Elisabeta Lipă is described in the public record as Romanian rower (born 1964). Born in Siret, Romania, in 1964.
Elisabeta Lipă (Romanian pronunciation: [elisaˈbeta ˈlipə]; née Oleniuc on 26 October 1964) is a retired rower and government official from Romania. She is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, winning five gold, two silver and one bronze medals. She holds the record amongst rowers for the most years between gold medals, at 20 years. Since 2004, Lipă has served in various government positions including Minister of Youth and Sport under Dacian Cioloș from 2015 to 2017. Since 2009, she has also served as the president of the Romanian Rowing Federation and the Dinamo București Sports Club. == Career == Lipă made her debut at the age of 19 at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where she won her first gold medal in the double sculls event. She won her most recent gold medal in the eight at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004.
Elisabeta Lipă is recorded among the figures by whom gymnastics is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Gymnastics is judged rather than timed, and its code of points is rewritten between Olympic cycles, which makes cross-era comparison difficult.
