Viorica Susanu

{{short description|Romanian rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Viorica Susanu

| image = Viorica Susanu Varese 2012.jpg

| imagesize = 100px

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|29 October 1975}}

| birth_place = Galați, Romania

| height = 186 cm{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/summer/2012/athletes | title=Summer Olympics Athletes }}

| weight = 76 kg{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/summer/2012/athletes | title=Summer Olympics Athletes }}

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ROM}} }}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | Coxless pair}}

{{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | Eight}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1998 Cologne | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1999 St. Catharines | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Lucerne | Coxless pair }}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Seville | Coxless pair }}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Milan | Eight }}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Lucerne | Eight }}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Munich | Eight }}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 Milan | Coxless pair }}

{{MedalBronze | 2007 Munich | Coxless pair }}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette | Double Sculls }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Poznań | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Marathon | Coxless pair }}

}}

Viorica Susanu (born 29 October 1975){{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Athletes/All-Athletes/Athletes-SN-to-SZ/-VIORICA-SUSANU-/|title=Athlete – VIORICA SUSANU|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=8 September 2010}} is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/viorica-susanu-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/viorica-susanu-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Viorica Susanu Olympic Results |access-date=20 September 2018}}

Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001 and 2002, rowing with Georgeta Damian, she won the World Championships in the women's pair, setting a world's best time in 2002, while continuing to row in the eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in both the pair and the eight, and in 2008 the pair.