Adriana Bazon

Adriana Bazon in the 1980s

Adriana Bazon , born Adriana Chelariu , (born July 5, 1963 in Copălău , Botoșani County ) is a former Romanian rower who won four Olympic medals.

The 1.81 m tall rower competed under her maiden name Adriana Chelariu until 1987, after marriage she started as Adriana Bazon in 1988.

Career

At the age of 18 she finished fourth with Mărioara Popescu at the 1981 World Championships in double sculls . Two years later reached Chelariu at the World Championships in 1983 to fourth place in the quadruple sculls . Before the Olympic Games in 1984 , she switched from scull rowing to oar rowing . With the Romanian eighth , she won the silver medal behind the hosts in Los Angeles. After two bronze medals with the eighth at the world championships in 1985 and 1986 behind the USSR and GDR, Chelariu won two world championship titles at the world championships in Copenhagen in 1987 . In the eighth, the Romanians replaced the Soviet Union after seven titles in a row, Valentina Virlan , Marioara Traşcă , Adriana Chelariu, Veronica Necula and taxwoman Ecaterina Oancia won not only with the eighth but also with the four with taxwoman .

Adriana Bazon also started in two boat classes at the 1988 Olympic Games . With the eighth she won the silver medal behind the boat from the GDR. Mihaela Armăşescu and Adriana Bazon only competed in the four with a helmsman . In the final, the Romanian boat won the bronze medal, Armăşescu and Bazon also received a bronze medal for the preliminary run. At the 1989 World Championships in Bled, Bazon won two medals at the season highlight for the third time in a row: after bronze in the four without a helmsman , she won the world championship in eight. After a break in 1990, Adriana Bazon returned at the 1991 World Championships , she won the bronze medal with eighth and finished fifth in the two-man without a helmsman . In 1992 Adriana Bazon took part in the Olympic Games for the third time. At the 1992 Olympiaregatta she won her third silver medal behind the Canadians in eighth place, and fifth in the four without a helmsman.

Web links

Adriana Bazon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Adriana Bazon at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )

Footnotes

↑ World Championships in the eighth
↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 1113, note 531.
↑ The line-up follows the side of the World Rowing Association FISA World Championship Final 1987 foursome with helmswoman . According to the list of world championships in four with helmsman on sport-komplett.de, Lucia Toader rowed instead of Valentina Virlan.

personal data
SURNAME	Bazon, Adriana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chelariu, Adriana (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian rower
DATE OF BIRTH	5th July 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copălău , Botoșani County

[1] World Championships in the eighth

[2] Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 1113, note 531.

[3] The line-up follows the side of the World Rowing Association FISA World Championship Final 1987 foursome with helmswoman . According to the list of world championships in four with helmsman on sport-komplett.de, Lucia Toader rowed instead of Valentina Virlan.