Mihai Covaliu

Mihai Covaliu
At the 2015 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Full nameMihai Claudiu Covaliu
Nickname
Cova
NationalityRomanian
Born (1977-11-05) 5 November 1977
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
ClubCS Dinamo București
Retired2008
FIE rankingranking (archive)
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Individual sabre
2008 Beijing Individual sabre
World Championships
2005 Leipzig Individual sabre
2003 Havana Individual sabre
2001 Nîmes Team sabre
2002 Lisbon Individual sabre
European Championships
2006 Izmir Team sabre
2001 Koblenz Team sabre
2002 Moscow Team sabre
2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre
2007 Ghent Individual sabre
2008 Kyiv Individual sabre

Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (born 5 November 1977 in Brașov) is a Romanian retired sabre fencer, Olympic champion in 2000 and world champion in 2005, and coach of the Romanian men's sabre team. He is also ex-president of the Romanian Fencing Federation and, from 2016, president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee.