Laura Oprea
Laura Oprea (born February 19, 1994 in Nisiporeşti , Neamț County ) is a Romanian rower .
Laura Oprea won at the Junior World Championships in 2010 the silver medal in the one at the Junior World Championships 2011 bronze in the quadruple sculls and at the Junior World Championships 2012 Bronze in One. In 2013 she won together with Ionela-Mădălina Rusu in a double scull at the U23 World Championships .
In 2014, the 1.87 m tall Laura Oprea won her first international medal in the adult class when she and Cristina Grigoraș won the silver medal at the European Championships in a two-man team without a helmsman . At the 2014 World Championships , the two finished fourth both in the two without a helmsman and with the Romanian eighth . In 2015, Grigoraș and Oprea won the bronze medal in two at the European Championships , and at the 2015 World Championships , the two took seventh place. In 2016 Laura Oprea and Mădălina Bereș won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel in an uncontrolled two-man game . Shortly thereafter, both belonged to the Romanian eighth, which won the Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne. At the 2016 Olympic Games , Oprea and Bereș competed in two competitions. With the two-man without a helmsman, they finished ninth. With the eighth they won the bronze medal behind the US eighth and the British women.
At the end of May 2017, Oprea and Bereș won the gold medal in both two and eight at the European Championships in Račice u Štětí . At the World Cup finals, Oprea and Bereş only competed in eighth and won this boat class. The Romanian eighth achieved his greatest success at the end of the 2017 season at the World Championships in Sarasota with the title win in front of the boats from Canada and New Zealand.
Web links
- Laura Oprea at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Laura Oprea in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Laura Oprea at COSR (Romanian)
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| SURNAME | Oprea, Laura |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nisiporeşti , Neamț County |