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 ...

competed at the

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. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the

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. Since the nation's participation started in

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(and its official debut in

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), Romanian athletes have appeared in every edition of the

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, except for two occasions: the

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in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression, and the

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in London.

Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Archery

One Romanian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by winning the gold medal and booking the first of six available spots at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in

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Athletics

Romanian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;Track & road events ;Field events

Basketball

;Summary

3x3 basketball

Women's tournament

Romania women's national 3x3 team The Romanian women's national 3x3 team represents Romania in international 3x3 basketball matches

qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the four highest-ranked squads, in the women's category of the FIBA rankings, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since

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. ;Team roster The players were announced on 8 July 2021. * Claudia Cuic *

Gabriela Mărginean Gabriela Mărginean (born 12 February 1987 in Cluj-Napoca) is a Romanian professional women's basketball player who plays for the Turkey club İzmit Belediyespor. College career Mărginean was a two-sport athlete at Drexel University and led the ...

* Ancuţa Stoenescu * Sonia Ursu-Kim ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Boxing

Romania entered two boxers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Cosmin Gîrleanu (men's flyweight) and Maria Nechita (women's featherweight) secured the spots on the Romanian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in

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and

Canoeing

Sprint

Romania qualified a single boat in the men's C-2 1000 m for the Games by finishing fifth in the final race at the

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. Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Romania entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the

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Mountain biking

Romania entered one mountain biker to compete in the men's cross-country race with a gold-medal victory in the under-23 division at the

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, marking the country's return to the sport at the Olympics for the first time since

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Fencing

Romania entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Set to compete at her fifth consecutive Games,

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claimed a spot in the women's épée as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. Meanwhile,

Iulian Teodosiu Iulian Teodosiu (born 30 September 1994) is a Romanian sabre fencer, winning a team silver medal in the 2013 World Fencing Championships. Career Teodosiu took up fencing at the age of 9 after coaches from his local club, CSS Slobozia, came at hi ...

rounded out the Romanian roster by winning the final match of the men's sabre at the European Zonal Qualifier in

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Football

;Summary

Men's tournament

Romania men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the semifinal stage of the

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, signifying the country's return to the Olympic tournament after 56 years. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Gymnastics

Artistic

Romania entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Going to his sixth Games,

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claimed one of the three spots available for individual-based gymnasts and progressed to the finals of the men's vault exercise. On the women's side, 19-year-old rookie

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finished 13th out of the 20 gymnasts eligible for qualification in the individual all-around and apparatus events to ensure an Olympic berth for the Romanian squad at the 2019 World Championships in

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Larisa Iordache Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a former Romanians, Romanian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, a ...

added another spot for the Romanians to join Holbură on the gymnastics roster for her second trip to the Games after placing fourth in the individual all-around at the 2021 European Championships in

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. At the Olympics, Iordache was injured during qualifications, and she withdrew from the rest of the competition. ;Men ;Women

Judo

Romania qualified three judoka (two men and one woman) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Vlăduț Simionescu (men's heavyweight, +100 kg) and two-time Olympian

Andreea Chițu Andreea Ștefania Chițu (born 7 May 1988) is a Romanian judoka who competes in the women's 52 kg category. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was defeated in the second round by Ilse Heylen, having beaten Soraya Haddad in the first round. At ...

(women's half-lightweight, 52 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie

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(men's lightweight, 73 kg) accepted a continental berth from Europe as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.

Rowing

Romania qualified nine out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in

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. Meanwhile, two more crews (men's and women's eight) were added to the Romanian roster with their top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in

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. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Romanian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 5, 2021.

Swimming

Romanian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

Table tennis

Romania entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar,

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, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament. Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian

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scored a third-stage semifinal triumph to secure one of the five available places in the men's singles at the European Qualification Tournament in

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Tennis

Romania entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians

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and

Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 Ju ...

teamed up with each other to compete in the women's doubles based on their combined WTA World Rankings of June 13, 2021.

Triathlon

Romania entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics for the first time in history. French-born Felix Duchampt topped the field of triathletes vying for qualification from Europe in the men's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021.

Wrestling

Romania qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 50 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Romanian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 97 kg, women's freestyle 53 kg, and men's Greco-Roman 130 kg, respectively, at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in

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. On June 15, 2021,

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awarded an additional Olympic license to

Kriszta Incze Kriszta Tunde Incze ( hu, Incze Kriszta Tünde; born 15 May 1996) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. In 2019, she represented Romania at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus and ...

in the women's freestyle 62 kg, as the next highest-ranked wrestler vying for qualification, citing North Korea's withdrawal from the Games. ;Freestyle ;Greco-Roman

References

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