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Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.
Vasile Popescu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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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.
Vasile Bârcă was a Moldovan politician, member of the Moldovan Parliament, mayor of Chișinău and minister during Greater Romania.
Vasile Ursu is an engineer and is a Moldovan politician, the MP at the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in 1990-1994, acting interim general mayor of Chișinău in 2005-2007 and minister of transport and road management for 2007-2008. In 2008-2009 he held the position of Deputy Minister of Construction and Territory Development.
Vasile Bahnaru is a philologist from the Republic of Moldova.
Vasile Odobescu was a founder and leader of the anti-Soviet organization Democratic Agrarian Party.
Vasile Ionel Măstăcan is a retired Romanian rower who competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics. He had his best achievements in the eights, winning an Olympic silver medal in 1992 and the world title in 2001.
Vasile Dorel Năstase is a retired Romanian rower. Competing in eights he won silver medals at the 1992 Olympics and 1993 World Championships. He also won the world title in coxed fours in 1989.
Vasile Bumacov is a Moldovan politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova in the Second Vlad Filat Cabinet from January 14, 2011 until February 18, 2015, after replacing Valeriu Cosarciuc (2009-2011). It was succeeded by Ion Sula. He served also as the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Assembly of the Moldovan Academy of Sciences.
Vasile Iorga is a Romanian former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Nikolina Moldovan is a Serbian sprint canoer.
Sergiu Toma is a Moldovan-born Emirati judoka. He competed for the United Arab Emirates in the 81 kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games and defeated Takanori Nagase to enter the semi-finals. He lost his semi-final match to Khasan Khalmurzaev, but then beat Matteo Marconcini in the bronze medal match. At the 2008 and 2012 Olympics he competed for Moldova but was eliminated in the early rounds.
Vasilii Belous is a Moldovan boxer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's welterweight, but was defeated in the second round.
Andrei Vasile Muntean is a Romanian male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He won gold medals on the parallel bars at the 2002 European Junior Championships and on the rings at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. Since his senior debut in 2011, Muntean appeared in every edition of the World Championships, and was eventually selected to compete, alongside his fellow gymnasts Marian Drăgulescu and Catalina Ponor, for the Romanian squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Vasile Hegheduş is a Romanian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasile Moldovan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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