Elisabeta Lipă

Elisabeta Lipă
Lipă in 1992
Personal information
Birth nameElisabeta Oleniuc
Born26 October 1964 (1964-10-26) (age 60)
Candesti, Botoșani County, Romania
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Minister of Youth and Sport
In office
17 November 2015  4 January 2017
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterDacian Cioloș
Preceded byGabriela Szabo
Succeeded byMarius-Alexandru Dunca
Sport
SportRowing
ClubCS Dinamo București
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
1984 Los AngelesDouble sculls
1992 BarcelonaSingle sculls
1996 AtlantaEight
2000 SydneyEight
2004 AthensEight
1988 SeoulDouble sculls
1992 BarcelonaDouble sculls
1988 SeoulQuadruple sculls
World Championships
1989 BledSingle scull
1985 HazewinkelDouble sculls
1986 NottinghamDouble sculls
1987 CopenhagenDouble sculls
1989 BledDouble sculls
1991 ViennaSingle sculls
1991 ViennaDouble sculls
1994 IndianapolisCoxless pairs
2003 MilanEights
1982 LucerneQuadruple sculls
1983 DuisburgDouble sculls
1984 MontrealEights
1994 IndianapolisEights

Elisabeta Lipă (Romanian pronunciation: [elisaˈbeta ˈlipə]; née Oleniuc on 26 October 1964) is a retired rower and government official from Romania. She is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, winning five gold, two silver and one bronze medals. She holds the record amongst rowers for the most years between gold medals, at 20 years.

Since 2004, Lipă has served in various government positions including Minister of Youth and Sport under Dacian Cioloș from 2015 to 2017. Since 2009, she has also served as the president of the Romanian Rowing Federation and the Dinamo București Sports Club.