Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade

The list Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade includes Nadia Comaneci, Virginia Ruzici, Emilia Eberle, Rômulo Arantes and Karin Smith. The list consists of 187 members.

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1981 Summer Universiade

Multi-sport event in Bucharest, Romania

1.

Nadia Comaneci

Romanian gymnast (born 1961)

Overview: Nadia Elena Comăneci (, ; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976 at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast ...

Date of birth: 12 November 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Gymnastics

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Bart Conner (Married)

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Sportspeople from Bacău County 39T

FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania 62T

BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year winners 44T
2.

Virginia Ruzici

Tennis player

Overview: Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship.

Date of birth: 31 January 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Tennis

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 138T

Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 133T

Universiade gold medalists for Romania 60T
3.

Rômulo Arantes

Olympic swimmer

Overview: Rômulo Duncan Arantes Filho (usually Rômulo Arantes; June 12, 1957 – June 10, 2000) was a Brazilian swimmer and actor. He won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1978 World Aquatics Cham ...

Date of birth: 12 June 1957

Date of death: 10 June 2000

Age: 42 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Swimmers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 46T

Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 429T

Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 469T
4.

Emilia Eberle

Romanian gymnast

Overview: Gertrúd Emilia Eberle (born 4 March 1964) is a retired Romanian gymnast of German-Hungarian descent.

Date of birth: 4 March 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: German

Occupation: Gymnastics

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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Universiade gold medalists for Romania 60T

Universiade medalists in gymnastics 267T

Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent 152T
5.

Bruce Baumgartner

Olympic wrestler

Overview: Bruce Robert Baumgartner (born November 2, 1960) is a retired American freestyle wrestler and current assistant vice president for university advancement and former athletic director at the Edinboro U ...

Date of birth: 2 November 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: American

Occupation: Wrestling

Gender: Male

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Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 570T

Goodwill Games medalists in wrestling 10T

Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games 300T
6.

Li Ning

Gymnast

Overview: Li Ning (born March 10, 1963 in Laibin, Guangxi) is a retired Chinese gymnast and businessman. He founded the eponymous sportswear company Li-Ning.

Date of birth: 8 September 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Gymnastics

Gender: Male

Partner: Chen Yongyan (Married)

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Gymnasts from Guangxi 13T

Universiade gold medalists for China 225T

Universiade medalists in gymnastics 267T
7.

Said Aouita

Moroccan track and field athlete (born 1959)

Overview: Saïd Aouita (Arabic: سعيد عويطة‎; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He won the 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1987 World Championships in Athletics ...

Date of birth: 2 November 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: Moroccan

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games 101T

World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 414T

Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games 92T
8.

Karin Smith

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Karin Kiefer Smith (born August 4, 1955 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States. She was born in Germany. She is a three-time Olympian. Smith qualified ...

Date of birth: 4 August 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: German

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games 351T

Universiade silver medalists for the United States 237T

Goodwill Games medalists in athletics 592T
9.

Mel Lattany

American sprinter

Overview: Melvin Lattany (born August 10, 1959) is a former American track athlete. He was one of the world's dominating sprinters in the early 1980s.

Date of birth: 10 August 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

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Georgia Bulldogs track and field athletes 24T

Universiade gold medalists for the United States 537T

Track and field people from Georgia (U.S. state) 28T
10.

Olga Dvirna

Soviet middle-distance runner

Overview: Olga Dvirna (born February 11, 1953) is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 1,500 metres ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1953

Age: 72

Nationality: Ukrainian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Sportspeople from Cherkasy Oblast 65T

Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 137T

Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union 170T
11.

Rodica Dunca

Gymnast

Overview: Rodica Dunca (later Kőszegi, born 16 May 1965) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She won the world title in 1979 and an Olympic silver medal in 1980 with the Romanian team. Individually, she won ...

Date of birth: 16 May 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Gymnastics

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Universiade silver medalists for Romania 63T

Universiade medalists in gymnastics 267T

Sportspeople from Baia Mare 48T
12.

Delisa Walton-Floyd

American middle distance runner

Overview: Delisa Walton-Floyd (born Delisa Walton, 28 July 1961) is a former World-Class middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres; she was a two-time National Collegiate champion, and two-time U.S ...

Date of birth: 28 July 1961

Age: 63

Occupation: Track and Field

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Mackenzie High School (Michigan) alumni 24T

Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 535T

Universiade silver medalists for the United States 237T
13.

Klaus Ploghaus

German hammer thrower

Overview: Klaus Dieter Ploghaus (31 January 1956 – 11 January 2022) was a West German hammer thrower. He was born in Gelnhausen, Hesse.

Date of birth: 31 January 1956

Date of death: 11 January 2022

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 133T

Universiade gold medalists for West Germany 45T

German male hammer throwers 35T
14.

Sara Simeoni

Italian high jumper

Overview: Sara Simeoni (born 19 April 1953) is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump.

Date of birth: 19 April 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: High Jumper

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade 71T

Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade 142T

Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 138T
15.

Doina Melinte

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Doina Ofelia Melinte (née Beșliu on 27 December 1956) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed at four Olympics (1980–92), and won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver medal in ...

Date of birth: 27 December 1956

Age: 68

Occupation: Track and Field

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 414T

Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 175T

Universiade gold medalists for Romania 60T
16.

Dave Schultz (wrestling)

Freestyle wrestler

Overview: David Lesley Schultz (June 6, 1959 – January 26, 1996) was an American Olympic and world champion freestyle wrestler, a seven-time World and Olympic Gold medalist. He coached individuals and teams at the ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1959

Date of death: 26 January 1996

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Wrestling

Gender: Male

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Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 621T

Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 535T

Goodwill Games medalists in wrestling 10T
17.

Trudi Lacey

American basketball player-coach

Overview: Trudi Lacey (born December 12, 1958) is an American basketball head coach, most recently of the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Date of birth: 12 December 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Basketball

Gender: Female

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Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 175T

Universiade gold medalists for the United States 537T

Universiade medalists in basketball 471T
18.

Jill Sterkel

American swimmer

Overview: Jill Ann Sterkel (born May 27, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Sterkel won four medals in three Olympic Games spanning twelve years ...

Date of birth: 27 May 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Swimming

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 433T

Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 368T

Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 412T
19.

Ronald Menezes

Olympic swimmer

Overview: Ronald Couce Menezes (born November 6, 1962) is a Brazilian former freestyle swimmer.

Date of birth: 6 November 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Swimming

Gender: Male

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Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 433T

Brazilian male freestyle swimmers 61T

Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil 61T
20.

Carmen Bunaciu

Olympic swimmer

Overview: 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. She also competed ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Swimming

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 133T

Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 175T

Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade 122T