Viorica Susanu

Viorica Susanu

Personal information
Born	29 October 1975 (1975-10-29) (age 49) Galați, Romania
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)[2]
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Romania Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Eight 2004 Athens Eight 2004 Athens Coxless pair 2008 Beijing Coxless pair 2008 Beijing Eight World Championships 1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette Eight 1998 Cologne Eight 1999 St. Catharines Eight 2001 Lucerne Coxless pair 2002 Seville Coxless pair 2003 Milan Eight 2001 Lucerne Eight 2007 Munich Eight 2003 Milan Coxless pair 2007 Munich Coxless pair 1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette Double Sculls European Championships 2007 Poznań Eight 2008 Marathon Coxless pair

Viorica Susanu (born 29 October 1975^[3] in Galați) is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.^[4]

Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001 and 2002, rowing with Georgeta Damian, 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, she won gold medals in both the pair and the eight, and in 2008 the pair.