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History
Romania made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1900. They wouldn’t return until 1924 where they competed in most games since, missing only the 1932 and 1948 Olympics. The nation sends a large delegation with around 100 athletes competing at recent Olympics. The athletes compete in a variety of sports with the most popular being athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing and wrestling.
Romania has won at least one medal in all Olympics it has participated in with the exceptions of the 1900 and 1928 Olympics. In total the nation has won 306 medals across 16 sports. The most successful sports include gymnastics (72), rowing (38), athletics (35), canoeing (34) and wrestling (34). The most successful athlete is gymnast Nadia Comaneci whom won nine medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. She won five golds in the individual all-around (1976), uneven bars (1976), balance beam (1976 & 1980), and floor exercise (1980), three silvers in the team all-around (1976 & 1980) and individual all-around (1980) and one bronze in the floor exercise (1976). In 2016 Romania won four medals.
Qualified Quotas
Archery
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s Individual | Madalina Amaistroaie | Madalina Amaistroaie |
Athletics
Men’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s 50km Walk | Marius Cocioran | |
Men’s Discus Throw | Alin Alexandru Firfirica | Alin Alexandru Firfirica |
Women’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s 1500m | Claudia Bobocea | Claudia Bobocea |
Women’s High Jump | Daniela Stanciu | Daniela Stanciu |
Women’s Long Jump | Alina Rotaru | Alina Rotaru |
Florentina Iusco | Florentina Iusco |
Basketball
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s 3×3 | Qualified Via Rankings | Claudia Cuic Gabriela Marginean Sonia Ursu Ancuta Stoenescu |
Boxing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Flyweight | Cosmin Girleanu | Cosmin Girleanu |
Women’s Featherweight | Maria Nechita | Maria Nechita |
Canoeing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s C1 1000m | Eligible to Compete | Victor Mihalachi |
Eligible to Compete | Catalin Chirila | |
Men’s C2 1000m | Victor Mihalachi Catalin Chirila |
Victor Mihalachi Catalin Chirila |
Cycling
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Cross-Country | Qualified Via Rankings | Vlad Dascalu |
Men’s Road Race | Qualified Via Rankings | Eduard-Michael Grosu |
Fencing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s Individual Epee | Ana Maria Popescu | Ana Maria Popescu |
Men’s Individual Sabre | Iulian Teodosiu | Iulian Teodosiu |
Football
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Tournament | Andrei Radu Catalin Cabuz Andrei Vlad Radu Boboc Cristian Manea Alex Pascanu Ionut Nedelcearu Adrian Rus Virgil Ghita Florin Stefan Ricardo Grigore Dragos Nedelcu Tudor Baluta Alexandru Cicaldau Vlad Dragomir Andrei Ciobanu Dennis Man Ianis Hagi Darius Olaru Florinel Coman George Puscas Adrian Petre Andrei Ivan |
Marian Aioani Tudor Baluta Radu Boboc Andrei Chindris Andrei Ciobanu Ronaldo Deaconu Marco Dulca Eduard Florescu George Ganea Ion Gheorghe Valentin Gheorghe Virgil Ghita Ricardo Grigore Marius Marin Alexandru Pascanu Mihai Popa Andrei Ratiu Florin Stefan Alexandru Dobre* Antonio Sefer* Andrei Sintean* Stefan Tarnovanu* |
Gymnastics
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Artistic Individual Events | Marian Dragulescu | Marian Dragulescu |
Women’s Artistic Individual Events (1) (2) |
Maria Holbura | Maria Holbura |
Larisa Iordache | Larisa Iordache |
Judo
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s -73kg | Alexandru Raicu | Alexandru Raicu |
Men’s +100kg | Vladut Simionescu | Vladut Simionescu |
Women’s -52kg | Andreea Chitu | Andreea Chitu |
Rowing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Coxless Pair | Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosa |
Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosa |
Women’s Coxless Pair | Cristina-Georgiana Popescu Amalia Beres |
Adriana Ailincai Iuliana Buhus |
Men’s Double Sculls | Ioan Prundeanu Marian-Florian Enache |
Ioan Prundeanu Marian-Florian Enache |
Women’s Double Sculls | Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar Simona Radis |
Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar Simona Radis |
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls | Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina-Elena Beleaga |
Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina-Elena Beleaga |
Men’s Coxless Four | Mihaita-Vasile Tiganescu Mugurel Semciuc Stefan-Constantin Berariu Cosmin Pascari |
Mihaita-Vasile Tiganescu Mugurel Semciuc Stefan-Constantin Berariu Cosmin Pascari |
Women’s Coxless Four | Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu Ioana Vrinceanu Madalina Beres Denisa Tilvescu |
Madalina Heghes Elena Logofatu Cristina Popescu Roxana Anghel |
Men’s Coxed Eight | Alexandru Chioseaua Florin-Sorin Lehaci Constantin Radu Sergiu-Vasile Bejan Vlad-Dragos Aicoboae Constantin Adam Florin-Nicolae Arteni-Fintinariu Ciprian Huc Adrian Munteanu |
Alexandru Chioseaua Florin-Sorin Lehaci Constantin Radu Sergiu-Vasile Bejan Vlad-Dragos Aicoboae Constantin Adam Florin-Nicolae Arteni-Fintinariu Ciprian Huc Adrian Munteanu |
Women’s Coxed Eight | Maria-Magdalena Rusu Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu Georgiana Dedu Maria Tivodariu Ioana Vrinceanu Amalia Beres Madalina Beres Danisa Tilvescu Daniela Druncea |
Maria-Magdalena Rusu Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu Georgiana Dedu Maria Tivodariu Ioana Vrinceanu Amalia Beres Madalina Beres Danisa Tilvescu Daniela Druncea |
Shooting
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s 10m Air Rifle | Laura-Georgeta Coman | Laura-Georgeta Coman |
Swimming
Men’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s 100m Backstroke | Robert Glinta | Robert Glinta |
Daniel Martin | Daniel Martin |
Table Tennis
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Singles | Ovidiu Ionescu | Ovidiu Ionescu |
Women’s Singles | From Team Quota | Elizabeta Samra |
From Team Quota | Bernadette Szocz | |
Women’s Team | Daniela Dodean Elizabeta Samara Bernadette Szocz Irina Ciobanu |
Daniela Dodean Elizabeta Samara Bernadette Szocz |
Mixed Doubles | Ovidiu Ionescu Bernadette Szocs |
Ovidiu Ionescu Bernadette Szocs |
Tennis
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s Doubles | Monica Niculescu Iona Raluca Olaru |
Triathlon
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Individual | Felix Duchampt | Felix Duchampt |
Weightlifting
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s -64kg | Loredana-Elena Toma | NOC Suspended |
Wrestling
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Freestyle -97kg | Albert Saritov | Albert Saritov |
Men’s Greco-Roman -130kg | Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu | Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu |
Women’s Freestyle -50kg | Alina Vuc | Alina Vuc |
Women’s Freestyle -53kg | Andreea Ana | Andreea Ana |
Women’s Freestyle -62kg | Kriszta Incze | Kriszta Incze |