Andreea Grecu

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Andreea Grecu
2021-02-14 IBSF World Championships Bobsleigh and Skeleton Altenberg 1DX 5584 by Stepro.jpg
Grecu in 2021
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Sport Athletics, Bobsleigh
Medal record
Women's bobsleigh
Representing Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Königssee Mixed team
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 SiguldaTwo-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Altenberg Monobob
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Sigulda Monobob
IBSF Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 St. Moritz Two-woman

Andreea Grecu (born 10 January 1994) is a Romanian sprinter and bobsledder. [1]

Grecu competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Romania. She teamed with Maria Constantin in the two-woman event, finishing 17th. [2] [3]

As of February 2015, her best showing as a brakewoman at the World Championships is 9th, in the 2014 FIBT World Championships. As of September 2015, she competed in athletics, World Championships Beijing at 4x400m relay.

Her best finish in an Olympic discipline as a brakewoman is 15th in 2018. [1] Grecu made her World Cup debut as a pilot in 2016. As a pilot she won gold medal in 2018 IBSF U26 World Championships, St.Moritz in two-woman event with Florentina Marincu-Iușco. In 2019 she won silver medal in IBSF U26 World Championships, Königssee in two-woman event with Teodora Vlad. As of January 2019, her best World Cup finish is 5th and 4th place at European Championships, Königssee, in a pair of events in 2018-19. [1]

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