Elena Giurcă, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elena Giurcă

Romanian rower

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1946

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: coxswain

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Elena Giurca (11 January 1946 – September 2013) was a Romanian rowing coxswain.
She took up rowing in 1966 and debuted internationally at the 1969 European Championships, winning a bronze medal in the eights.
Later, she mostly competed in the quadruple sculls, finishing third and fourth at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, respectively.
She also won silver medals in this event at the 1974 and 1977 world championships.In 1969, Giurca graduated in English from the University of Bucharest, and later taught English at a military academy.
She died aged 67 after surgery for a brain aneurysm.