Florenţa Crăciunescu (later Ionescu, then Ţacu, 7 May 1955 – 8 June 2008) was a

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n 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 Carmen Ionesco (birth name Carmen Ionescu; born July 28, 1951, in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter, who competed for Romania and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three t ...

competed in the same events for Canada at the 1984 Olympics.

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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 for 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) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania Burials at Ghencea Cemetery Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub