CHITU Andreea

Date of Birth: 7 May 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.58/5'2''

Place of birth: BOLINTIN VALE

Birth Country:

Romania

Place of residence : BUCHAREST

Residence Country:

Romania

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women -52 kg	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -52 kg Elimination Round of 32 #11 VIE NGUYEN TNGUYEN Thuy 0 ROU CHITU ACHITU Andreea 10 IPP	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -52 kg Elimination Round of 16 #20 ITA GIUFFRIDA OGIUFFRIDA Odette 10 IPP ROU CHITU ACHITU Andreea 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-52 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7
2012	London, GBR	9

World Championships

Year	Location	-52 kg	-57 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	34	-
2019	Tokyo, JPN	33	-
2018	Baku, AZE	17	-
2015	Astana, KAZ	2	-
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	2	-
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5	-
2011	Paris, FRA	3	-
2010	Tokyo, JPN	-	33

European Championships

Year	Location	-52 kg	Team
2021	Lisbon, POR	9	-
2020	Prague, CZE	2	-
2019	Minsk, BLR	9	9
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	7	-
2017	Warsaw, POL	9	-

World Masters

Year	Location	-52 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	17
2019	Qingdao, CHN	9

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-52 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	1x	-
2020	-52 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2019	-52 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	2x	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2020	-52 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	-52 kg	1x	-	2x	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-52 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	1x	-	-

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2018	-52 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	-52 kg	Grand Prix	Antalya, TUR
1	2018	-52 kg	World Cup	Madrid, ESP
3	2020	-52 kg	Grand Slam	Budapest, HUN
3	2019	-52 kg	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
3	2019	-52 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
5	2019	-52 kg	Grand Prix	Hohhot, CHN
5	2018	-52 kg	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
7	2021	-52 kg	Grand Slam	Kazan, RUS
7	2020	-52 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
7	2019	-52 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER

Occupation:

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, ROU

Partner Vladimir Andrei

Languages spoken:

English, Romanian

CSA Steaua Bucuresti [Romania]

Florin Bercean [national], ROU; Kohei Oishi, JPN

She began judo at age nine. (International Judo Federation Facebook page, 27 Aug 2015)

"To start with it was just fun. We played a lot and I socialised with other children. From age 15 I took the sport seriously." (lead.ro, 22 Jan 2016; International Judo Federation Facebook page, 27 Aug 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (agerpres.ro, 11 Jul 2021)

Romanian judoka Alina Dumitru. (italiajudo.com, 08 May 2015)

Philosophy:

"Judo means fair play, friendship, compassion. It's a way of life, it disciplines you and teaches you so much." (International Judo Federation Facebook page, 27 Aug 2015)

She was the joint-winner of the 2015 Romanian National Sports Award. (agerpress.ro, 23 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Belt grade
Black belt - II DAN (IJF, 15 Jul 2016)

Preferred techniques
Osoto-gari (IJF, 17 Jul 2016)

General
TV DOCUMENTARY
Along with other judokas, she was featured in a programme by Romanian channel TVR 3 about their journeys in the sport. (tvr3.tvr.ro, 10 May 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon

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