Camelia Macoviciuc

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Camelia Macoviciuc (after marriage to Camelia Mihalcea ; born March 1, 1968 in Hudeşti , Botoşani district ) is a former Romanian rower .

Athletic career

Camelia Macoviciuc from the Dinamo Bucharest rowing club began rowing in 1986. At the Rowing World Championships in 1995 she drove with Alina Scurtu to 17th place in the lightweight double sculls . At the Olympic Games in Atlanta , she competed with Constanța Burcică in the same boat class. After a victory in the third heat, the two Romanians lost to the US boat with Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns in the semi-finals . In the final, the two Romanians won by almost two seconds over the US duo. Two weeks after the Olympic Games, the world championships in the non-Olympic boat classes took place in Glasgow . There Constanța Burcică won in the lightweight one, Camelia Macoviciuc took third place together with Maria Sava in the lightweight two without a helmsman.

In the 1997 World Cup season, Macoviciuc and Sava took third place twice and fourth place in the lightweight double sculls once. At the 1997 World Championships , Camelia Macoviciuc competed in the lightweight double scull with Angela Alupei and won the bronze medal behind the boats from Germany and Denmark. In 1998 Alupei and Macoviciuc won another bronze medal at the world championships , this time behind the US two and the Germans. In 1999 Macoviciuc rowed again together with Constanța Burcică in the lightweight double scull. The 1996 Olympic champions won all three World Cup regattas as well as the A final at the World Championships in St. Catharines . In the first World Cup regatta in 2000, Macoviciuc and Burcică took third place. Then Angela Alupei moved to Constanța Burcică in the double scull.

In 2003, Camelia Macoviciuc returned to the regatta courses after her marriage as Camelia Mihalcea. At the 2003 World Championships , Macoviciuc and Burcică rowed to third place in the lightweight double sculls. At the start of the 2004 season, Macoviciuc and Burcică took third place in the first World Cup regatta. For the 2004 Olympic Games , Camelia Mihalcea switched to Simona Strimbeschi in the double sculls without weight restriction, the two finished fifth in the Olympic final.

In 1996 she was given the title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Timișoara .

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SURNAME Macoviciuc, Camelia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mihalcea, Camelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian rower
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hudeşti , Botoşani County