Alina Dumitru

Alina Dumitru, born on 30 August 1982, is a Romanian judoka who trained with the Romanian national judo team under coach Florin Bercean. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she competed in the women's 48 kg class, defeated the long unbeaten Japanese champion Ryoko Tani in the semifinal and beat Yanet Bermoy of Cuba by ippon in 80 seconds in the final, becoming the first Romanian judoka to win an Olympic gold medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she reached the final again but lost to Sarah Menezes of Brazil, taking silver, which was Romania's first medal at the London Games. She retired in 2013. She won nine medals at the European Judo Championships, seven of them gold, and three bronze medals at the World Championships, and was honoured with the Meritul Sportiv medal and as an honorary citizen of Ploiesti and Cluj County.