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Romanian women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympic Games 1980th

Nadia Elena Comaneci is one of the icons of the 1970s. Romania, Nadia was the best athlete at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Nadia was 14 years old when her three Olympic gold medals obtained Montreal'76. Nadia was also down in history as it was the first Olympic gymnast to) a perfect ten points (unven beam score. Their award was the most important Moment in the game. Anita Verschoth, which is a sports journalist, wrote: "They stunned the judges and the audience not only with double somersaults and twists, but also moving with unusual consistency and stability, even in its most difficult. They showed an unwavering confidence and more stamina and strength than seemed possible for a place as seemingly fragile as theirs. When the competition was over, was all talk Comaneci. She had put an end to empathy with the classical style, with its emphasis on Mature and ladylike grace. "Four years later, she won 2 gold medals at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow (Soviet Union). The following year Nadia won several medals at the the1981Summer World University Games in Bucharest. Nadia was born on 12 November 1961 in Onesti, Romania.

This European country won two gold medals at the 1999 Athletics Track and Field Championships in Seville (Spain).

The most popular sports in Romania are football, handball, gymnastics, water sports, tennis, Volleyball, basketball, water polo, shooting, boxing and athletics.

Dinamo Bucharest was one of the most famous handball clubs in the world. This club has won numerous international tournaments in Europe. Other popular clubs were Stiinta Bucharest (European Champion), University of Timisoara, Rapid Bucharest (Continental Champio), Steaua Bucharest (European Champion) …

Romania to send 63 athletes to 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Bucharest hosted the 1981 World University Games. More than 2,900 athletes from 86 countries competed in 10 sports. Romania had many winners: Emilian Nicula, Kurt Szili, Dan Odorhean, Nadia Comaneci, Emilia Eberle, Doina Melinte, Florenta Craciunescu-tacu and Carmen Bonaciu.

This European countries participated in the Francophonie Games in 2001.

Romania won the gold medal in water polo in the World University Games in 1977.

The best Olympians are: Nadia Comaneci (gymnastics), Viorica Viscopoleanu (Long Jump / Track & Field / Olympic 1968), Lia Manoliu (discus / Athletics / gold medalist, 1968), Iolanda Balas (high jump / Athletics / gold medalist, 1960 & 1964), Mihaela Peneş (javelin / Champion / Tokyo 1964), Ivan Patzaichin (kayak / Champion / Mexico City 1968), Ion Drimba (Fencing / Olympic / Mexico City 1968), Nicolae Martinescu (wrestling / Champion / Munich 1972), Corneliu Ion (rapid-fire pisto / Shooting / Moscow 1980), Sanda Toma (single, double quad / Rowing / Moscow 1980), Doina Melinte (800 m / Track & Field / Los Angeles 1984), Maricica Puică (3,000 m / Athletics / Los Angeles 1984), Ekaterina Szabo (floor exercise / gymnastics / Los Angeles 1984), Simona pauca (balance beam / Gymnastics / Los Angeles 1984), Paula Ivan (1, 500 / Track & Field / Seoul 1988), Daniela Silivaş (Uneven Bars / Gymnastics / Seoul 1988), Sorin Babii (Free Pistol / Shooting / Seoul 1988), Lavinia Milosovici (floor exercise / gymnastics / Barcelona 1992), Elisabeta Lipa (single-quadruple sculls / Rowing / Barcelona 1992), Laura Badea (Slide Person / Fencing / Atlanta 1996), Simona Amanar (side horse vault / gymnastics / Atlanta 1996), Gabriela Szabo (5,00 m / Athletics / Sydney 2000), Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (saber person / Fencing / Sydney 2000), Dina Monacu (100m & 200m Backstroke / swimming / Sydney 2000), Marius Urzica (pommeled horse / Gymnastics / Sydney 2000), Camelia Potec (200m freestyle / Water / Athens 2004), Catalina Ponor (floor exercise / gymnastics / Athens 2004) …

This European country won the gold medal in the women's Handball World Championships in 1970 in Amsterdam (Holland).

Elisabeta Lipa was the flag bearer of the Romanian Olympic team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece.

Bucharest hosted the World Women's Handball Championship in 1962. Final Standings:

1.Romania

2.Denmark

3.Czechoslovakia

Has from 1924 to 2004, Romania, former socialist republic-283 Olympic medals (82 gold, 88 silver, 113 bronze) won. Unlike Bulgaria, Cuba, North Korea, Poland, Vietnam, Hungary and Ethiopia, Romania did not boycott the Olympics in 1984. This European Country has 127 athletes to the Olympic Games in the United States.

Hosts ……………….. …… Gold Silver … Bronze … Total …. Ranking

Paris-1924 …………… 0 ……….. 0 ………… 1 …… …… 1 ………. 23

Berlin-1936 ………….. 0 ……….. 1 ………… 0 ……. ….. 1 ……… 25

Helsinki-1952 ………. 1 ………. 1 ………… 2. ………… 4 ……… 23

Melbourne-1956 …… 5. ………. 3 ………… 5 ……….. 13 …. ….. 9

Rome-1960 ………….. 3 ………. 1 ………… 6 …….. … 10 …….. 11

Tokyo-1964 …………… 2 ……… 4 ………… 6 …….. …. 12 ……. 14

Mexico-1968 …………. 4 ……… 6 ………… 5 ………. .. 15 ……. 12

Munich-1972 ………… 3 ……… 6 ………… 7 ……….. , 16 ……. 13

Montreal-1976 ……… 4 ……… 9 ………. 14 ………… 27 … …… 9

Moscow-1980 ……… 6 ………. 6 ……… 13 ………… 25 … …… 7

Los Angeles-84 ….. 20 ……. 16 …….. 53 ……… 17 ………… 2

Seoul-1988 ………….. 7 …….. 11 ………. 6 ………… 24 ……… 8

Barcelona-92 ………. 4 ……….. 6 ………. 8 ………… 18 ……. 14

Atlanta-1996 ………… 4 ………. 7 ………. 9 ………… 20 …….. 14

Sydney-2000 ……… 11 ………. 6. ………. 9 ………… 26 .. …… 11

Athens-2004 ……….. 8 ………. 5 ……….. 6 ………… 19 …….. 14

Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called “The Dictator and Alicia Alonso”. He is an expert on foreign affairs. Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latin America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), José Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee ,1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: “The person who I admire the most is José Gamarra . He devoted his professional and personal life to sport. José played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World`s poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting”. The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. “This African-American sportswoman is my idol… “