RIO 2016 – TEAM MOLDOVA

Rio de Janeiro a fost desemnat oraș gazdă în cadrul celei de-a 121-a Sesiuni a CIO, desfășurată la Copenhaga, Danemarca pe 2 octombrie 2009. Celelalte orașe finaliste au fost Madrid, Spania; Tokyo, Japonia șiChicago, Statele Unite ale Americii. Rio este primul oraș sud-american care va găzdui Jocurile Olimpice de vară, al doilea din America Latină după Ciudad de México în 1968 și primul din Emisfera sudică după 2000.
Jocurile se vor desfășura în perioada 5—21 august 2016. Peste 10.500 de sportivi de la 205 Comitete Olimpice Naționale (CON-uri) vor participa la probele sportive. Vor fi cuprinse 28 de sporturi — inclusiv rugby în șapte și golf, care au fost adăugate de Comitetul Internațional Olimpic în 2009.
Probele sportive se vor desfășura în 33 de arene răspândite în 4 regiuni ale orașului — Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro și Maracanã.
TIR CU ARCUL

Name: Alexandra Mirca
Age: 22
Event: archery
Coach: Irina Cecanova
Languages: Russian, English, Romanian, French
Hobbies: Cooking
Olympic Experience: Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games – 5th
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- European Outdoor Championships 2016 – mixed team gold medal (together with Dan Olaru)
- European Grand Prix 2016 (1st leg) – gold
- World Archery Indoor Championship 2014 – 4th
CANOE

Name: Serghei Tarnovschi
Age: 19
Event: canoeing – C – 1 single
Coach: Victor Reneischi
Started competing: 2009
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English, Polish
Hobbies: Active free time
Olympic Experience: Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games – gold medallist
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 2016
- World Cup Flat Water Duisburg C – 1 500 m and 5000 m – gold medallist
- World Cup Flat Water Duisburg – C – 1 1000 m – silver medallist
- European Championship – C – 1 1000 m – silver medallist
- European Championship – C – 2 500 m and 100 m – 4th place
- Canoe Sprint World Cup Racice – C – 1 500 m – gold medallist
- Canoe Sprint World Cup Racice – C – 2 1000 m – gold medallist
- Canoe Sprint World Cup Racice – C – 1 1000 m – silver medallist
- 2015
- World Cup Flat Water Duisburg C – 1 500 m double – bronze medallist
- World Championship C – 1 1000 m – bronze medallist
- World Junior Sprint Championships C – 1 single 1000 m – gold medallist
- World Junior Sprint Championships C – 1 single 200 m – bronze medallist

Name: Oleg Tarnovschi
Age: 24
Event: Canoeing C – 2 (doubles)
Coach: Victor Reneischi
Started competing: 2008
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English, Polish
Hobbies: Active free time
Olympic Experience: –
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 2016
- European Championships – Flatwater – C-2 500m canoe double – 4th
- European Championships – Flatwater – C-1 500m canoe single – bronze medallist
- European Championships – Flatwater – C-2 1000m canoe double – 4th
- Canoe Sprint World Cup Racice – C-2 1000m canoe double – gold medallist
- Canoe Sprint World Cup Racice – C-1 500m canoe single – bronze medallist
- European Olympic Qualifier – Flat Water – C-2 1000m canoe double – bronze medallist
- 2015
- World Championships – Flatwater – 500m canoe single – silver medallist
- World Cup – Flat Water – Duisburg – C-1 500m canoe single – 4th
- World Cup – Flat Water – Duisburg – C-1 5000m canoe single – 4th
JUDO

Name: Duminică Valeriu
Age: 29
Event: 81 kg
Coach: Ilie Buiuc, Mihai Buiuc
Started competing: 2009
Languages: Romanian, Russian, English
Hobbies: Active free time
Olympic Experience: –
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- International Judo World Ranking List position July 11, 2016 – 39
- Grand Prix Almaty 7th
- Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 7th
- European Open Warsaw 7th
- Grand Prix Samsun 3rd
ATLETISM

