijing | Eight | |
World Championships | ||
1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette | Eight | |
1998 Cologne | Eight | |
1999 St. Catharines | Eight | |
2001 Lucerne | Coxless pair | |
2002 Seville | Coxless pair | |
1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette | Coxless pair | |
2001 Lucerne | Eight | |
2003 Milan | Eight | |
2007 Munich | Eight | |
2003 Milan | Coxless pair | |
2007 Munich | Coxless pair | |
European Championships | ||
2007 Poznań | Eight | |
2008 Marathon | Coxless pair | |
2012 Varese | Eight |
Damian rowed in the Romanian Women's eight, that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she also won the Women's pairs. With Viorica Susanu, she won the World Championships in the pairs in 2001 and 2002, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won gold medals in both pairs and eights. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the women's pairs with Susanu, and bronze in the eights.[1]
Medals at Olympic Games
edit- 1st, Women's coxless pair
- 3rd, Women's eight
- 1st, Women's Eight
- 1st, Women's Pair
Medals at World Championships
edit- 1997
- 1st, Women's Eight
- 2nd, Women's Pair
- 1998
- 1st, Women's Eight
- 1999
- 1st, Women's Eight
- 2001
- 1st, Women's Pair
- 2nd, Women's Eight
- 2002
- 1st, Women's Pair
- 2003
- 2nd, Women's Eight
- 3rd, Women's Pair
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgeta Damian-Andrunache". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009.
External links
edit- Georgeta Andrunache at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
- Georgeta Andrunache at World Rowing
- Georgeta Andrunache at Olympics.com
- Georgeta Damian at Olympic.org (archived)
- Georgeta Damian-Andrunache at Olympedia (archive)