Elisabeta Lipă
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's Rowing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Los Angeles 1984 | Double Scull | |
| Gold | Barcelona 1992 | Single Scull | |
| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | Eight | |
| Gold | Sydney 2000 | Eight | |
| Gold | Athens 2004 | Eight | |
| Silver | Seoul 1988 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | Barcelona 1992 | Double Scull | |
| Bronze | Seoul 1988 | Quadruple Scull | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1989 | Single Sculls | |
| Silver | 1983 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | 1985 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | 1986 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | 1987 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | 1989 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | 1991 | Single Scull | |
| Silver | 1991 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | 1994 | Double Scull | |
| Silver | 2003 | Double Scull | |
| Bronze | 1982 | Quadruple Scull | |
| Bronze | 1984 | Eight | |
Elisabeta Lipă (born October 26, 1964 in Siret) is a retired rower from Romania, who was born under the name of Elisabeta Oleniuc. She is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, winning five golds, two silvers and one bronze. She holds the record for the most years between gold medals, at 20 years.
Lipă debuted at the age of 19 at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where she won her first gold medal in the Double Scull event. She won her most recent gold medal in the eight-oared boat at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004. She is the only person to win a gold medal in the two premiere rowing events: the single scull and the eight oared boat. She is also believed to be the only person to win a gold medal in both a sculling (two oars per person) and a sweep (one oar per person) event. **Canada's Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean accomplished the same, sculling and sweep gold medals, in 1992 and 1996.**
Albeit retired, on her 42nd birthday she declared that she hasn't given up the thought of presenting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
[edit] Olympic
- 1984 Summer Olympics, Gold Medal, Double Scull (2x)
- 1988 Summer Olympics, Silver Medal, Double Scull (2x)
- 1988 Summer Olympics, Bronze Medal, Quadruple Scull (4x)
- 1992 Summer Olympics, Silver Medal, Double Scull(1x)
- 1992 Summer Olympics, Gold Medal, Single Scull (1x)
- 1996 Summer Olympics, Gold Medal, Eight (8+)
- 2000 Summer Olympics, Gold Medal, Eight (8+)
- 2004 Summer Olympics, Gold Medal, Eight (8+)
[edit] Rowing World Championships
- 1982, 3rd, Quadruple Scull
- 1983, 3rd, Double Scull
- 1985, 2nd, Double Scull
- 1986, 2nd, Double Scull
- 1987, 2nd, Double Scull
- 1989, 2nd, Double Scull
- 1989, 1st, Single Scull
- 1990, 6th, Single Scull
- 1991, 2nd, Single Scull
- 1991, 2nd, Double Scull
- 1993, 7th, Single Scull
- 1993, 6th, Double Scull
- 1994, 3rd, Eight
- 1994, 2nd, Double Scull
- 1999, 9th, Quad
- 2003, 2nd, Eight
[edit] External links
| Olympic champions in women's single sculls |
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| 1976: Christine Scheiblich | 1980: Sanda Toma | 1984: Valeria Racila | 1988: Jutta Behrendt | 1992: Elisabeta Lipă | 1996: Ekaterina Karsten | 2000: Ekaterina Karsten | 2004: Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski |
Categories: 1964 births | Romanian rowers | Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics | Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic competitors for Romania | Olympic gold medalists for Romania | Olympic silver medalists for Romania | Olympic bronze medalists for Romania | Living people
