BEJAN Sergiu

World Championships

Year	Location	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	7
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	6
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	5

European Championships

Year	Location	8+
2021	Varese, ITA	2
2020	Poznan, POL	2
2019	Lucerne, SUI	4
2018	Glasgow, GBR	3
2017	Racice, CZE	6

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Eight	2018	Belgrade, SRB	5:31.48
4	Eight	2017	Lucerne, SUI	5:29.47
5	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	5:57.02

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	8+
2018	Poznan, POL	3
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	2
2016	Rotterdam, NED	5

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Photography, spending time in nature. (Facebook profile, 30 May 2021; redbull.com, 05 May 2020)

Athlete, Police Officer

Physical Education, Sport Studies - Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania

English, Romanian

CS Dinamo Bucuresti [Romania]

Antonio Colamonici [national], ITA

He took up the sport in 2010. He moved away from home at age 15 to begin training seriously. "I left home as a 15-year-old kid, 800 kilometres away from his parents. My mother still cries every time I go back to camp. She's not used to it yet. My family expected me to come home, not to stay away. If I were to go back in time and have the opportunity to be selected again, I would say yes without hesitation. I'm not sorry for a second." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021; aimx.ro, 13 Oct 2020)

"In the autumn of 2011 I had no idea about rowing. At the beginning of the school year, Mariana Malis, from the Orsova Sports Club, was looking for athletes. She got us all to stand up and measured us. She was torn on whether to choose me, but in the end she did. When I moved away, a classmate told me I wouldn't be able to stay away from home. I used that as motivation. After six months, I became a national champion, and since then I realised this is what I want to do." (ziaruldesport.ro, 05 Jun 2018; gsp.ro, 07 Dec 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (crainou.ro, 29 Oct 2019)

He trains daily and can row 20 to 24 kilometres in a day. (aimx.ro, 13 Oct 2020)

Winning silver in men's eight at the European championships in 2020 and 2021, and qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

"In order to become a great athlete, you have to want it, work and sacrifice yourself. The main qualities are strength of character, seriousness, physical strength, but also mental strength. You also need some malice, especially when the opponent is neck and neck with you and there are a few hundred metres left." (ziaruldesport.ro, 05 Jun 2018)

"Until the last stroke and one more." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)