Elena Horvat
Horvat in the 1980s
Personal information
Born4 July 1958 (1958-07-04) (age 65)
Luizi-Călugăra, Romania[1]
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubCSA Steaua București[2]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Coxless pair
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Munich Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Lucerne Coxed four
Silver medal – second place 1983 Duisburg Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 1985 Hazewinkel Coxless pair

Elena Horvat (Hungarian: Ilona Horváth,[3] later Florea, born 4 July 1958) is a retired Romanian rower. She is a world champion and Olympic gold medallist in the coxless pair.

Horvat was born in Luizi-Călugăra in Bacău County in 1958.[4] She moved to Bucharest at a young age but two sisters still live in her home village. Initially a member of Viitorul București, she later joined CSA Steaua București. She went to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow as a reserve rower but did not get to compete.[3]

Horvat competed at the 1984 Olympics and won a gold medal in the coxless pair.[4] At world championships, she won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1985.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Oprea-Horvat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Full name: Elena Oprea-Horvat (-Florea)
  2. 1 2 "Elena Horvat". COSR.ro (in Romanian). Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român.
  3. 1 2 Endre, Farkas (4 August 2021). "Ő a moldvai csángómagyarok egyetlen olimpiai bajnoka- a Maszol.ro portálról". maszol.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Elena Horvat". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.


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