Anca Măroiu

Anca Măroiu (née Băcioiu, born 5 August 1983) is a Romanian épée fencer. She is double team world champion, in 2010 and 2011, silver medallist at the 2012 European Fencing Championships and three-time European team champion (2006, 2009 and 2011).

Anca Măroiu
Maroiu in 2015
Personal information
Full nameAnca Băcioiu-Măroiu
Born (1983-08-05) 5 August 1983
Craiova, Romania
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
CountryRomania
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
HandRight-handed
National coachDan Podeanu
ClubSteaua București
Assistant coachGheorghe Epurescu
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's épée fencing
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Paris Team épée
Gold medal – first place 2011 CataniaTeam épée
Bronze medal – third place 2011 CataniaIndividual épée
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 İzmir Team épée
Gold medal – first place 2008 Kiev Team épée
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Team épée
Silver medal – second place 2012 Legnano Individual épée
Bronze medal – third place 2006 İzmir Individual épée

Career

Măroiu first took up gymnastics, but found herself too tall in primary school.[1] She switched to fencing, learning under Nicolae Mihăilescu, then Mircea Alecu. Being of a combative temperament, she chose épée, the weapon of the duel.[2] When she was 14 years old she was selected into the national training centre for juniors within the Petrache Trișcu sports high school in Craiova under Dan Podeanu's coaching.

She won the team bronze medal at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Conegliano. At the 2006 European Championships in İzmir she reached the semifinals, where she was defeated by Germany's Claudia Bokel and came away with a bronze medal.[3] In the team event, Romania overcame the Czech Republic, Estonia and Russia. They defeated Hungary by a single hit in the final, winning the first European title in the history of Romanian épée fencing.[4] They won the European Championships again in 2009 and 2011.

With Ana Maria Brânză, Loredana Dinu and Simona Gherman, Măroiu won the 2010 World Championships in Paris after they defeated Germany in the final. The following year, she reached the semifinals in the individual event, but lost on priority to Li Na of China. In the team event Romania retained their crown after prevailing over China in the final.[5]

In 2012 Măroiu reached the final at the European Championships in Legnano. She could not win against teammate Gherman and came away with a silver medal. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6] After seeing off Ukraine's Olena Kryvytska and Russia's Anna Sivkova she fell to South Korea's Shin A-lam in the quarter-finals. In the team event, top seeded Romania suffered a surprise defeat to South Korea and finished sixth after the placement matches. After this failure she, Gherman and Dinu decided to take a break in their career to look after their families.[7]

In 2014 Măroiu gave birth to a son, Petre Luca.[8] She announced her return to competition in early 2015.[9]

References
  1. Andru Nenciu (24 October 2011). "Anca Măroiu a abandonat gimnastica pentru că era prea înaltă! "Eu sunt cea mai liniștită"" (in Romanian). ProSport.
  2. Cătălin Ciortan (22 March 2007). "Anca voia să se apuce de matematică" (in Romanian). Expresul de Sud. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  3. "Săbii de bronz pentru români" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 7 July 2006.
  4. Vlad Ionescu (10 July 2006). "Doi campioni la Europenele de scrima" (in Romanian). 9am News.
  5. Mirela Basescu, Andru Nenciu (16 October 2011). "România a câștigat titlul mondial la spadă feminin în fața Chinei după o finală dramatică!" (in Romanian). ProSport.
  6. "Anca Măroiu". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  7. "Ana-Maria Brânză încearcă să-și convingă colegele să nu se retragă" (in Romanian). Dolce Sport. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  8. Mirela Basescu (10 February 2015). "Cu copiii la antrenamente. Super mămicile din scrima românească, Gherman şi Măroiu trag pentru Rio 2016". ProSport (in Romanian).
  9. "Se reface cvartetul de spadă pentru Rio" (in Romanian). ProSport. 10 January 2015.

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