Anca Tănase

Anca Tănase

Anca Tănase (born March 15, 1968 in Buneşti , Vaslui County ) is a former Romanian rower who won six medals, including three gold medals, at World Championships and Olympic Games.

Athletic career

Anca Tănase finished fourth at the Junior World Championships in 1986 with the Romanian eighth . In the adult class, she won her first title at the 1989 World Championships , also in eighth place. After that, it was not until 1993 that she was back at international championships. At the 1993 World Championships , she finished seventh in the quadruple sculls . A year later, she competed in two boat classes at the 1994 World Championships : with the four-man without a helmsman , she took fourth place, with the eighth she rowed to the bronze medal. Also at the 1995 World Championshipsshe reached two finals: In the two without a helmsman , she finished sixth, with the eighth she won the silver medal behind the US boat. At the 1996 Olympic Games , the US rowers only achieved fourth place, while the Romanian eighth won with over four seconds ahead of the boats from Canada and Belarus. At the 1997 World Championships , Doina Ignat , Ioana Olteanu , Doina Spîrcu and Anca Tănase rowed from eighth of the previous year to the silver medal in the four without helmsman, except for Doina Spîrcu, all of them also won the eighth world title.

Web links

• Anca Tănase in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Anca Tănase at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )