Maricia Titie Ţăran (later ''Iordache''; born 4 January 1962) is a retired Romanian-German rower. Competing for Romania in

quadruple scull A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. Rac ...

s she won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, followed by two medals at the 1985 and 1986 world championships. After a regatta in Mannheim in 1987, she defected to

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

, where she competed in single sculls and won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Champsionships.Titie Maricica Taran

Romanian Olympic Committee The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee ( ro, Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român, COSR) is responsible for Romania's participation in the Olympic Games. History The Romanian Olympic Committee ( ro, Comitetul Olimpic Român) was formed in 1 ...

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1962 births Living people People from Satu Mare County Romanian female rowers German female rowers Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub