The native form of this personal name is Horváth Ilona. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
 Horvat in the 1980s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 July 1958 (1958-07-04) (age 66) Luizi-Călugăra, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSA Steaua București | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elena Horvat (Hungarian: Ilona Horváth, later Florea, born 4 July 1958) is a retired Romanian rower. She is a world champion and Olympic gold medallist in the coxless pair.
Horvat was born in Luizi-Călugăra in Bacău County in 1958. She moved to Bucharest at a young age but two sisters still live in her home village. Initially a member of Viitorul București, she later joined CSA Steaua București. She went to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow as a reserve rower but did not get to compete.
Horvat competed at the 1984 Olympics and won a gold medal in the coxless pair. At world championships, she won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1985.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Oprea-Horvat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
Full name: Elena Oprea-Horvat (-Florea)
- ^ "Elena Horvat". COSR.ro (in Romanian). Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român.
- ^ Endre, Farkas (4 August 2021). "Ő a moldvai csángómagyarok egyetlen olimpiai bajnoka- a Maszol.ro portálról". maszol.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Elena Horvat". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links
- Elena Horvat at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (archived)
- Elena Horvat at Olympedia (archive)
- Elena Oprea-Horvat at Olympics.com
- Elena Oprea-Horvath at World Rowing
- Elena Florea at World Rowing
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- Romanian female rowers
- Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Romania
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- World Rowing Championships medalists for Romania
- Sportspeople from Bacău County
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