#3GOAT Rankings
RomaniaCountry
2000–2008Career
Why they rank here
Five Olympic golds in three Games. In Sydney she won the women's pair and the eight. In Athens she won the double and the eight. In Beijing she won the eight again. The career is shorter than Lipă's and just as heavy in gold. It is also a reminder that rowing medals are boat results: Damian's five golds include races she could not have won as a single athlete, and races the Romanian eight kept winning after the rest of the sport had started to plan against them.
Career profile
Olympic golds5
Olympic medals5
Games raced3
Career years8
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