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Born | Constanţa, Romania | 2 January 1951||||||||||||||
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Constantin Sterea (born 2 January 1951) is a Romanian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Sterea was born in Constanţa.
In 1980, Sterea was part of the Romanian team that won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches.
Clejani is a commune in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania, about 40 km south of Bucharest, in the Vlașca region, on the Danube Plains near the Bulgarian border. It is composed of four villages: Clejani, Neajlovu, Podu Doamnei, and Sterea.
Romania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 228 competitors, 154 men and 74 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.
Nicolae Negrilă is a Romanian former professional footballer who played for Universitatea Craiova. He earned 28 caps for the Romania national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1984.
Petru Iosub is a retired Romanian rower. He first competed in coxless fours, placing fifth at the 1980 Olympics and winning a bronze medal at the 1982 World Championships. Later he changed to coxless pairs and won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, together with Valer Toma.
Valeriu "Valer" Toma is a retired Romanian rower. Competing in coxless pairs he won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, placing fourth in 1980. He also won a bronze medal in coxless fours at the 1982 World Championships.
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Mihai Zafiu is a Romanian retired canoe sprinter. He competed in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won silver medals in 1972 and 1980, placing fourth in 1976. At the world championships he won six medals between 1970 and 1978, five of them in the K-1 4×500 m relay.
Maria Ştefan is a retired Romanian canoe sprinter who competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event in 1984 and placed fourth-fifth in the singles in 1976 and 1980. She won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, one each in the K-1 500 m (1983), the K-2 500 m (1981), and the K-4 500 m (1983) events. Her sister-in-law Maria Nichiforov is also a former Olympic canoer.
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Ştefan Rusu is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won a silver, a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. He also won world titles in different weight divisions in 1978 and 1982 and European titles in 1978–1981 and 1985. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach in Romania and in Turkey.
Vasile Andrei is a retired heavyweight wrestler from Romania. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1980 and a gold medal in 1984. At the 1984 Olympics he also placed sixth in freestyle wrestling, and in 1980 and 1988 served as flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony. At the world and European championships he won six medals in Greco-Roman wrestling between 1979 and 1987.
Olga Homeghi is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal, each in different events. At the world championships she won three gold, two silver and two bronze medals between 1979 and 1987.
Sorin Babii is a retired pistol shooter from Romania. He competed in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol events at six consecutive Olympics between 1984 and 2004 and won a gold medal in 1988 and a bronze in 1992.
Ovidiu Cornea is a Romanian competitive rower. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's coxless four event. At the 2001 World Rowing Championships he won a gold medal in the men's eight and at the 1999 World Rowing Championships he won a bronze medal in the coxed four event.
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The following teams and players took part in the men's volleyball tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow.