Petre Ceapura

Petre Ceapura
Personal information
Born12 July 1942 (1942-07-12) (age 84)
Jurilovca, Romania[1]
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubCS Dinamo București[2]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1972 MunichCoxed pair
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place1970 St. CatharinesCoxed pair
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place1967 VichyCoxed four
Bronze medal – third place1969 KlagenfurtCoxed pair
Bronze medal – third place1973 MoscowCoxed pair

Petre Ceapura (born 12 July 1942) is a retired Romanian rower. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1980 Olympics in the coxed fours (1968) and coxed pairs (1972 and 1980) and won a bronze medal in 1972, placing fourth in 1980.[1] In 1970, he became the first world champion in rowing from Romania.[2][3] He also won three bronze medals at the European championships in 1967–1973.[4] After retiring from competitions, he worked as a coach at his club Dinamo București.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Petre Ceapura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Petre Ceapura Archived 6 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ↑ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Zweier mit Steuermann – Herren. sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften Zweier m. Stm., Vierer m.Stm.. sport-komplett.de
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