Romania at the Paralympics

Romania at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  ROU
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Romania made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, sending a single representative (Alex Peer) to compete in table tennis. He was eliminated in his first match. The country was then absent from the Paralympics until the 1996 Summer Games, where it was again represented by a single competitor (Aurel Berbec in powerlifting). Romania was represented again by just one athlete in 2000, and two in 2004, but sent a larger delegation of five athletes to the 2008 Summer Games.[1][2] Its most recent participation in the Paralympics was also its first in the Winter Games, in 2010. Its sole representative was Laura Valeanu, who entered two events in alpine skiing.[2]

Cyclist Eduard Novak is the only Romanian to have won a Paralympic medal, a silver in 2008,[3][2] and a silver and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Full results for Romania at the Paralympics

Name Games Sport Event Score Rank
Alex Peer 1972 Heidelberg Table tennis Men's Singles 4 quarter-final (1st match):
lost 1:2 to Triche (FRA) 		lost quarter-final;
did not advance
Aurel Berbec 1996 Atlanta Powerlifting Men's up to 60kg 140kg 12th (out of 13)
Adrian Sandu 2000 Sydney Powerlifting Men's up to 100kg 167.5kg 16th (out of 17)
Carol-Eduard Novak 2004 Athens Cycling Men's Road Race / Time Trial Bicycle LC2 9 pts 4th (out of 14)
Adrian Sandu 2004 Athens Powerlifting Men's up to 100kg 175kg 9th (out of 13)
Lehel Ruzsa & Arnold Csaba Butu 2008 Beijing Cycling Men's Individual Road Race B VI 1-3 overlapped did not finish
Lehel Ruzsa & Arnold Csaba Butu 2008 Beijing Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial B VI 1-3 37:26.38 20th (out of 20)
Carol-Eduard Novak 2008 Beijing Cycling Men's Individual Road Race LC1-2/CP4 2:02:21 30th (out of 38)
Carol-Eduard Novak 2008 Beijing Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial LC2 34:04.60  Silver
Carol-Eduard Novak 2008 Beijing Cycling Men's 1km Time Trial LC2 1:12.739 4th (out of 11)
Carol-Eduard Novak 2008 Beijing Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit LC2 qualifying: 4:57.806 (4th);
bronze medal match: 4:59.078 (lost) 		4th (out of 10)
Corina Viorica Custura 2008 Beijing Powerlifting Women's Over 82.5 kg 95kg 7th (out of 7)
Crina Steliana Tugui 2008 Beijing Wheelchair Tennis Women's Singles round of 16 (1st round):
lost 0:6, 0:6 to Florence Gravellier (FRA) 		did not advance
Laura Valeanu 2010 Vancouver Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom standing 3:06.04 14th (out of 23)
Laura Valeanu 2010 Vancouver Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom standing dnf did not finish

See also

References

  1. ↑ Romania at the Paralympics (under the code ROM, 1972-2004), International Paralympic Committee
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Romania at the Paralympics (under the code ROU, 2008-present), International Paralympic Committee
  3. ↑ Romania at the Paralympics (under the code ROM, 1972-2004), International Paralympic Committee