Paul Constantin Pepene

Paul Constantin pepene (born 21 May 1988 in Braşov, Braşov county ) is a Romanian cross-country skiers.

Paul Constantin pepene lives in Magura and starts for CS Dinamo Brasov. He played his first international race in December 2005 at the Slavic Cup in Horni Mísečky (Giant Mountains), in a classic style he was 18, in the freestyle race eleventh. In the following January he took with moderate success for the first time at World Junior championships, the best ranking was No. 53 in the double tracking, 2007, filed in the same competition already for rank 22 and in the 10 km freestyle race to place 18th The first FIS races followed in late March and the Balkans Cup in Uludağ pepene reached his first podium when he finished third over 15 kilometers in the free technique. Particularly successful was January 2008, when he ran six times in succession in the Balkan Cup podium here and scored his first victory on the 15 -km freestyle race in Cheile Gradistei Fundata. The Junior World Championships 2008 took place twice 15 In March of his first podium finish was achieved in a FIS race over 10 km classic, he had to admit defeat in the Ukrainian Mykola talk only Kryvchenko. There followed a number of races in the Balkan and Alpine Cup, until he made ​​his first appearance at a Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. 55th place (30 km pursuit ) and 64th place (15 km classic ) were his best results. Then in March 2009 he was in seven consecutive races six times on the top step of the podium!, And once finished second. Two victories in the Balkan Cup was followed by two victories in the Macedonian Championships in Krusevo and as a conclusion to the series, his first victory in a FIS race, again in talk / Bolu. In the summer of 2009, he started at Apply on roller skis and was from December back in FIS races, Slavic Cup and Alpine Cup active, he he ran in all nine races up to the Junior World Championships 2010 in the top ten, among which were two victories. The competitions in Hinterzarten brought the first major success Pepenes, he started in the age group U- 23rd After rank 52 in the sprint qualification and number 23 over 15 km classic he had a surprising victory in the 30 km double pursuit. In the classical section, he was constantly in the top group, in the Freestyle section he sat down by a total of 22 km from the pursuers and won the race by a clear margin.

Pepene was nominated as one of three cross-country skiers from the Romanian National Olympic Committee for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010. In Whistler Olympic Park, he took up in three competitions, he first reached number 37 over 15km freestyle and then in 29th place in the double tracking. The best result he achieved together with the 18 -year-old Petrică Hogiu in the team sprint, the two occupied the victory of the duo Øystein Pettersen / Petter Northug Place seventeen. The 2009/2010 season concluded pepene with two victories in the Balkans Cup in Erzurum from.