Mălina Călugăreanu

Mălina Călugăreanu (born 15 September 1996, Bucharest) is a Romanian foil fencer.

Mălina Călugăreanu
Personal information
Born (1996-09-15) 15 September 1996
Bucharest, Romania
Sport
Country Romania
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handleft-handed
National coachPetre Ducu
ClubCSA Steaua
Head coachPetre Ducu
Florin Gheorghe
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's foil
Representing  Romania
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaIndividual

Career

Călugăreanu took up fencing at the age of twelve under the guiding of Petre Ducu and Florin Gheorghe, who remain her coaches as of 2016.[1] She won her first junior World Cup tournament in 2014 in Timișoara,[2] ending the 2014–15 season with a No. 1 position in World junior rankings.[1]

She took part in her first senior competitions during the 2011–12 season and she joined the senior Romanian national team for the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb.[3] In 2014, she won the silver medal at the Romanian championships, after losing in the final to Steaua teammate Maria Boldor. They went on to win the team gold medal together.[4] The same happened in 2015.

In the 2015–16 season she earned a silver medal at the World Cup satellite tournament in Ankara.[5] In April she qualified to the Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics through a top-four finish at the Prague pre-olympic tournament.[6]

She competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.

References
  1. Mihai Dragomir (20 November 2015). "Scrimă: Mălina Călugăreanu, cea mai bună floretistă junioară din lume în sezonul 2014-2015" (in Romanian). Agerpres.
  2. Mihai Constantin (27 September 2014). "Medalie de aur cucerită de Mălina Călugăreanu în etapa de Cupa Mondială la floreta feminin juniori". Sport Total FM.
  3. "Scrimă: Mihai Covaliu vrea cel puțin o medalie la Europenele de la Zagreb". Agerpres. 14 June 2013.
  4. Cezara Paraschiv (19 May 2014). "La 18 ani, Maria Boldor a obținut primul titlu de campioană națională la floretă, proba individuală a senioarelor". ProSport.
  5. Daniel Remeș (16 November 2015). "Mălina Călugăreanu (CSA Steaua) a ocupat locul doi la etapa satelit de Cupă Mondială la floretă seniori feminin de la Ankara". Romanian Fencing Federation.
  6. "Scrimă: Floretista Mălina Călugăreanu s-a calificat la Jocurile Olimpice de la Rio". Agerpres. 17 April 2016.
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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