Georgeta Damian

Georgeta Damian, who later used the married name Andruanche, was born on 14 April 1976 in Botosani and became a Romanian rower and a winner of five Olympic gold medals. She married the rower Valeriu Andrunache in 2006. She rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics she took gold in the eight and in the women's pair. With Viorica Susanu she won the pair at the 2001 and 2002 World Championships, and at the 2004 Olympics she won both the pair and the eight. At the 2008 Games she again won the women's pair with Susanu and added a bronze medal in the eight, finishing her Olympic career with five gold medals and one bronze.