Elena Giurcă

Elena Giurcă
Personal information
Born 11 January 1946
Bucharest, Romania[1]
Died September 2013 (aged 67)[2]
Height 151 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Weight 41 kg (90 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Quadruple sculls
World Rowing Championships
1974 Lucerne Quadruple sculls
1977 Amsterdam Quadruple sculls
1977 Amsterdam Coxed fours
European Rowing Championships
1969 Klagenfurt Eights

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, placing 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 a brain aneurysm surgery.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Elena Giurcă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. 1 2 Elena Giurcă, cârmaci de legendă al canotajului românesc. zch.ro (6 October 2013)
  3. ↑ Elena Giruca. Romanian Olympic Committee
  4. ↑ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Doppelvierer – Damen, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter). sport-komplett.de
  5. ↑ Elena GIURCA at WorldRowing.com from FISA


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