Elena Giurcă
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| Born | 11 January 1946 Bucharest, Romania[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 2013 (aged 67)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 151 cm (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 41 kg (90 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elena Giurcă (11 January 1946 – September 2013) was a Romanian rowing coxswain. She took up rowing in 1966 and debuted internationally at the 1969 European Championships, winning a bronze medal in the eights. Later, she mostly competed in the quadruple sculls, finishing third and fourth at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, respectively.[1][3] She also won silver medals in this event at the 1974 and 1977 world championships.[4][5]
In 1969, Giurcă graduated in English from the University of Bucharest, and later taught English at a military academy. She died aged 67 after surgery for a brain aneurysm.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Giurcă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Elena Giurcă, cârmaci de legendă al canotajului românesc" [Elena Giurcă, legendary helmsman of Romanian rowing]. zch.ro (in Romanian). 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Elena Giruca". Romanian Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Doppelvierer – Damen" [Rowing - World Championships - quadruples - women]. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter)" [Rowing - European Championships (Women - Eight)]. sport-komplett.de (in German).
- ^ Elena GIURCA at World Rowing
External links[edit]
- Elena Giurca at World Rowing
- Elena Giurca at Olympics.com
- Elena Giurca at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
- Elena Giurcă at Olympedia
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- 1946 births
- 2013 deaths
- Romanian female rowers
- Coxswains (rowing)
- Olympic rowers for Romania
- Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Romania
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- Rowers from Bucharest
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs
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