Sportivi din Romania.

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11 of the most famous11 of the most famous
Romanian sportspeopleRomanian sportspeople

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Nadia
Comăneci
Gheorghe
Hagi
Ilie NăstaseIon Țiriac
Mircea
Lucescu
Simona
Halep

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Iolanda Balaș
Sőtér
Gabriela Szabó
Lucian Bute
Lia
Manoliu
Ivan
Patzaichin

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Nadia Elena ComăneciNadia Elena Comăneci
• She is the first gymnast in the world to
receive a perfect 10 score in an
Olympic Gymnastics Contest. She is
the winner of 5 Olympic gold medals.

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Gheorghe HagiGheorghe Hagi
• He is a businessman, coach and
former football player that was
entitled ‘the King of Romanian
Football’ and nicknamed
‘Maradona from the Carpathians’.
He is the best goalgetter in the
history of the Romanian National
Football Team, having scored 35
goals, a record that he shares with
Adrian Mutu, another famous
Romanian footballer.

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Ilie NăstaseIlie Năstase
• He is one of the most important
tennis players of
the 1970s. He was number one
twice in 1972 and 1973.
•During his career he won
57 titles at simple. At
double, he won the
tournaments at Roland
Garros in 1970, Wimbledon
in 1973, and the US Open in
1975.

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IonIon
iriacȚiriacȚ
• He is a former professional tennis
player.
Yet, he also played ice hockey and
was part of a team that
participated in the Winter Olympic
Games in Innsbruck and in World
Championships. Currently, he is an
influential businessman in
Germany and Romania.

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IvanIvan
PatzaichinPatzaichin
• He is a former canoeist. He was four
times winner of the gold medal at the
Olympic Games in 1968, 1972, 1980
and 1984 as well as three times
winner of the silver medal.
• He graduated the Romanian Institute
of Physical Education and Sport in
1975 and he became a member of
‘Dinamo’ sports club in Bucharest.

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Lia ManoliuLia Manoliu • She is one of the most
famous athletes in
Romania. She was a
golden medalist at the
Olympic Games in
Mexico in 1968 as well
as a bronze medalist at
the Olympic Games in
Rome in 1960 and the
Olympic Games in
Tokyo in 1964. She
had these remarkable
results in discus
competitions.

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Iolanda Bala SőtérșIolanda Bala Sőtérș
• She is a Romanian Olympic
champion of Hungarian origins (her
father was Romanian and her
mother Hungarian). She dominated
the high jump in athletics for a
decade.
• From 1988 to 2005, she was
the President of the Romanian
Athletics Federation.

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Mircea LucescuMircea Lucescu
• He is a former football
player and one of the
most appreciated
Romanian football
coaches of all times.
He still holds the
record for leading the
most numerous games,
namely 59, in his
quality of coach of the
Romanian National
Football Team.

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Gabriela SzabóGabriela Szabó
• She is a world-wide famous
athlete. She was designated the
‘Best Athlete in the World’, as
well as the ‘Best Sportperson in
Europe’ in 1999.

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Lucian ButeLucian Bute •He is a Romanian boxer who
presently holds the NABF belt at the
semi-heavy category. He was also the
IBF world champion at the super-
medium category for almost 5 years, a
period in which he defended his title
for 9 times.

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Simona HalepSimona Halep
Throughout her career so
far, Halep has won 9 WTA
tournaments at simple, as
well as the Champions’
Tournament at Sofia.
She is one of the most well-known
Romanian tennis players, currently
number 3 in the WTA classification.

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