Mihaela Armășescu

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Mihaela Armășescu in the 1980s

Mihaela Armăşescu , (born September 3, 1963 in Tomşani , Vâlcea County ) is a former Romanian rower who won three Olympic medals.

Career

The 1.80 m tall Mihaela Armășescu took fifth place at the 1983 World Championships with the Romanian eighth . From the forward of the Romanians teams the world champions from the Soviet Union and the bronze medal winners from the GDR because of the stepped Olympic boycott not with the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The World Cup runners-up from the United States and the fourth-placed Canadians were just as represented in the eighth finals in Los Angeles as the Romanians. The US rowers won by one second over the Romanians, two seconds behind the Dutch relegated the Canadian boat to fourth place.

At the 1985 and 1986 World Championships , Mihaela Armăşescu won bronze behind the boats from the USSR and the GDR; In 1987 she was not there. At the Olympic Games in 1988 Mihaela Armăşescu started in two boat classes. With the eighth she won the silver medal behind the boat from the GDR. In four with coxswain Mihaela Armăşescu and kicked Adriana Bazon only in the flow. In the final, the Romanian boat won the bronze medal, Armăşescu and Bazon also received a bronze medal for the preliminary run. At the end of her career Armăşescu won two medals at the World Championships in 1989 in Bled, as in the previous year, this time in both finals. After bronze in the four without a helmsman , she won the world championship in eight.

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personal data
SURNAME Armășescu, Mihaela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian rower
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Tomșani , Vâlcea County