Olteanu, Ioana (1966–)
Olteanu, Ioana (1966–)
Romanian rower. Born Feb 25, 1966, in Bucharest, Romania.
At Barcelona Olympics, won a silver medal in coxed eights (1992); won a gold medal at Atlanta Olympics (1996) and a gold medal at Sydney Olympics (2000), both for coxed eights; won World Rowing championships for coxed eights (1993, 1997, 1998, 1999).
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