Romania at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	ROU
Nocname:	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2006
Website:
Location:	Turin
Competitors:	25 (16 men, 9 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Gheorghe Chiper (opening) Zsolt Antal (closing)^[1] ^[2]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928

Romania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Bianca-Andreea Narea	Women's giant slalom	1:10.89	did not finish
Florentin-Daniel Nicolae	Men's downhill	n/a	2:00.93	53
	Men's combined	1:45.81	53.39	52.69	3:31.89	25

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Marian Blaj	Men's sprint	30:44.4	4	77
	Men's individual	1:02:38.8	6	65
Dana Elena Plotogea	Women's sprint	25:01.7	1	48
	Women's pursuit	43:11.08	4	33
	Women's individual	1:00:45.5	7	72
Mihaela Purdea	Women's sprint	27:32.7	4	77
	Women's individual	1:02:11.5	7	75
Alexandra Rusu	Women's sprint	24:52.5	0	45
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	1:00:13.7	5	68
Éva Tófalvi	Women's sprint	26:38.3	4	70
	Women's individual	53:04.3	2	19
Dana Elena Plotogea Éva Tófalvi Mihaela Purdea Alexandra Rusu	Women's relay	1:25:13.3	21	14

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Mihai Iliescu Levente Andrei Bartha	Two-man	57.22	57.09	57.63	did not advance	26
Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel	Two-man	56.82	56.90	57.65	did not advance	22
Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel Gabriel Popa Ioan Danut Dovalciuc	Four-man	56.61	56.70	56.41	did not advance	22

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Zsolt Antal	Men's 15 km classical	43:10.0	61
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:22:29.8	47
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:10:06.7	46
Mihai Găliceanu	Men's 15 km classical	44:52.0	72
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:26:31.7	62
	Men's 50 km freestyle	Did not start
Monika Gyorgy	Women's 10 km classical	32:44.0	60
	Women's 15 km pursuit	50:15.3	59
	Women's 30 km freestyle	1:35:25.4	50

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Zsolt Antal	Men's sprint	2:29.40	65	Did not advance	65
Mihai Găliceanu	Men's sprint	2:31.43	69	Did not advance	69
Monika Gyorgy	Women's sprint	2:27.53	59	Did not advance	59
Zsolt Antal Mihai Găliceanu	Men's team sprint	n/a	19:04.3	11	Did not advance	21

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gheorghe Chiper	Men's	n/a	67.66	9 Q	118.53	17	186.19	14
Roxana Luca	Ladies'	n/a	39.37	26	did not advance	26

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuţ Ţăran	Doubles	48.625	50.968	n/a	1:39.593	18
Eugen Radu Marian Lăzărescu	Doubles	49.526	48.537	n/a	1:37.883	15

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kătălin Kristo	Women's 500 m	46.531	4	did not advance	23
	Women's 1000 m	1:34.506	4	did not advance	22
	Women's 1500 m	2:31.705	4	did not advance	18

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Claudiu Grozea	Men's 5000 m	n/a	6:50.29	26
Daniela Oltean	Women's 1000 m	n/a	1:21.70	35
	Women's 1500 m	n/a	2:09.24	35
	Women's 3000 m	n/a	4:23.34	26

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony. Mar 30, 2009.
2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony. Mar 30, 2009.