Viorica Susanu Explained

Viorica Susanu
Birth Place:	Galați, Romania
Height:	186 cm^[1]
Weight:	76 kg^[2]
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Viorica Susanu (born 29 October 1975^[3] in Galați) is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.^[4]

Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001 and 2002, rowing with Georgeta Damian, she won the World Championships in the women's pair, setting a world's best time in 2002, while continuing to row in the eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in both the pair and the eight, and in 2008 the pair.

Medals at Olympic Games

• 2000 Summer Olympics

1st, Women's Eight

• 2004 Summer Olympics

1st, Women's Eight

1st, Women's Pair

• 2008 Summer Olympics

1st, Coxless pair

3rd, Women's Eight

Medals at World Championships

• 1997

1st, Women's Eight

3rd, Women's Double Sculls

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Summer Olympics Athletes .
2. Web site: Summer Olympics Athletes .
3. Web site: Athlete – VIORICA SUSANU. International Olympic Committee. 8 September 2010.
4. Viorica Susanu Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/viorica-susanu-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 September 2018.