Romanian Female Athletes

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Gabriela Szabo
(Retired Romanian Olympic Gold Medalist and a 3-Time World Champion)
Gabriela Szabo
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Birthdate: November 14, 1975
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bistriţa, Romania

Former runner Gabriela Szabo is not just an Olympic gold medalist but also a 3-time World Champion. The Romanian-Hungarian sportsperson also has 4 World Indoor Championship gold medals in her kitty. She made headlines after she collided with Ghanaian long-jumper Kofi Amoah Prah in Stuttgart, while she was leaving the track.

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Iolanda Balaș
(Romanian Athlete Who Specialized in High Jump)
Iolanda Balaș
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Birthdate: December 12, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Timişoara, Romania
Died: March 11, 2016

Iolanda Balas was a Romanian athlete who specialized in high jump. She is best known for winning a gold medal at the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games; she was the first woman from Romania to win an Olympic gold. A two-time European champion and former world record holder, Balas is counted among the greatest high jumpers of the 20th century.

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Daniela Costian
(Former Australian Olympic Discus Throw Bronze Medallist)
Daniela Costian
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Birthdate: April 30, 1965
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brăila, Romania

Daniela Costian made headlines when she became the first discus thrower from Australia to earn an Olympic medal, with her bronze in Barcelona in 1992. She has a World Championship silver and a Commonwealth Games gold in her kitty, too. A Romanian by birth, she took up an Australian citizenship later.

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Fița Lovin
(Former Romanian Middle-Distance Runner)
Fița Lovin
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Birthdate: January 14, 1951
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Braniștea, Romania

Fița Lovin is a Romanian former athlete who specialized in middle-distance running. She is best known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Fița Lovin also won medals at the World Cross Country Championships, World Indoor Games, and European Athletics Indoor Championships.