Enikő Barabás-Mironcic (born 21 July 1986) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. She competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, where she won a bronze medal in women's eight. She had previously been on the team that won a silver medal for Romania at the

2005 World Rowing Championships The 2005 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 29 August to 4 September 2005 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The international rowing season usually ends wi ...

, also in the eight.

Personal life

Mironcic comes from the

Hungarian minority in Romania The Hungarian minority of Romania ( hu, Romániai magyarok; ro, maghiarii din România) is the largest ethnic minority in Romania, consisting of 1,227,623 people and making up 6.1% of the total population, according to the 2011 Romanian cen ...

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JO 2008: Profil Eniko Barabas.
Unirea Urziceni, Lidera In Liga I. * * * * 1986 births Living people People from Reghin Romanian female rowers Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic rowers of Romania Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Romania-rowing-bio-stub