Romania at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
| Romania at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | ROU |
| NPC | National Paralympic Committee |
| in Tokyo | |
| Competitors | 7 in 5 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Romania competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. The Romanian delegation consisted of seven athletes, six men and one woman. The delegation won two medals, a silver in cycling and one in Judo, placing 65th in a four-way tie.
Background
[edit]Originally scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were eventually played in Tokyo from 24 August through 5 September 2021.[1]
The Romania delegation consisted of seven athletes, six men and one woman.[2]
Medalists
[edit]The Romanian delegation won two medals, one silver and one bronze, finishing in a joint 65th place in the medal table alongside the delegations of Kuwait, Namibia, and Slovenia.[3][4]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver |
Carol-Eduard Novak | Cycling | Men's individual pursuit C4 4000 meters | 27 August 2021 | [5] |
 Bronze |
Alex Bologa | Judo | Men's 60 kilograms | 27 August 2021 | [6] |
Cycling
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Romania sent one cyclist, Minister for Youth and Sport Carol-Eduard Novak,[5] after successfully getting a slot in the European 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota.[7][8] Novak won a silver medal in Men's C4 4000 meter individual pursuit after losing to Jozef Metelka.[5]
Judo
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Romania sent one cyclist, Alex Bologa. Bologa won a bronze medal in Men's 60 kilograms. Baloga had previously won in an upset at the same event at the 2016 games being awarded a bronze medal.[6][9] The event was held at the Nippon Budokan arena.[10]
Table tennis
[edit]Romania entered one athlete, Bobi Simion,[11] into the table tennis competition at the games. Simion qualified via the World Ranking allocation.[12] He lost in the quarter finals. Simion had previously represented Romania in the 2016 games where he also lost in the quarter finals.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 - ParticipantNumbers". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Romania - National Paralympic Committee". Paralympics. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Medal Table - Complete Medal Tally". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Lemon, Geoff; Henriques-Gomes, Luke; Tindall, David (27 August 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics day three: China surge to top of medal table and more GB gold – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Bologa Alex". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Five things we learned about judo at Rio 2016". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ Taylor, Alan. "Photos: The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - The Atlantic". The Atlantic. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 final list of athletes and teams" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. 9 July 2021.
- ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Bobi Simion - Table Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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