Ştefan Tudor (3 March 194315 February 2021) was a

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

n rower.

Career

He competed at the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

and

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

Olympics in the

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s, coxed pairs and

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s events, respectively, and won a bronze medal in 1972. In 1970 he became the first world champion in rowing from Romania. He also won two bronze medals at the European championships in 1967 and 1973. He died less than one month short of his 78th birthday.

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* * * * 1943 births 2021 deaths Romanian male rowers Olympic rowers of Romania Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists Date of death missing Place of death missing People from Prahova County {{Romania-rowing-bio-stub