Anca Măroiu (née Băcioiu, born 5 August 1983) is a

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n épée fencer. She is double team world champion, in 2010 and 2011, silver medallist at the

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and three-time European team champion (2006, 2009 and 2011).

Career

Măroiu first took up

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, but found herself too tall in primary school. She switched to fencing, learning under Nicolae Mihăilescu, then Mircea Alecu. Being of a combative temperament, she chose

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, the weapon of the

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. When she was 14 years old she was selected into the national training centre for juniors within the Petrache Trișcu sports high school in

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under Dan Podeanu's coaching. She won the team bronze medal at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Conegliano. At the 2006 European Championships in İzmir she reached the semifinals, where she was defeated by Germany's

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and came away with a bronze medal. In the team event, Romania overcame the Czech Republic, Estonia and Russia. They defeated Hungary by a single hit in the final, winning the first European title in the history of Romanian épée fencing. They won the European Championships again in 2009 and 2011. With

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and

Simona Gherman Simona Gherman (née Alexandru; born 12 April 1985) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, European champion in 2012 and 2016. She was twice team World Champion in 2010 and 2011 and five-time team European Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 201 ...

, Măroiu won the 2010 World Championships in Paris after they defeated Germany in the final. The following year, she reached the semifinals in the individual event, but lost on priority to

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of China. In the team event Romania retained their crown after prevailing over China in the final. In 2012 Măroiu reached the final at the

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in Legnano. She could not win against teammate Gherman and came away with a silver medal. She competed in the

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. After seeing off Ukraine's

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and Russia's

Anna Sivkova Anna Vitalyevna Sivkova (russian: Анна Витальевна Сивкова; born 12 April 1982) is a Russian épée fencer, 2004 Olympic team champion., three-time World team champion (2001, 2003, and 2013) and European team champion in 201 ...

she fell to South Korea's Shin A-lam in the quarter-finals. In the team event, top seeded Romania suffered a surprise defeat to South Korea and finished sixth after the placement matches. After this failure she, Gherman and Dinu decided to take a break in their career to look after their families. In 2014 Măroiu gave birth to a son, Petre Luca. She announced her return to competition in early 2015.

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