Doina Șnep-Bălan

Doina Liliana Bălan (later Șnep, born 10 December 1963) is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics and five world championships between 1985 and 1991 and won 10 medals, including three gold medals.^[2] Her husband Ioan Șnep and sister Anișoara Bălan are also Olympic rowers.^[1]

Doina Șnep-Bălan

circa 1980s
Personal information
Birth name	Doina Liliana Bălan
Born	10 December 1963 (1963-12-10) (age 61) Liteni, Romania[1]
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Relatives	Anișoara Bălan (sister) Ioan Șnep (husband)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Dinamo Bucharest[2]
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Eight 1988 Seoul Eight 1992 Barcelona Eight 1988 Seoul Coxed four World Rowing Championships 1985 Hazewinkel Eight 1986 Nottingham Coxed four 1989 Bled Coxless pair 1990 Tasmania Coxless four 1990 Tasmania Eight 1991 Vienna Eight

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Doina Liliana Snep-Bălan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. "Doina Balan". cosr.ro. Romanian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

External links

• Doina Snep-Balan at World Rowing
• Doina Liliana Snep at Olympics.com
• Doina Snep-Balan at Olympic.org (archived)
• Doina Balan at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (archive)
• Doina Liliana Șnep-Bălan at Olympedia