Viorica Susanu

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Born29 October 1975 (1975-10-29) (age 49)
Galați, Romania
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[2]
Viorica Susanu
Personal information
Born29 October 1975 (1975-10-29) (age 49)
Galați, Romania
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[2]
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyEight
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensEight
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensCoxless pair
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingCoxless pair
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingEight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 Lac d'AiguebeletteEight
Gold medal – first place1998 CologneEight
Gold medal – first place1999 St. CatharinesEight
Gold medal – first place2001 LucerneCoxless pair
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleCoxless pair
Silver medal – second place2003 MilanEight
Silver medal – second place2001 LucerneEight
Silver medal – second place2007 MunichEight
Bronze medal – third place2003 MilanCoxless pair
Bronze medal – third place2007 MunichCoxless pair
Bronze medal – third place1997 Lac d'AiguebeletteDouble Sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 PoznańEight
Gold medal – first place2008 MarathonCoxless pair

Viorica Susanu (born 29 October 1975)[3] 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 World Championships

References

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