Viorica Neculai
{{short description|Romanian rower}}
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|birth_date= {{birth-date and age|6 February 1967}}
|birth_place= Vorniceni, Botoșani, Romania
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| height = 177 cm
| weight = 76 kg
|sport=Rowing
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{{MedalCountry | {{ROM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | Eight}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1989 Bled | Eight}}
{{MedalBronze | 1989 Bled | Coxless four }}
{{MedalBronze | 1991 Vienna | Eight}}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Račice | Eight}}
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Viorica Neculai (later Ilica, born 6 February 1967) is a retired Romanian rower. Competing in eights she won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics and gold medals at the 1989 and 1993 world championships.
She should not be confused with Veronica Necula and Viorica Ioja, fellow rowers who competed in the same events in the same period.
References
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[http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/viorica-neculai Viorica Neculai]. Romanian Olympic Committee
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{{World champions – Women's eight}}
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Category:Romanian female rowers
Category:Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Category:Olympic rowers for Romania
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Romania
Category:Rowers from Botoșani County
Category:20th-century Romanian sportswomen
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