Romania at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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Romania participated at the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney, Australia, held between 18 and 29 October 2000. The country's participation in the Games marked its third appearance at the Summer Paralympics since its debut in the 1972 Paralympic Games. The Romanian team consisted of a lone athlete Adrian Sandu in the para powerlifting event. Romania did not win any medals, and had not won any Paralympic medal as of the Games.

Background

Romania made its debut in the Olympic Games at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Since the 1924 Olympic Games, the nation has competed in most of the Summer and Winter Olympics missing only thrice.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ROU|title=Romania at the Olympics|work=Olympedia|access-date=1 June 2024}} The country made its Summer Paralympics debut only in 1972.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/romania|title=Romania|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}} After the nation made its debut in 1972, it missed the event from 1976 to 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/feature/romania-seven-facts-sochi-2014-paralympics#:~:text=In%20all%20three%20of%20Novak%27s%20medal%20events%2C,24%20years%20later%20in%201996%20in%20Atlanta.|title=Romania: Seven facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}} Romania returned to the Summer Paralympics for the second time in 1996 and this edition of the Games marked the nation's third appearance at the Summer Paralympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/participants|title=Participants, Sydney 2000|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}} The National Paralympic Committee of Romania is organizing body for the Winter Paralympics in Romania.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/romania|title=National Paralympic Committee of Romania|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}}

The Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 to 29 October 2000, the first time they had been held in the southern hemisphere.{{cite web |date=25 January 2002 |title=A look back at the Sydney Olympics and Paralympics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbytitle/E7E546D49DCA1D97CA257298000CED32?OpenDocument |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Australian Bureau of Statistics }} A record 3,871 Para athletes (2,883 men and 988 women) from 123 countries took part in 550 medal events across 19 sports.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000|title=About Sydney 2000|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}} Romania won no medals in the event,{{cite web |title=Sydney 2000 - Medal Standings |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/medalstandings|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}} and had not won a Paralympic medal as of the Games.

Competitors

The Romania delegation consisted of a single competitor Adrian Sandu, who competed in the powerlifting event.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/powerlifting/participants|title=Participants, Para powerlifting, Sydney 2000|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}}

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Powerlifting

Para powerlifting is open to only athletes who have an impairment in their lower limbs or hips that meets the minimum impairment criteria. While the athletes might be classified into one of the eight eligible physical impairments, the competitions are held based on gender and weight classes.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/powerlifting/classification|title=Para powerlifting|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}} Adrian Sandu represented Romania in the powerlifting competition.{{cite web|url=https://db.ipc-services.org/hira/paralympics/results/code/PG2000POM10000000000|title=Results, powerlifting men's 100 kg|work=IPC Historical archives|access-date=3 February 2024}} This was Sandu's debut in the Paralympic Games in the para powerlifting competition. He would go on to represent Romania in the next Paralympic Games in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/adrian-sandu|title=Adrian Sandu|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}} In the event, Sandu lifted a weight of {{cvt|167.5|kg}}. He trailed the gold medalist Amrollah Dehghani of Iran by {{cvt|65|kg}} and was classified last amongst the 16 classified finishers in the event.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/powerlifting/mens-100-kg|title=Results, powerlifting men's 100 kg|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=3 February 2024}}