Romania’s men’s 8+1 team won a silver medal on Saturday at the European Championships in Bled, Slovenia.

Men’s crew of Romania 8+1Photo: CTK / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

Romania men’s crew 8+1, silver at rowing CE

With Miheica Ciganescu, Cipriane Tudose, Florin Arteni, Mugurel Semchuk, Marius Kozmiuk, Sergiu Bejan, Stefan Berariu, Florin Lehaci and Adrian Munteanu, they completed the test in 5:28.14.

The crew from Great Britain climbed to the first step of the podium (05:28.09), and the third place was taken by the Netherlands (05:28.61).

Know:

  • Also on Saturday, the Romanian women’s four-stroke team (W4-) won the gold medal.
  • Romania qualified nine crews for the A final in Bled, the last to reach the final was the men’s academy duo of Marius Kozmiuk and Sergiu Bejan, who finished second in Saturday’s semi-final.
  • At the European Championship in Slovenia, Romania is participating with 11 crews.
  • Romania finished the 2022 European Championships in Munich with five gold and three bronze medals, the best result in the history of Romanian rowing at the continental competition.