Name: Natalia Stratulat
Age: 28
Event: discus throw
Coach: Cuzma Slobodeaniuc, Soslan Marghiev
Languages: Romanian, Russian, French
Hobbies: Active free time
Olympic Experience: –
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 2016
- European Championship – 5th
- European Throwing Cup Arad – gold medalist
- Balkan Athletics Championship – gold medalist2015
- World Championships 2015 – 8th
- Balkan Athletics Championship – gold medalist

Name: Zalina Marghieva
Age: 28
Event: athletics, discus throw
Coach: Soslan Marghiev
Languages: Romanian, Russian, French
Hobbies: Active free time
Olympic Experience: Beijing 2008 – 37th qualifying round, London 2012 – 8th
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 8th at World Championships 2015Hammer Throw
- European U23 Champion 2009Hammer Throw
- 4th at World Junior Championships 2006Hammer Throw
- National Championships 06.02. 2016 Chișinău Hammer Throw1 74.21 Outdoor
- Olympic Experience: London 2012 Olympic Games – 8th

Name: Dimitriana Surdu
Age: 22 (12.04.1994)
Event: athletics – shot put
Coach: Vadim Hranovschi
Languages: Romanian, Russian, English
DT pb: 53.61 -15 (52.92 -16). 3 Balkan SP/DT 2014/2016; 10 under-23 ECH DT 2015 (dnq SP). 1 Moldovan SP 2013-2016 (1 DT 2013/2014). 1 Moldovan indoor SP 2015.
In 2016: 1 Moldovan SP; 2 Romanian ‘International’ SP/DT; 3 Balkan SP/DT
//Career highlights:
Personal Best: 17.85
2016
Balkan Athletics Championships – bronze medalist
Personal best results:
Discipline | Rank | Result | Date | Location | Category |
Shot Put | 1 | 17.85 | 29 May 2016 | Tiraspol | Outdoor |
Discus Throw | 2 | 53.61 | 30 May 2015 | Chișinău | Outdoor |
Shot Put | 1 | 16.72 | 09 Jan 2016 | Chișinău | Indoor |

Name: Marina Nicișenco
Age: 30 (28/06/1986)
Event: athletics – hammer throw
Coach: Soslan Marghiev
Languages: Romanian, Russian, English
Olympic Experience: Beijing 2008 – qualifying round
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Personal best: 72.53

Name: Vladimir Letnicov
Age: 34 (07.10.1981)
Event: athletics
Coach: Vitalii Arhilei
Languages: Russian, Romanian.
Olympic Experience: Athens 2004, Beijing 2008
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Personal best: 17.06 m
2016
Balkan Athletics Championship – 4th

Name: Serghei Marghiev
Age: 23 (06.11.1992)
Event: athletics
Coach: Soslan Marghiev
Languages: Romanian, Russian,
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Personal best 78.72 m
2016
- European Athletics Championship – 8th
- Balkan Athletics Championship – silver medalist
2015
- Gwangju University Games – 4th
- World Championship – 23rd
- Balkan Athletics Championship – silver medalist
- European Throwing Cup – bronze medalist

Name: Roman Prodius
Age: 35 (12 April 1981)
Event: athletics, marathon
Coach: Lazari Povestca
Languages: Romanian, Russian, Italian
Olympic Experince: London 2012 – DNF
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Personal Best: 2:12:31
2016
- Amsterdam European Athletics Championship half-marathon – 22nd
- Ostia Half Marathon – 7th
2015
- World Championships in Athletics, Marathon – 31st
- Vienna City Marathon – 8th

Name: Emilianov Ivan
Age: 39 (19 February 1977)
Event: athletics: shot put
Coach: Alexandru Slivco
Languages: Russian
Olympic Experience: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Personal best: 20.80 m
2016
- Balkan Athletics Championship – 8th

Name: Fisikovici Lilia
Age: 27 (29 March 1989)
Event: athletics – marathon
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2016
- Kyiv Half-marathon – 3rd
2015
- Warsaw Marathon – 2nd
LUPTE

