STOENESCU Ancuta

Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1980

Age: 41

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.74/5'8''

Place of birth: TIMISOARA

Birth Country:

Romania

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
3x3 Basketball	Women ROU Romania	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Pool Round #02 CHN China 21 ROU Romania 10	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Pool Round #06 ROU Romania 8 JPN Japan 20	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Pool Round #18 ROU Romania 14 ITA Italy 22	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Pool Round #25 ROU Romania 11 USA United States 22	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Pool Round #34 MGL Mongolia 14 ROU Romania 22	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Pool Round #37 ROU Romania 12 ROC ROC 21	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Pool Round #53 FRA France 22 ROU Romania 12	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

3x3 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women	2019	Netherlands

3x3 Europe Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2018	Romania
10	Women	2019	Hungary

Anca (Facebook profile, 19 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Tatiana Gallova [national], SVK; Alexandru Olteanu [national], ROU

Other sports:

She has played 5-on-5 basketball internationally for Romania. She has also played at club level in Romania, Greece, Cyprus and Israel. (slgsports.com, 01 Jan 2020; lead.ro, 01 Nov 2019)

She first tried basketball as a child in school in Timisoara, Romania. She took up 3x3 basketball competitively in 2017. (lead.ro, 01 Nov 2019; Sport Arena Streetball Facebook page, 15 Jul 2017; frbaschet.ro, 16 May 2015)

After playing for the 5-on-5 national team for more than 20 years, she decided to retire from the team in 2018 and focus on 3x3 with the hope of competing at the Olympic Games. "With 5-on-5 it is very difficult to qualify for the Olympics, but with 3×3 we have a chance. Seeing an opportunity to play at this high level I said I'd give a helping hand to my colleagues. I really liked it, it's a bit different to 5-on-5. It seems more relaxing, because it is played with music and it's outdoors. That's how I started basketball, I played on the yard at school. I've been playing basketball for more than 30 years and it means everything, it's my life." (lead.ro, 01 Nov 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lead.ro, 22 Jun 2020)

Bogdana Diaconescu-Gal and Constantin Wunch, who were her teachers at school. "They made me the person I am today." (frbaschet.ro, 16 May 2015)

General Interest

General
VETERAN PLAYER
She will be age 41 at the Olympic Games in 2021, and says the postponement of the Games taught her to be patient. "I lost my physical conditioning during the COVID lockdown, but I gained a lot more patience. In the end age is just a number. I like what I do and that's where it all comes from. As long as you are healthy and do everything with pleasure, this is the beautiful part of playing basketball." (lead.ro, 22 Jun 2020)

EARLY DAYS
As a child she learned to play basketball in at school in Timisoara, Romania, against boys. "The girls were not used to sports. The boys were playing football and we were sitting in the gym. I had to work hard, to prove that I deserve to be there. When they were older they already knew how to play and it was quite difficult for me. I had to be like them, and not complain about being hit." (lead.ro, 22 Jun 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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