Elena Giurcă
Personal information
Born11 January 1946 (1946-01-11)
Bucharest, Romania[1]
DiedSeptember 2013 (2013-10) (aged 67)[2]
Height151 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Weight41 kg (90 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1974 Lucerne Quadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place 1977 Amsterdam Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Amsterdam Coxed four
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Klagenfurt Eight

Elena Giurcă (11 January 1946 – September 2013) was a Romanian rowing coxswain. She took up rowing in 1966 and debuted internationally at the 1969 European Championships, winning a bronze medal in the eights. Later, she mostly competed in the quadruple sculls, finishing third and fourth at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, respectively.[1][3] She also won silver medals in this event at the 1974 and 1977 world championships.[4][5]

In 1969, Giurcă graduated in English from the University of Bucharest, and later taught English at a military academy. She died aged 67 after surgery for a brain aneurysm.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Giurcă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Elena Giurcă, cârmaci de legendă al canotajului românesc" [Elena Giurcă, legendary helmsman of Romanian rowing]. zch.ro (in Romanian). 6 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Elena Giruca". Romanian Olympic Committee.
  4. ↑ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Doppelvierer – Damen" [Rowing - World Championships - quadruples - women]. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter)" [Rowing - European Championships (Women - Eight)]. sport-komplett.de (in German).
  5. ↑ Elena GIURCA at World Rowing


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