Romania at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Romania at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Turin
Competitors	25 (16 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Gheorghe Chiper (opening) Zsolt Antal (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Bianca-Andreea Narea	Women's giant slalom	1:10.89	did not finish
Florentin-Daniel Nicolae	Men's downhill	n/a			2:00.93	53
	Men's combined	1:45.81	53.39	52.69	3:31.89	25

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Marian Blaj	Men's sprint	30:44.4	4	77
	Men's individual	1:02:38.8	6	65
Dana Elena Plotogea	Women's sprint	25:01.7	1	48
	Women's pursuit	43:11.08	4	33
	Women's individual	1:00:45.5	7	72
Mihaela Purdea	Women's sprint	27:32.7	4	77
	Women's individual	1:02:11.5	7	75
Alexandra Rusu	Women's sprint	24:52.5	0	45
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	1:00:13.7	5	68
Éva Tófalvi	Women's sprint	26:38.3	4	70
	Women's individual	53:04.3	2	19
Dana Elena Plotogea Éva Tófalvi Mihaela Purdea Alexandra Rusu	Women's relay	1:25:13.3	21	14

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Mihai Iliescu Levente Andrei Bartha	Two-man	57.22	57.09	57.63	did not advance		26
Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel	Two-man	56.82	56.90	57.65	did not advance		22
Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel Gabriel Popa Ioan Danut Dovalciuc	Four-man	56.61	56.70	56.41	did not advance		22

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Zsolt Antal	Men's 15 km classical	43:10.0	61
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:22:29.8	47
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:10:06.7	46
Mihai Găliceanu	Men's 15 km classical	44:52.0	72
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:26:31.7	62
	Men's 50 km freestyle	Did not start
Monika Gyorgy	Women's 10 km classical	32:44.0	60
	Women's 15 km pursuit	50:15.3	59
	Women's 30 km freestyle	1:35:25.4	50

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Zsolt Antal	Men's sprint	2:29.40	65	Did not advance					65
Mihai Găliceanu	Men's sprint	2:31.43	69	Did not advance					69
Monika Gyorgy	Women's sprint	2:27.53	59	Did not advance					59
Zsolt Antal Mihai Găliceanu	Men's team sprint	n/a				19:04.3	11	Did not advance	21

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gheorghe Chiper	Men's	n/a		67.66	9 Q	118.53	17	186.19	14
Roxana Luca	Ladies'	n/a		39.37	26	did not advance			26

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuţ Ţăran	Doubles	48.625	50.968	n/a		1:39.593	18
Eugen Radu Marian Lăzărescu	Doubles	49.526	48.537	n/a		1:37.883	15

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kătălin Kristo	Women's 500 m	46.531	4	did not advance					23
	Women's 1000 m	1:34.506	4	did not advance					22
	Women's 1500 m	2:31.705	4	did not advance					18

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Claudiu Grozea	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:50.29	26
Daniela Oltean	Women's 1000 m	n/a		1:21.70	35
	Women's 1500 m	n/a		2:09.24	35
	Women's 3000 m	n/a		4:23.34	26

References

• Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Romania at the Wayback Machine (archive index)