Loredana Dinu

Loredana Dinu (born Iordăchioiu; born 2 April 1984) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, twice World champion and twice European champion with Romania.

Loredana Dinu
2012
Personal information
Born	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 41) Craiova, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Sport
Weapon	épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	CS Dinamo București
FIE ranking	current rankings
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championships 2010 Paris Team 2011 Catania Team 2015 Moscow Team European Championships 2008 Kyiv Team 2011 Sheffield Team 2012 Legnano Team

Biography

Dinu began fencing at age 11 after coaches from different sports did a presentation at her school.^[1] Her first coaches were Dumitru Popescu and Radu Mitrăchioiu.^[1] She took part in her first national championship at age 15; she was defeated in the final by Ana Maria Brânză, with whom she would later fence for Romania.^[1]

Dinu's first major results were a silver medal in the 2001 Junior World Championships and a bronze in the 2004 Junior World Championships. She won a gold medal with Romania in the 2010 and 2011 World Fencing Championships with Simona Alexandru, Ana Maria Brânză and Anca Măroiu.^[2] She competed in the women's team épée at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but Romania were defeated in quarter-finals against South Korea and missed the podium.^[3] She decided to take a break after the Olympics.^[4]

In January 2015 Dinu announced she would come back to competition, this time as a member of CS Dinamo București.^[5] In May she won a bronze medal in the Romanian national championship and reached the quarter-finals at the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix.