Loredana Dinu

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Craiova, Romania

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| nationality = Romanian

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| weapon = épée

| hand = right-handed

| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| club = CS Dinamo București

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Loredana Dinu (born Iordăchioiu; born 2 April 1984) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, twice World champion and twice European champion with Romania.

Biography

Dinu began fencing at age 11 after coaches from different sports did a presentation at her school.{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/alte-sporturi/ridicati-cortina-intra-spadasina-loredana-dinu-este-una-dintre-cele-mai-in-voga-sportive-9007370|title=Ridicaţi cortina! Intră spadasina Loredana Dinu este una dintre cele mai în vogă sportive|author=Andru Nenciu|work=ProSport|date=28 November 2011|language=ro}} Her first coaches were Dumitru Popescu and Radu Mitrăchioiu. She took part in her first national championship at age 15; she was defeated in the final by Ana Maria Brânză, with whom she would later fence for Romania.

Dinu's first major results were a silver medal in the 2001 Junior World Championships and a bronze in the 2004 Junior World Championships.

She won a gold medal with Romania in the 2010 and 2011 World Fencing Championships with Simona Alexandru, Ana Maria Brânză and Anca Măroiu.{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/romania-a-castigat-titlul-mondial-la-spada-feminin-in-fata-chinei-dupa-o-finala-dramatica-8873020|title=România a câștigat titlul mondial la spadă feminin în fața Chinei după o finală dramatică!|author= Mirela Basescu, Andru Nenciu|work=ProSport|date=16 October 2011|language=ro}} She competed in the women's team épée at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but Romania were defeated in quarter-finals against South Korea and missed the podium.{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/jo-2012/adio-medalie-fetele-de-la-scrima-au-parasit-competitia-din-primul-tur-romania-coreea-de-sud-38-45-9920315|title=România a fost învinsă de Germania şi a terminat pe locul 6 la JO|work=ProSport|date=4 August 2012|language=ro}} She decided to take a break after the Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/altele/anca-maroiu-a-luat-o-pauza-dupa-olimpiada-de-la-londra-dar-se-desparte-greu-de-sport-mi-e-dor-de-scrima-398366.html|title=Anca Măroiu a luat o pauză după Olimpiada de la Londra|work=Gazeta Sporturilor|date=12 May 2013|language=ro}}

In January 2015 Dinu announced she would come back to competition, this time as a member of CS Dinamo București.{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/scrima/se-reface-cvartetul-de-spada-pentru-rio-maroiu-am-revenit-in-lot-pentru-a-mi-duce-visul-la-bun-sfarsit-13757976|title=Se reface cvartetul de spadă pentru Rio|work=ProSport|date=10 January 2015|language=ro}} In May she won a bronze medal in the Romanian national championship and reached the quarter-finals at the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix.

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20140210093701/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/loredana-dinu EuroFencing Profile]

Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

Category:Olympic fencers for Romania

Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Craiova

Category:Romanian female épée fencers

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Romania

Category:Olympic medalists in fencing

Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:21st-century Romanian sportswomen