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Rodica Arba

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Rodica Arba
Arba in the 1980s
Personal information
Born5 May 1962(1962-05-05)(age62)[1]
Petricani,Romania
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
ClubCS Dinamo București[2]
Medal record
RepresentingRomania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Eight
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Eight
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Munich Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Lucerne Coxed four
Silver medal – second place 1983 Dusiburg Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 1985 Hazewinkel Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 1986 Nottingham Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 1987 Copenhagen Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 1987 Copenhagen Eight

Rodica Arba(néePuşcatu;born 5 May 1962) is a retiredRomanianrower. She competed at the1980,1984and1988 Olympicsand won two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. At theworld championshipsshe won four gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1987, mostly incoxless pairs.[2]

Arba was born in 1962 inPetricani,Neamț County,Romania.[1]She citesSanda Tomaas her rowing inspiration.[3]

She went to the1980 Summer Olympicsas a member of the Romanianwomen's eight,and won a bronze medal with the team.[4]In the 1981 season, she competed in thecoxless pairwith team memberElena Horvat,and they won bronze at the1981 World Rowing ChampionshipsatOberschleißheimnearMunich,Germany.[5]At the1982 World Rowing Championships,she was a member of the women's coxed four team that won a bronze medal.[6]At the1983 World Rowing Championships,Horvat and Arba won silver in the women's pair.[7]The same crew won gold at the1984 Summer OlympicsinLos Angeles.[8][9]She gained the1985 World Rowing Championshipstitle with Horvat,[10]and won the1986and1987 World Rowing ChampionshipswithOlga Homeghi.[11][12]At the 1987 World Rowing Championships, she also competed with the women's eight, and won a second title at that event.[13]

At the1988 Summer OlympicsinSeoul,Korea, Arba won gold in thewomen's pairwith Homeghi, and silver with thewomen's eight.[1]

After the Seoul Olympics, Arba became pregnant, and this finished her rowing career. Her son, Iulian Arba, was born on 20 July 1989; this was to be her only child. He later competed for Romania in rowing, and moved to elite level in 2009 when he competed at the2009 European Rowing Championshipswith the men's eight. Her son accidentally electrocuted himself while fishing in 2015.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^abcdeEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Rodica Arba-Puşcatu".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2020.Retrieved27 November2016.
  2. ^abRodica Arba-Puscatu.Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ^"Rodica Arba"(in German). Munzinger Archiv GmbH.Retrieved26 November2016.
  4. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Romania Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2020.Retrieved27 November2016.
  5. ^"(W2-) Women's Pair - Final".World Rowing Federation.Retrieved26 November2016.
  6. ^"Weltmeisterschaften (Damen - Teil 1)"(in German). Sport-komplett.de.Retrieved27 November2016.
  7. ^"(W2-) Women's Pair - Final".World Rowing Federation.Retrieved27 November2016.
  8. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved21 November2016.
  9. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved26 November2016.
  10. ^"(W2-) Women's Pair - Final".World Rowing Federation.Retrieved26 November2016.
  11. ^"(W2-) Women's Pair - Final".World Rowing Federation.Retrieved26 November2016.
  12. ^"(W2-) Women's Pair - Final".World Rowing Federation.Retrieved26 November2016.
  13. ^"(W8+) Women's Eight - Final".World Rowing Federation.Retrieved27 November2016.
  14. ^Neag, Mirela (21 September 2015)."Disperare în viaţa dublei campioane olimpice Rodica Arba:" Nu-mi îngrop copilul! "".Gazeta Sporturilor(in Romanian).Retrieved27 November2016.
  15. ^"Iulian Arba".World Rowing Federation.Retrieved27 November2016.
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