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| Born | 16 June 1961 (age 61) Fălticeni, Romania [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo Bucharest [2] | ||||||||||||||||
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Petru Iosub (born 16 June 1961) 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. [2]
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James Bruce Tomkins, is an Australian rower, seven-time World Champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is Australia's most awarded oarsman, having made appearances at six Olympic games ; eleven World Championships ; four Rowing World Cups and eighteen state representative King's Cup appearances – the Australian blue riband men's VIII event,. Tomkins is one of only five Australian athletes and four rowers worldwide to compete at six Olympics. From 1990 to 1998 he was the stroke of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome.
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Sport in Romania are an important part of the country's culture. Romania has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Association football is the most popular sport in Romania, a nation of 20 million. The most successful club is Steaua Bucharest, who were the first Eastern European side to win the European Cup and the European Supercup in 1986. Romania is one of only four national teams from Europe that took part in the first World Cup in 1930. The Romania national football team has taken part in seven FIFA World Cups and had its most successful run during the 1990s, when they reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, losing to Sweden in the penalty shootout. Romania was ranked third by FIFA in 1997.
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Germain Chardin is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in Coxless four. He also competed at the 2010 World Rowing Championships, where he won a gold medal in Coxless four. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won silver medal in the men's pair with Dorian Mortelette.
Ştefan Tudor was a Romanian rower.
Rodica Arba is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. At the world championships she won four gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1987, mostly in coxless pairs.
Dragoş Neagu is a retired Romanian rower. He competed in coxless pairs at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1988. At the world championships he won three silver and one bronze medals in different events between 1987 and 1994.
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Events from the year 1961 in Romania. The year saw the creation of the title of President of the State Council for the de facto head of state. The first office holder was Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who was already General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party.
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