Roxana Dumitrescu
Dumitrescu in 1992 | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Romanian | |||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1967 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||
Event | Foil | |||||||||||
| Club | CSA Steaua București[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Roxana Daniela Dumitrescu (later Toader, born 27 June 1967) is a retired Romanian foil fencer. She won a team bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and was Romanian individual foil champion in 1990. Fencing for CSA Steaua București, she won consecutive national team championships from 1986 to 1993.[1][2]
Career
Domestic career
Dumitrescu fenced for CSA Steaua București, the sports club of the Romanian Armed Forces, which has historically been one of Romania's leading fencing clubs.[1] She was a member of the club's dominant women's foil team, winning the Romanian national team championship every year from 1986 to 1993.[2] In 1990, she won the Romanian individual foil championship.[2]
For her achievements, Dumitrescu was awarded the title of Maestru al Sportului (Master of Sport) in 1991, and following her Olympic medal she received the title of Maestru Emerit al Sportului (Emeritus Master of Sport) in 1992.[2]
1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Dumitrescu was part of the Romanian women's foil team alongside Reka Lazăr-Szabó, Claudia Grigorescu, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan, and Laura Cârlescu-Badea.[3] The team won the bronze medal in the team foil event, behind gold medallists Italy and silver medallists Germany.[3] The medal continued Romania's strong tradition in women's foil, a discipline in which the country had previously won Olympic team medals in 1960, 1968, 1972, and 1984.[4]
It was the first Summer Olympics for Romania after the fall of communism in 1989, and the 1992 Barcelona Games saw Romania win 18 medals overall. Teammate Laura Badea would go on to win individual foil gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Roxana Daniela Dumitrescu". Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d Alexe, Nicu, ed. (2002). "Federația Română de Scrimă". Enciclopedia Educației Fizice și Sportului din România (in Romanian). Vol. 1. Bucharest: Aramis. p. 1055.
- ^ a b Roxana Dumitrescu at Olympedia
- ^ a b "Romanian Fencing, a Constant Presence at the Olympic Games". European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences. 2018. doi:10.15405/epsbs.2018.03.3.
External links
- Roxana Dumitrescu at Olympics.com
- Roxana Dumitrescu at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in Romanian)
- Roxana Dumitrescu at Olympedia