Constanţa Burcică (née Pipota; born March 15, 1971 in Sohatu

Sohatu

Sohatu is a commune in Călăraşi County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Sohatu and Progresu.As of 2002 the population of Sohatu is 3,478....

, Călăraşi

Calarasi

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) is a Romania

Romania

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n Olympic

Summer Olympic Games

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 rower

Sport rowing

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. She has been in the winning boat all three times the women's lightweight double scull event has been held at the Olympics.

At the 1996 Olympics

Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...

 Burcică and her partner Camelia Macoviciuc took the inaugural Lightweight Double Scull event.

Burcică and her new partner Angela Alupei

Angela Alupei

Angela Alupei, née Tamaş is a Romanian Olympic rower, born in Bacău, Romania. She has been rowing since she was 17 years of age. When not competing, she is a police officer....

 took the gold medal

Gold medal

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, at the 2000

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single...

 and 2004

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....

 Olympic Games in the Women's Lightweight Double Scull event. They also took first place at the Rowing World Cup

Rowing World Cup

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 twice in 2000, in Vienna

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, Austria

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 and in Lucerne

Lucerne

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, Switzerland

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, and second place at the 2004 World Cup in Lucerne.

Olympics

• 1992 Summer Olympics - Silver medal, Women's Quadruple sculls
• 1996 Summer Olympics - Gold medal, Women's Lwt Double sculls
• 2000 Summer Olympics - Gold medal, Women's Lwt Double sculls
• 2004 Summer Olympics - Gold medal, Women's Lwt Double sculls

World Rowing Championships

World Rowing Championships

The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...

• 1995 - 11th Place, Women's Open Single scull
• 1999 - 1st Place, Women's Lwt Double sculls
• 2001 - 2nd Place, Women's Lwt Single scull
• 2003 - 3rd Place, Women's Lwt Double sculls