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Florența Crăciunescu
Personal information
Birth nameFlorența Ionescu
Full nameFlorența Țacu-Crăciunescu
Born(1955-05-07)7 May 1955
Craiova, Romania
Died8 June 2008(2008-06-08) (aged 53)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Discus throw, shot put
ClubCSM Craiova
CSA Steaua București
Coached byIonel Ghita
Dan Serafim
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)DT – 69.50 m (1985)
SP – 18.06 m (1983i)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Discus
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest Discus
Gold medal – first place 1983 Edmonton Discus

Florența Crăciunescu (later Ionescu, then Țacu, 7 May 1955 – 8 June 2008) was a Romanian athlete. She won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 1984 Olympics, finishing sixth in 1980; in 1984 she also placed eighth in the shot put. Her elder sister Carmen Ionesco competed in the same events for Canada at the 1984 Olympics.

References

  1. ^ Florența Crăciunescu Archived 24 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference.com
  2. Florența Crăciunescu a decedat. evz.ro (10 June 2008)
  3. ^ Florența Crăciunescu. Romanian Olympic Committee
  4. Florenta Craciunescu at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
World University Games champions in women's discus throw


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