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Maria Fricioiu

Romanian rower

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ6761210 ↗
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Maria Fricioiu (later Simion, born 16 March 1960) is a retired Romanian rower. Competing in coxed fours she won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 and three medals at the world championships in 1979, 1983 and 1985.

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The public source identifies “Maria Fricioiu” as romanian rower. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Maria, Fricioiu and Romanian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 1984, 1979, 1983—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Maria, Fricioiu and Romanian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Maria Fricioiu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.