Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Participant (Moldova)

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The Republic of Moldova took part in the Winter Olympic Games for the third time in 2002 . The country sent out who competed in three disciplines. Cross-country skier Ion Bucsa acted as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

The country hit the headlines when the German presenter Stefan Raab tried to compete for the country in cross-country skiing. In the end, however, the National Olympic Committee of Moldova gave Raba a rejection.

Overview of the participants

biathlon

Women

• Valentina Ciurina

  7.5 km sprint: 51st place (23: 49.7 min)

  10 km pursuit: 48th place (38: 19.7 min)

  15 km individual: 62nd place (58: 40.8 min)

Men

• Mihail Gribușencov

  10 km sprint: 83rd place (30: 02.2 min)

  20 km individual: 84th place (1: 05: 58.5 h)

Sledding

Men, single-seaters

• Liviu Cepoi

  38th place (3: 07.943 min)

Cross-country skiing

Women

• Elena Gorohova

  1.5 km sprint: 55th place (3: 43.82 min, qualification)

  15 km freestyle: task

Men

• Ion Bucsa

  30 km freestyle: 67th place (1: 32: 48.9 h)

Web links

• Moldova at the 2002 Winter Olympics. In the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Does Stefan Raab start out as a Moldovan cross-country skier? From: spiegel.de, December 6, 2001. Retrieved August 8, 2012
2. ↑ Moldova won't let Raab start. On: spiegel.de. Retrieved August 8, 2012