Romania’s team for the 2024 Olympic Games departed on Sunday on a TAROM charter flight to Paris on board a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, renamed Nadia Comăneci for this event.
Team Romania has 107 athletes who will compete in 18 different sports disciplines at the Olympic Games. The Nadia Comăneci aircraft has been renamed following an agreement with the great Romanian gymnast, holder of five Olympic gold medals
The 82 athletes who left on Sunday from ”Henri Coandă Airport” to the French capital are going to compete in boxing, rowing, cycling, artistic gymnastics, swimming, polo, fencing, table tennis, archery, artistic gymnastics, table tennis, and archery.
Members of Team Romania who will compete in the second part of the Games will leave for Paris over several days, starting on July 24.
Romanian athletes qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games
Athletics (13): Delvine Relin Meringor (marathon), Andrea Miklos (400 m), Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (long jump), Joan Chelimo Melly (marathon), Bianca Ghelber (hammer throw), Stella Rutto (3. 000 m hurdles), Andreea Taloș (triple jump), Diana Ion (triple jump), Alin Firfirică (discus throw), Alexandru Novac (javelin throw), Florentina Iușco (long jump), Rareș Toader (shot put), Daniela Stanciu (high jump);
Boxing (1): Lăcrămioara Perijoc (cat. 54 kilograms);
Canoe (3): Cătălin Chirilă (C1 – 1,000 m), Ilie Sprîncean, Oleg Nuță (C2 – 500 m);
Rowing (45 places quota): men’s single sculls, women’s double sculls, lightweight category, women’s double sculls, women’s double sculls, women’s double sculls, women’s quadruple sculls, women’s quadruple sculls, women’s 8+1, men’s double sculls, men’s double sculls, men’s quadruple sculls, men’s quadruple sculls, men’s 8+1;
Cycling (1): Ede Molnar (mountain bike);
Artistic gymnastics (6): women’s team (Ana Maria Bărbosu, Sabrina Maneca Voinea, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarță, Andreea Preda); Andrei Muntean;
Rhythmic gymnastics (1): Annaliese Drăgan;
Weightlifting (2): Mihaela Cambei (49 kilograms), Loredana Toma (71 kilograms)
Swimming (3): David Popovici (100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle), Vlad Stancu (800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle), Rebecca Aimee Diaconescu (200 m freestyle);
Judo (1): Alex Creț (cat. 90 kilograms);
Wrestling (5): Andreea Beatrice Ana (freestyle wrestling, 53 kg), Kriszta Tunde Incze (freestyle wrestling, 62 kg), Cătălina Axente (freestyle wrestling, 76 kg), Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu (Greco-Roman wrestling, 130 kg), Răzvan Arnăut (Greco-Roman wrestling, 60 kg);
Water polo (13): men’s team (Marius Țic, Eduard Drăgușin – goalkeepers, Francesco Iudean, Matei Luțescu, Tudor Fulea, Andrei Neamțu, Andrei Prioteasa, Andrei Prioteasa, Andrei Țepeluș, Nicolae Oanță, Silvian Colodrovschi, Vlad Georgescu, Sebastian Oltean, Levente Vancsik);
Fencing (1): Mălina Călugăreanu (foil);
Field Tennis (4): Ana Bogdan (women’s singles, women’s doubles), Jaqueline Cristian (women’s singles, women’s doubles), Irina Begu (women’s singles, women’s doubles), Monica Niculescu (women’s doubles);
Table tennis (5): women’s team (Bernadette Szocs, Elizabeta Samara, Adina Diaconu; Andreea Dragoman, reserve), Ovidiu Ionescu/Bernadette Szocs (mixed doubles); Bernadette Szocs, Elizabeta Samara (women’s singles), Ovidiu Ionescu and Eduard Ionescu (men’s singles);
Archery (1): Mădălina Amăistroaie;
Triathlon (1): Felix Duchampt;
Yachting (1): Ebru Bolat (Ylca 6 class).
