Florența Crăciunescu
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Birth name | Florența Ionescu | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Florența Țacu-Crǎciunescu | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Craiova, Romania[1] | 7 May 1955||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 June 2008[2] Bucharest, Romania | (aged 53)||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw, shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSM Craiova CSA Steaua București[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ionel Ghita Dan Serafim[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | DT – 69.50 m (1985)[4] SP – 18.06 m (1983i)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Florenţa Crăciunescu (later Ionescu, then Ţacu, 7 May 1955 – 8 June 2008) was a Romanian athlete. She won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 1984 Olympics, finishing sixth in 1980; in 1984 she also placed eighth in the shot put. Her elder sister Carmen Ionesco competed in the same events for Canada at the 1984 Olympics.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Florenţa Crăciunescu Archived 24 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference.com
- ^ Florenţa Crăciunescu a decedat. evz.ro (10 June 2008)
- ^ a b Florența Crăciunescu. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ Florenta Craciunescu at World Athletics
Categories:
- 1955 births
- 2008 deaths
- Romanian female discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Romania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
- Sportspeople from Craiova
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade gold medalists for Romania
- Burials at Ghencea Cemetery
- Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
- Romanian athletics biography stubs
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs