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Georgeta Damian

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Georgeta Damian
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Eight
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Eight
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Eight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Marathon Coxless pair

Georgeta Damian (born April 14, 1976 in Botoşani, Romania) is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She is married to Valeriu Andrunache.

Damian rowed in the Romanian Women's Eights, that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she also won the Women's Pairs. With Viorica Susanu, she won the World Championships in the pairs in 2001 and 2002, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won gold medals in both pairs and eights. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the women's pairs with Susanu, and bronze in the eights.

Medals at Olympic Games

1st, Women's coxless pair
3rd, Women's eight
1st, Women's Eight
1st, Women's Pair

Medals at World Championships

  • 1997
1st, Women's Eight
2nd, Women's Pair
  • 1998
1st, Women's Eight
  • 1999
1st, Women's Eight
  • 2001
1st, Women's Pair
2nd, Women's Eight
  • 2002
1st, Women's Pair
  • 2003
2nd, Women's Eight
3rd, Women's Pair

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgeta Damian-Andrunache". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06.