Georgeta Damian Explained

Georgeta Damian (married name Andruanche, born 14 April 1976 in Botoșani) is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She married the rower Valeriu Andrunache in 2006.

Damian rowed in the Romanian Women's eight, that won the World Rowing 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.^[1]

Medals at Olympic Games

• 2008 Summer Olympics

1st, Women's coxless pair

3rd, Women's eight

• 2004 Summer Olympics

1st, Women's eight

1st, Women's coxless pair

• 2000 Summer Olympics

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

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists

References

1. Georgeta Damian-Andrunache . https://web.archive.org/web/20090606150102/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/georgeta-damian-andrunache-1.html . 6 June 2009 . dead.