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Viorica Viscopoleanu

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Viorica Viscopoleanu
Personal information
BornAugust 8, 1939
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Long Jump
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Athens Long Jump

Viorica Viscopoleanu (née Belmega, born August 8, 1939) is a Romanian athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.

She was born in Budinet, then in Romania, now in Ukraine.

Viscopoleanu competed for Romania at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the women's long jump event. She won the gold medal with a jump of 6.82 which bettered the world record set by Mary Rand at the previous Olympics.