Viorica Susanu (born October 29, 1975 in Galaţi

Galati

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) is a Romania

Romania

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n rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.

Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

. In 2001 and 2002, rowing with Georgeta Damian

Georgeta Damian

Georgeta Damian-Andrunache is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She is married to Valeriu Andrunache....

, she won the World Championships in the women's pair, setting a world's best time in 2002, while continuing to row in the eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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, she won gold medals in both the pair and the eight, and in 2008

2008 Summer Olympics

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 the pair.

Medals at Olympic Games

• 2000 Summer Olympics
  2000 Summer Olympics
  The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
  
  

1st, Women's Eight

• 2004 Summer Olympics
  2004 Summer Olympics
  The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
  
  

1st, Women's Eight

1st, Women's Pair

• 2008 Summer Olympics
  2008 Summer Olympics
  The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
  
  

1st, Coxless pair

3rd, Women's Eight

Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

Women's eight competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held on August 11 , 13 and 17 , at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park....

Medals at World Championships

• 1997

1st, Women's Eight

3rd, Women's Double Sculls

• 1998

1st, Women's Eight

• 1999

1st, Women's Eight

• 2001

1st, Women's Pair

2nd, Women's Eight

• 2002

1st, Women's Pair

• 2003

2nd, Women's Eight

3rd, Women's Pair