Elena Giurcă

Elena Giurcă
Personal information
Born11 January 1946 (1946-01-11)
Bucharest, Romania[1]
DiedSeptember 2013 (2013-10) (aged 67)[2]
Height151 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Weight41 kg (90 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Quadruple sculls
World Championships
1974 Lucerne Quadruple sculls
1977 Amsterdam Quadruple sculls
1977 Amsterdam Coxed four
European Championships
1969 Klagenfurt Eight

Elena Giurcă (11 January 1946 – September 2013) was a Romanian rowing coxswain. She took up rowing in 1966 and debuted internationally at the 1969 European Championships, winning a bronze medal in the eights. Later, she mostly competed in the quadruple sculls, finishing third and fourth at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, respectively.[1][3] She also won silver medals in this event at the 1974 and 1977 world championships.[4][5]

In 1969, Giurcă graduated in English from the University of Bucharest, and later taught English at a military academy. She died aged 67 after surgery for a brain aneurysm.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Giurcă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Elena Giurcă, cârmaci de legendă al canotajului românesc" [Elena Giurcă, legendary helmsman of Romanian rowing]. zch.ro (in Romanian). 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Elena Giruca". Romanian Olympic Committee.
  4. ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Doppelvierer – Damen" [Rowing – World Championships – quadruples – women]. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter)" [Rowing – European Championships (Women – Eight)]. sport-komplett.de (in German).
  5. ^ "Elena GIURCA". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.


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