Carmen Bunaciu
Bunaciu in 1979
Personal information
Born (1961-09-15) 15 September 1961 (age 62)
Sibiu, Romania
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubCSS Sibiu (1968–1974)
Dinamo București (1974–1986)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Guayaquil 200 m backstroke
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Jönköping 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Split 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Rome 100 m backstroke
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1985 Kobe 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1981 Bucharest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1983 Edmonton 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1983 Edmonton 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Bucharest 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Kobe 200 m backstroke

Carmen Bunaciu (born 15 September 1961) is a retired Romanian swimmer who won four bronze medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the European and World Championships of 1977–1982.[2] She also competed in these events at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics and finished fourth three times.[3]

During her career she won 70 national titles and set 39 national records;[1] as of 2012, her record in the 50 m butterfly set in 1986 remained unbeaten.[4] Her bronze medal in 1982 was the first Romanian swimming title at World Championships.[5]

In 1968 she started swimming in the CSS Sibiu club, and in 1974 moved to Bucharest to study in a boarding school.[6] There she gained 19 cm within four years, reaching a height of 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in).[4] In 1977, she became the first Romanian female athlete to swim 100 m within one minute.[1]

After retirement from senior swimming in 1986 she worked as a swimming coach at Dinamo București, the club where she trained for 12 years. Between 1989 and 1992 she was also the head coach of the national team. She still swims daily, but does not compete due to problems with her back.[1][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d BUNACIU Camen. swimming.ro
  2. ^ Carmen BUNACIU. les-sports.info
  3. ^ Carmen Bunaciu. sports-reference.com
  4. ^ a b Legenda din bazin! Carmen Bunaciu, prima medaliată mondială la nataţie din România. prosport.ro (27 January 2012)
  5. ^ a b O istorie spusă, o poveste care încă se scrie (II) ”Aș vrea ca oamenii să țină minte despre mine că am pus suflet în tot ce am făcut”. covasnamedia.ro (28 November 2011)
  6. ^ a b C.Bunaciu: I still like to swim…. bgswim.info (2008)


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