Viorica Susanu

Viorica Susanu
Personal information
Born29 October 1975 (1975-10-29) (age 50)
Galați, Romania
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Eight
2004 Athens Eight
2004 Athens Coxless pair
2008 Beijing Coxless pair
2008 Beijing Eight
World Championships
1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette Eight
1998 Cologne Eight
1999 St. Catharines Eight
2001 Lucerne Coxless pair
2002 Seville Coxless pair
2003 Milan Eight
2001 Lucerne Eight
2007 Munich Eight
2003 Milan Coxless pair
2007 Munich Coxless pair
1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette Double Sculls
European Championships
2007 Poznań Eight
2008 Marathon Coxless pair

Viorica Susanu (born 29 October 1975) is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.

Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001 and 2002, rowing with Georgeta Damian, she won the World Championships in the women's pair, setting a world's best time in 2002, while continuing to row in the eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in both the pair and the eight, and in 2008 the pair.

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