Alexandra Ianculescu (born 21 October 1991 in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

) is a Romanian-Canadian

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. She immigrated with her family to

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in 2001, and since 2008 trains and resides in

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. Ianculescu was a member of the Canadian junior national speed skating team in 2011, and represented Canada at two junior championships. She later represented Canada on the World Cup circuit as a senior skater, competing in the 500m and the 1000m distances. In 2016, Alexandra competed for Romania in long track speed skating. She competed in the women's 500 metres at the

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for

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. In 2021, Ianculescu retired from competitive speed skating in order to pursue a second Olympic appearance, and a professional career in road and track cycling. She races for a Dutch Elite women’s road team called NWVG-UPLUS.

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Alexandra Ianculescu
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Alexandra Ianculescu
at Speedskating.ca 1991 births Living people Canadian female speed skaters Romanian female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Romania Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Sibiu Canadian people of Romanian descent {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub