Romania collected 17 medals (6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze) and took 14th place in the ranking of the European Games in Krakow – Lesser Poland (Poland).

Romanian women’s table tennis teamPhoto: BORIS GOGULSKY / CYFRASPORT / imago sportfotodienst / Profimedia

Romania, 14th place in the medal tally of the 2023 European Games

Romania participated in the European Games with 150 athletes (74 women, 76 men) in 18 sports.

In the last test of the Romanian delegation, the men’s doubles pair Apor Djordjak/Sabolc Ilyes was defeated in the final for bronze in tacball by the Polish pair Adrian Dusak/Marek Pokwap with a score of 2-1 (12-1, 8-12 12-10), writes Agerpres.

Know:

  • The final overall medal count was led by Italy (30 gold, 26 silver, 38 bronze), followed by Spain (20-15-19) and Ukraine (20-11-8).
  • At the first European Games in Baku 2015, Romania took 17th place in the medal ranking with a balance of 3 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals, and in Minsk 2019 it finished 26th (2-3-5).

Medals won by Romania at the 2023 European Games

gold

  • Vlad Dascălu – cycling, mountain bike
  • Klaudia Bobocha – athletics, 1500 meters
  • Bernadette Shox – Table Tennis, Women’s Singles
  • Kinga Barabasi – takball, women’s singles
  • Apor Gyorgydeak – tekball, men’s singles
  • Bernadette Shox, Elizabeth Samara, Andrea Dragoman and Adina Diaconu – table tennis, women’s teams

Silver

  • Bianca Gelber – athletics, hammer throw
  • Daniela Stanchu – athletics, high jump
  • Cătălin Chirilă – 500 meter single canoe
  • Ilinca Pantiş – avarice, sword
  • Kinga Barabasi and Katalin Dako – tacball, women’s doubles
  • Lăcrămioara Perijoc – boxing, category 54 kg

Bronze

  • Stefan Comanescu – kumite (karate), category 67 kg
  • Andrea Miklos – athletics, 400 m
  • Mălina Călugăreanu – fencing, rapier
  • Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Shox – table tennis, mixed doubles
  • Elizaveta Samara – table tennis, women’s singles.