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Doina Spîrcu
Doina Spîrcu ( Craciun, born 24 July 1970 in Slobozia) is a Romanian rower. She competed at the 1996 Olympics under her married name. References External links * 1970 births Living people Romanian female rowers People from Slobozia Olympic gold medalists for Romania Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Romania Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ialomița County {{Romania-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing (sport)
Rowing, often called crew American English, in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using Oar (sport rowing), oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using Rowlock, rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower (or oarsman) holds two oars, one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain (rowing), coxswain, called eight (rowing), eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
