Romania at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | ROU |
NOC | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 24 in 7 sports |
Flag bearers | Éva Tófalvi (opening [1] [2] and closing) [3] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Romania competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 24 athletes in seven sports was announced on 24 January 2014, representing a decline of five athletes from four years prior. [4] The best results were two 17th places in bobsleigh.
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Romania had two male athletes and a female athlete in qualification position. [5]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie | Men's downhill | — | 2:17.46 | 46 | |||
Men's combined | DNF | ||||||
Alexandru Barbu | Men's giant slalom | 1:29.47 | 52 | 1:29.77 | 47 | 2:59.24 | 48 |
Men's slalom | 52.82 | 44 | 59.84 | 21 | 1:52.66 | 21 | |
Ania Monica Caill | Women's downhill | — | DNF | ||||
Women's super-G | — | 1:33.73 | 30 | ||||
Women's combined | 1:51.91 | 34 | 1:02.04 | 22 | 2:53.95 | 22 | |
Women's giant slalom | 1:28.53 | 55 | 1:28.73 | 51 | 2:57.26 | 51 |
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Romania qualified 1 man and 1 woman. [6]
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Cornel Puchianu | Men's sprint | 25:50.7 | 0 (0+0) | 30 |
Men's pursuit | 38:19.8 | 6 (0+2+1+3) | 47 | |
Men's individual | 56:10.4 | 4 (0+0+1+3) | 60 | |
Éva Tófalvi | Women's sprint | 22:01.5 | 1 (1+0) | 22 |
Women's pursuit | 32:15.3 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | 26 | |
Women's individual | 47:30.8 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 21 | |
Women's mass start | 37:50.9 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 20 |
Romania had two sleds in qualification position for a total of four athletes.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Florin Cezar Crăciun Nicolae Istrate* | Two-man | 57.39 | 17 | 57.19 | 17 | 57.24 | 17 | 57.16 | 18 | 3:48.98 | 17 |
Dănuț Moldovan Paul Muntean Andreas Neagu* Bogdan Laurentiu Otavă | Four-man | 56.25 | =23 | 56.16 | 22 | 56.62 | 27 | did not advance | 2:49.03 | 24 | |
Maria Constantin* Andreea Grecu | Two-woman | 59.04 | 17 | 59.08 | 17 | 59.38 | 17 | 59.09 | 16 | 3:56.59 | 17 |
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Romania had three athletes in qualification position. [5]
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Paul Constantin Pepene | Men's 15 km classical | — | 43:39.4 | +5:09.7 | 62 | |||
Men's 30 km skiathlon | 37:52.5 | 45 | 35:10.4 | 52 | 1:13:36.2 | +5:20.8 | 48 | |
Tímea Sára | Women's 10 km classical | — | 34:48.2 | +6:30.4 | 62 | |||
Women's 15 km skiathlon | 22:54.0 | 60 | 23:10.5 | 60 | 46:43.0 | +8:09.4 | 60 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Paul Constantin Pepene | Men's sprint | 3:51.54 | 65 | did not advance | |||||
Daniel Pripici | 3:52.68 | 68 | did not advance | ||||||
Paul Constantin Pepene Daniel Pripici | Men's team sprint | — | 26:06.80 | 9 | did not advance | ||||
Tímea Sára | Women's sprint | 2:48.16 | 49 | did not advance |
Romania qualified 1 entrant in men's singles.
Athlete | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Zoltán Kelemen | Men's singles | 60.41 | 24 Q | 98.35 | 23 | 158.76 | 23 |
Romania qualified a total of four athletes, and a spot in the team relay for the first time, by virtue of having a sled in all the individual events. The doubles sled (and the mixed relay) could not compete as their sled broke. [7]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Valentin Crețu | Men's singles | 53.562 | 31 | 53.279 | 27 | 52.902 | 28 | 53.142 | 32 | 3:32.885 | 29 |
Nicolae Șovăială Alexandru Teodorescu | Men's doubles | DNS | — | DNS | |||||||
Raluca Strămăturaru | Women's singles | 52.862 | 31 | 51.821 | 29 | 52.238 | 29 | 52.083 | 27 | 3:29.004 | 30 |
Valentin Crețu Nicolae Șovăială Alexandru Teodorescu Raluca Strămăturaru | Mixed team relay | DNS | — | DNS |
Romania had one athlete in qualification position.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dorin Dumitru Velicu | Men's | 58.72 | 27 | 58.44 | 25 | 58.91 | 27 | did not advance | 2:56.07 | 25 | |
Maria Marinela Mazilu | Women's | 59.99 | 19 | 59.89 | 20 | 59.63 | 20 | 59.11 | 20 | 3:58.62 | 20 |
Romania received the following start quotas: [5]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | First round | Final | Total | |||||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Sorin Iulian Pîtea | Men's normal hill | 86.0 | 90.2 | 45 | did not advance | |||||||
Men's large hill | 101.5 | 59.6 | 51 | did not advance |
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