Name: Nicolae Ceban
Age: 30 (30.03.1986)
Event: wrestling, 97 kg
Coach: Nicolai Oriol
Languages: Romanian, Russian.English.
Olympic experience: Beijing 2008 – 11th , London 2012 – 12th
Personal best results:
2016 | Grand Prix of Germany | |||||
Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial | ||||||
Olympic Qualification Tournament | ||||||
Olympic Qualification Tournament | ||||||
European Championship | ||||||
2015 | International Ukrainian Tournament | |||||
World Championship | ||||||
Ion Corneanu Memorial | ||||||
European Games | ||||||
Olympia Tournament | ||||||
Yasar Dogu | 1 | |||||
Alexander Medved Prizes |

Name: Evghenii Nedealco
Age: 26 (03.01.1990)
Event: wrestling
Coach: Valerii Cuznetsov, Alexandr Zubrilin
Languages: Russian, Bulgarian, English.
Olympic Experience: –
Personal best results:
2016 | Grand Prix of Germany | |||||
Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial | ||||||
Torneo Citta a Sassari | ||||||
Olympic Qualification Tournament | ||||||
2015 | European Championship | |||||
World Championship | ||||||
European Games | ||||||
Olympia Tournament | ||||||
Alexander Medved Prizes | ||||||

Name: Mariana Cherdivara-Eșanu
Age: 24 (15.09.1992)
Event: wrestling, 58 kg
Coach: Constantin Cobilean
Languages: Romanian, Russian
Olympic Experience: Olympic Qualification Tournament, bronz.
Personal best results:
2016
NATAȚIE

Name: Sancov Alexei
Age: 16 (15 October 1999)
Event: swimming
Languages: Russian, English
Olympic Experience: Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games – 800 m, 7th
//CARREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2016
- European Junior Swimming Championship – 200 m freestyle – silver medalist
- Balkan Junior Games -100 m freestyle – silver medalist
- Balkan Junior Games -1500 m freestyle – bronze medalist
2015
- Tbilisi European Youth Olympic Festival – 100 m freestyle – gold medalist
- Tbilisi European Youth Olympic Festival – 200 m freestyle – gold medalist
- Tbilisi European Youth Olympic Festival -4 00 m freestyle – gold medalist
- Tbilisi European Youth Olympic Festival – 1500 m freestyle – silver medalist

Name: Chisca Tatiana
Age: 20 (19.07.1995)
Event: swimming, breaststroke
Coach: Serghei Postica, Evghenii Carabetski
Olympic Experience: Olympics Games London 2012, women’s 100 m breaststroke.
Best result:
- Russian International Championships, gold medal 50 m breaststroke, 31.12.
- Romanian International Championships, gold medal 100 m breaststroke, 1.09.47.
HALTERE

Name: Alexandr Spac
Age: 26 (21.11.1989)
Event: weightlifting, 77 kg
Coach: Leonid Spac
Languages: Romanian, Russian
Olympic Experience:
Personal best results:
- European Championships 2011, bronze medal, total, 69 kg
- European Championships 2013, bronze medal, total,77 kg.

Name: Serghei Cechir
Age: 25 (15.10.1990)
Event: weightlifting, 69 kg
Coach: Serghei Cretu
Languages: Romanian, Russian
Olympic Experience:
Personal best results:
- European Championships 2012, silver medal
- European Championships 2013, bronze medal

Name: Prişcepa Natalia
TAEKWONDO

Name: Aaron Arthur Cook
Age: 25 (02.01.1991)
Event: taekwondo WTF, -80 kg
Coach: Patrice Remarck
//Medal record:
Representing Great Britain
- European Championships
- Gold medal – first place 2010 Saint Petersburg 80 kg
- Gold medal – first place 2012 Manchester 80 kg
- World Junior Championships
- Gold medal – first place 2008 Izmir 78 kg
- Bronze medal – third place 2006 Ho Chi Minh City 68 kg
- European Junior Championships
- Gold medal – first place 2007 Baku 73 kg
Representing Isle of Man
- European Championships
- Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku 80 kg
Representing Moldova
- World Championships
- Bronze medal – third place 2015 Chelyabinsk 80 kg
- European Championships
- Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montreux 80 kg
TENIS

Name: Albot Radu