Raluca Nicoleta Strămăturaru (born 22 November 1985) is a Romanian
luge
A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...
r who has competed since 1996. Her younger sister
Violeta Strămăturaru is also a luger.
Strămăturaru's best
Luge World Cup
The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation since 1977–78. The World Cup is the highest level season-long competition in the sport.
Men's singles
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season finish was 23rd in women's singles in
2007–08. Her best finish at the
FIL World Luge Championships was 22nd in women's singles at
Oberhof in
2008. Her best finish at the
FIL European Luge Championships was 17th in women's singles at
Cesana Pariol
Cesana Pariol was the venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The track, built for the games, is located in Cesana Torinese. The venue holds approximately 7,130 spectators, of whom 3,624 are se ...
in
2008.
Strămăturaru qualified for the
2010 Winter Olympics
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where she finished 21st in the
women's singles event.
At her 3rd successive appearance at the Olympics, she ended up with her best career result and the best result for Romania in Winter Olympics in the last 24 years: 7th place at
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...
and also 10th place(3rd in run1 for her) with the team relay. This performance was a strong one for her country, considering the circumstances there.
In the same world cup season, Raluca Strămăturaru finished 6th at Lillehammer2018, which represents her best result in the world cup contest. She also took 10th place at Altenberg2017 and 7th place in the sprint event from Winterberg2017. All those results, in the 2017-2018 season, made her end up 1st in the Nations Cup (the 2nd competition after the World Cup), where she gained the overall title.
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1985 births
Living people
Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Romania
Romanian female lugers
Sportspeople from Sinaia
21st-century Romanian sportswomen