Romania at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	ROU
Nocname:	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2014
Website:
Location:	Sochi
Competitors:	24
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Éva Tófalvi (opening^[1] ^[2] and closing)^[3]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928

Romania competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 24 athletes in seven sports was announced on 24 January 2014, representing a decline of five athletes from four years prior.^[4] The best results were two 17th places in bobsleigh.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Romania had two male athletes and a female athlete in qualification position.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie	Men's downhill	2:17.46	46
Men's combined
align=left rowspan=2	Alexandru Barbu	Men's giant slalom	1:29.47	52	1:29.77	47	2:59.24	48
Men's slalom	52.82	44	59.84	21	1:52.66	21
align=left rowspan=4	Ania Monica Caill	Women's downhill
Women's super-G	1:33.73	30
Women's combined	1:51.91	34	1:02.04	22	2:53.95	22
Women's giant slalom	1:28.53	55	1:28.73	51	2:57.26	51

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Romania qualified 1 man and 1 woman.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Cornel Puchianu	Men's sprint	25:50.7	0 (0+0)	30
Men's pursuit	38:19.8	6 (0+2+1+3)	47
Men's individual	56:10.4	4 (0+0+1+3)	60
align=left rowspan=4	Éva Tófalvi	Women's sprint	22:01.5	1 (1+0)	22
Women's pursuit	32:15.3	3 (1+2+0+0)	26
Women's individual	47:30.8	1 (0+0+1+0)	21
Women's mass start	37:50.9	2 (1+0+0+1)	20

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Romania had two sleds in qualification position for a total of four athletes.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florin Cezar Crăciun Nicolae Istrate	Two-man	57.39	17	57.19	17	57.24	17	57.16	18	3:48.98	17
Dănuț Moldovan Paul Muntean Andreas Neagu Bogdan Laurentiu Otavă	Four-man	56.25	=23	56.16	22	56.62	27	did not advance		2:49.03	24
Maria Constantin Andreea Grecu	Two-woman	59.04	17	59.08	17	59.38	17	59.09	16	3:56.59	17

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Romania had three athletes in qualification position.^[5]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Paul Constantin Pepene	Men's 15 km classical	43:39.4	+5:09.7	62
Men's 30 km skiathlon	37:52.5	45	35:10.4	52	1:13:36.2	+5:20.8	48
align=left rowspan=2	Tímea Sára	Women's 10 km classical	34:48.2	+6:30.4	62
Women's 15 km skiathlon	22:54.0	60	23:10.5	60	46:43.0	+8:09.4	60

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Constantin Pepene	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	3:51.54	65	did not advance
Daniel Pripici	3:52.68	68	did not advance
Paul Constantin Pepene Daniel Pripici	Men's team sprint	26:06.80	9	did not advance
Tímea Sára	Women's sprint	2:48.16	49	did not advance

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Romania qualified 1 entrant in men's singles.

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Romania qualified a total of four athletes, and a spot in the team relay for the first time, by virtue of having a sled in all the individual events. The doubles sled (and the mixed relay) could not compete as their sled broke.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentin Crețu	Men's singles	53.562	31	53.279	27	52.902	28	53.142	32	3:32.885	29
Nicolae Șovăială Alexandru Teodorescu	Men's doubles
Raluca Strămăturaru	Women's singles	52.862	31	51.821	29	52.238	29	52.083	27	3:29.004	30
Valentin Crețu Nicolae Șovăială Alexandru Teodorescu Raluca Strămăturaru	Mixed team relay

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Romania had one athlete in qualification position.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dorin Dumitru Velicu	Men's	58.72	27	58.44	25	58.91	27	did not advance		2:56.07	25
Maria Marinela Mazilu	Women's	59.99	19	59.89	20	59.63	20	59.11	20	3:58.62	20

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Romania received the following start quotas:^[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sorin Iulian Pîtea	Men's normal hill	86.0	90.2	45	did not advance
Men's large hill	101.5	59.6	51	did not advance

External links

Romania at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

Web site: Eva Tofalvi va fi portdrapelul României la Soci . Eva Tofalvi will be Romania's flag bearer in Sochi . ro . Băileșteanu . Mugur . 21 January 2014 . www.evz.ro/. . 22 January 2014.
Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
Web site: Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. 23 February 2014.
News: Romania to send 24 athletes to Sochi Winter Olympics . Shanghai Daily. . .
Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 1 February 2014.
News: 2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota. Real Biathlon. 16 March 2013.
News: 12 February 2014. Radu Sovaiala si Alexandru Teodorescu nu participa la proba de dublu pentru ca sania s-a stricat . ro. Radu Alexandru Teodorescu not hesitate and participate in the doubles for the sled broke. HotNews.ro . 13 February 2014 .