Elena Giurcă
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11 January 1946 Bucharest, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 2013 (aged 67)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 151 cm (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 41 kg (90 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elena Giurcă (11 January 1946 – September 2013) was a Romanian rowing coxswain. She took up rowing in 1966 and debuted internationally at the 1969 European Championships, winning a bronze medal in the eights. Later, she mostly competed in the quadruple sculls, finishing third and fourth at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, respectively.[1][3] She also won silver medals in this event at the 1974 and 1977 world championships.[4][5]
In 1969, Giurcă graduated in English from the University of Bucharest, and later taught English at a military academy. She died aged 67 after surgery for a brain aneurysm.[2]
References
- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Elena Giurcă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- 1 2 Elena Giurcă, cârmaci de legendă al canotajului românesc. zch.ro (6 October 2013)
- ↑ Elena Giruca. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ↑ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Doppelvierer – Damen, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter). sport-komplett.de
- ↑ Elena GIURCA at FISA WorldRowing.com
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