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Rodica Șerban

Romanian rower

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ2428077 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rodica Maria Şerban, née Florea (born 26 May 1983) is a Romanian rower. She achieved success in women's eight, where she won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2005 World Rowing Championships.

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“Rodica Șerban” enters the record as romanian rower. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rodica, Șerban and Romanian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2004, 2008, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-05-26. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Rodica, Șerban and Romanian.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2428077. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 2004, 2008 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rodica Șerban” 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.