Nicolae Juravschi

Nicolae Juravschi (born August 8, 1964 in Chircăieşti , Căuşeni Rajon , Moldovan SSR ) is a former Soviet canoeist who started for Romania in 1992 and then for the Republic of Moldova . Together with Victor Reneischi he won two Olympic gold medals and one silver medal in the two-man canoe .

Career

Juravschi, who competed for Dynamo Chișinău, formed a two-man kayak with Belarusian Victor Reneischi from 1987. At the Olympic Games in 1988 Reneischi and Juravschi won over 500 meters with almost two seconds ahead of the Poles Marek Dopierała and Marek Łbik , the day after the two Soviet canoeists won over 1000 meters with over three seconds ahead of Olaf Heukrodt and Ingo Spelly and the two Poles .

In 1989 the program at the World Championships in Plovdiv was expanded to include the four-man Canadian . Reneischi and Juravschi won the title in the two-man Canadian over 500 meters, while Yuri Gurin and Valeri Weschko competed for the Soviet Union over 1000 meters and won the bronze medal. Juravschi, Reneischi, Gurin and Weschko competed together in the four-man Canadier and won the title both over 500 meters and over 1000 meters. The following year Juravschi and Reneischi won over 500 meters at the World Championships in Poznan , in the four-man Canadian over 1000 meters they won together with Gurin and Weschko. The four-man kayak with Juravschi, Michail Sliwinski , Gurin and Weschko won over 500 meters . The Soviet team competed for the last time at the 1991 World Championships in Paris . Juravschi and Reneischi won the silver medal over 500 meters and bronze over 1000 meters. Together with Gurin and Weschko they won over both distances in a foursome.

After the Soviet Union fell apart, Juravschi received an offer from the Romanian federation, and six weeks before the Olympic Games he received Romanian citizenship. At the 1992 Olympic Games , he and Gheorghe Andriev finished fourth both over 500 meters and over 1000 meters. In 1994 Reneischi moved to the Republic of Moldova and Juravschi returned to his home country from Romania. At the 1995 World Championships , the two won over 500 meters silver behind the Hungarians György Kolonics and Csaba Horváth . At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, the two Hungarians also won over 500 meters, ahead of the two Moldovans, who finished fifth over 1000 meters.

Juravschi ended his competitive sports career after the 1996 Olympic Games. He was temporarily President of the Moldovan Canoe Association and has been President of the Moldovan Olympic Committee since 2001. He has been a member of the Moldovan Parliament since 2011 .

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996 Sportverlag Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6

Web links

• Nicolae Juravschi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• World championships over 500 meters
• World championships over 1000 meters

Footnotes

1. ↑ Volker Kluge: Die Chronik IV p. 648, note 667