Elisabeta Lipă

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Olympic medal record
Women's Rowing
Gold Los Angeles 1984 Double Scull
Gold Barcelona 1992 Single Scull
Gold Atlanta 1996 Eight
Gold Sydney 2000 Eight
Gold Athens 2004 Eight
Silver Seoul 1988 Double Scull
Silver Barcelona 1992 Double Scull
Bronze Seoul 1988 Quadruple Scull
World Championships
Gold 1989 Single Sculls
Silver 1983 Double Scull
Silver 1985 Double Scull
Silver 1986 Double Scull
Silver 1987 Double Scull
Silver 1989 Double Scull
Silver 1991 Single Scull
Silver 1991 Double Scull
Silver 1994 Double Scull
Silver 2003 Double Scull
Bronze 1982 Quadruple Scull
Bronze 1984 Eight

Elisabeta Lipă (born October 26, 1964 in Siret) is a retired rower from Romania, who was born under the name of Elisabeta Oleniuc. She is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, winning five golds, two silvers and one bronze. She holds the record for the most years between gold medals, at 20 years. *** Birgit Fischer of Germany actually holds the woman's record for years between gold medals, at 24 years. Aladar Gerevich holds the men's record for years between gold medals at 28 years. ***

Lipă debuted at the age of 19 at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where she won her first gold medal in the Double Scull event. She won her most recent gold medal in the eight-oared boat at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004. She is the only person to win a gold medal in the two premiere rowing events: the single scull and the eight oared boat. She is also believed to be the only person to win a gold medal in both a sculling (two oars per person) and a sweep (one oar per person) event. **Canada's Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean accomplished the same, sculling and sweep gold medals, in 1992 and 1996.**

Albeit retired, on her 42nd birthday she declared that she hasn't given up the thought of presenting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

She is to be awarded the 2008 Thomas Keller Medal at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne.

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[edit] Rowing World Championships

  • 1982, 3rd, Quadruple Scull
  • 1983, 3rd, Double Scull
  • 1985, 2nd, Double Scull
  • 1986, 2nd, Double Scull
  • 1987, 2nd, Double Scull
  • 1989, 2nd, Double Scull
  • 1989, 1st, Single Scull
  • 1990, 6th, Single Scull
  • 1991, 2nd, Single Scull
  • 1991, 2nd, Double Scull
  • 1993, 7th, Single Scull
  • 1993, 6th, Double Scull
  • 1994, 3rd, Eight
  • 1994, 2nd, Double Scull
  • 1999, 9th, Quad
  • 2003, 2nd, Eight

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Olympic champions in women's single sculls
1976: Christine Scheiblich | 1980: Sanda Toma | 1984: Valeria Răcilă | 1988: Jutta Behrendt | 1992: Elisabeta Lipă | 1996: Ekaterina Karsten | 2000: Ekaterina Karsten | 2004: Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski