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Valeria Răcilă

1957 - Today

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Valeria Răcilă (later Roşca, later van Groningen, born 2 June 1957) is a retired Romanian rower. She first competed in double and quadruple sculls, winning bronze medals at the 1980 Olympics and 1979 and 1981 world championships. She then changed to single sculls, and won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 and silver medals at the world championships in 1982 and 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Valeria Răcilă is the 2,510th most popular athlete (up from 2,655th in 2024), the 576th most popular biography from Romania (up from 590th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valeria Răcilă ranks 2,510 out of 6,025. Before her are Nodar Kumaritashvili, Stefan Mitrović, Werner von Moltke, Roberto Tozzi, Mack Robinson, and Roland Wieser. After her are Frank-Peter Roetsch, Mo Farah, Diane Williams, Li Lingjuan, Bernard Malivoire, and Viorica Ioja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Valeria Răcilă ranks 605. Before her are Harald Schmid, Clara Ponsatí, Hideaki Tomiyama, Samia al-Amoudi, Leda Cosmides, and Tim Bevan. After her are Sofia Sakorafa, Robin Cousins, Shinichiro Takahashi, António Vitorino, Gabriella Dorio, and Éva Tardos.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Valeria Răcilă ranks 576 out of 844. Before her are Emilia Eberle (1964), Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (1967), Eugen Bejinariu (1959), Anișoara Sorohan (1963), Rodica Arba (1962), and Tibor Selymes (1970). After her are Viorica Ioja (1962), Maricica Țăran (1962), Daniel Prodan (1972), Gheorghe Craioveanu (1968), Ioan Sabău (1968), and Marcel Coraș (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Valeria Răcilă ranks 49. Before her are Ion Draica (1958), Mihaela Loghin (1952), Marioara Popescu (1962), Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (1967), Anișoara Sorohan (1963), and Rodica Arba (1962). After her are Viorica Ioja (1962), Maricica Țăran (1962), Alina Astafei (1969), Marioara Trașcă (1962), Ioana Badea (1964), and Toma Simionov (1955).

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