Alina Dumitru

Alina Alexandra Dumitru ( born August 30, 1982 in Ploieşti, Prahova County ) is a Romanian judoka.

Career

Dumitru fighting in the weight class Super Lightweight ( up to 48 kg). They will start for Steaua Bucharest and is trained by Florin Bercean. My biggest success was winning the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after 2004 still occupies the fifth place.

At the 2005 World Championships in Cairo, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro and in 2010 in Tokyo, she was third, respectively.

At the European Championships in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 they won the title. At the European Championships in 2002 and 2009, she finished third.

At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games Dumitru was defeated by the Brazilian Sarah Menezes in the final and thus gained the silver medal. In the semifinals she defeated Japan's Tomoko Fukumi.

Awards

In August 2008, Alina Alexandra Dumitru received by President Traian Basescu the Order of Merit " Meritul sporty " III. Class with a band. On September 30, 2008, she was made ​​an honorary citizen of their hometown of Ploieşti. In the years 2007 to 2010, she was elected as the best athlete of the year in Prahova County.

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