Sportswoman Ancuta Bodnar declared, on Thursday, at the Rowing Evening event, that she has three Olympic medals, two gold and one silver, obtained at the last two editions of the Games, but she still wants more.
„I am grateful for everything I have achieved, I worked very hard for these results. But without God and without the people around me I would not have succeeded. I am extremely happy that I have three Olympic medals (gold in double rowing at Tokyo 2020, gold in 8+1 and silver in double rowing in Paris 2024, ed. n.) at this moment and I can say that I want more. It was a special moment in Paris, there are feelings that you can only experience at the Olympic Games, it compares to no other title. When you get on the podium, it’s the happiest day,” she said.
„It was a special edition of the Games, a very difficult one, but I am extremely glad that in such a fierce competition I was able to emerge victorious. I have not yet set my next goal, for now I want to enjoy my vacation. But I remain in rowing, I don’t want to say four more years, I’m going to gradually take it up to the Los Angeles Games,” added the 25-year-old rower.
Romanian rowing won five medals at the 2024 Olympic Games, two gold and three silver, finishing 3rd in the national ranking in Paris, after Great Britain and the Netherlands.
Romania now has eight medals at the 2024 Olympics, three gold, four silver and one bronze.
Gold was won by the swimmer David Popovici in the 200 meters freestyle, the rowers Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache in the men’s double sculls and the women’s crew of eight plus one (Maria Magdalena Rusu, Roxana Anghel, Ancuta Bodnar, Maria Lehaci, Adriana Adam, Amalia Beres, Ioana Vrinceanu , Simona Radis, Victoria Stefania Petreanu).
Silver was obtained by Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis in women’s double rowing, Ioana Vrinceanu and Roxana Anghel in women’s double rowing, Gianina van Groningen and Ionela Cozmiuc in women’s double rowing – light category, as well as by weightlifter Mihaela Cambei at cat. 49 kg.
Bronze was won by David Popovici in the 100 meter freestyle.
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