Anișoara Bălan

Anișoara Bălan in the 1980s

Anișoara Bălan , from 1991 Anișoara Dobre , (born July 1, 1966 in Liteni ) is a former Romanian rower who won two Olympic medals.

Athletic career

The 1.76 m tall Anișoara Bălan took third place in the double scull at the Junior World Championships in 1983 , and in 1984 she won the single . At the World Championships in 1985 in adult class Anisoara Bălan came in quadruple sculls , winning with Veronica Cogeanu , Anisoara Sorohan and Maricica Iordache the bronze medal behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union. The following year Doina Ciucanu-Robu moved on for Cogeanu, and at the World Championships in Nottingham , the Romanian four-man came second behind the GDR boat. At the World Championships in 1987 , the boat from the GDR won ahead of Bulgaria and the Soviet Union, the Romanian four with Bălan, Ciucanu-Robu, Cogeanu and Sorohan took fourth place. At the Olympic Games in 1988 , the GDR foursome won ahead of the Soviet boat, Bălan, Minea (-Sorohan), Cogeanu and Elisabeta Lipă received the bronze medal.

After a two-year break and a change of name through marriage, she returned as Anișoara Dobre with two medals at the 1991 World Championships . With Elisabeta Lipă she won silver in double sculls, with Constanța Burcică , Doina Ignat and Fanica Costea she received bronze in double sculls. At the 1992 Olympic Games , the German boat won the double fours, followed by Anișoara Dobre, Doina Ignat, Constanța Burcică and Veronica Cochela (-Cogeanu) the silver medal.

Anișoara Bălan is married to the rower Dănuț Dobre . Her sister Doina Bălan , who is even more successful with four Olympic medals, is married to the rower Ioan Șnep .

Web links

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

Remarks

↑ According to the FISA rudder database , Anișoara competed in the Romanian eighth in 1984 and 1989. These assignments contradict the Olympic database for 1984 and the overview of the World Championships in figure eight for 1989 . According to these sources, it must have been her sister Doina.

personal data
SURNAME	Bălan, Anișoara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dobre, Anișoara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian rower
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liteni

[1] According to the FISA rudder database , Anișoara competed in the Romanian eighth in 1984 and 1989. These assignments contradict the Olympic database for 1984 and the overview of the World Championships in figure eight for 1989 . According to these sources, it must have been her sister Doina.