- Condition: MNH (**)
- Year: 2014
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LPMP |
Scott |
Michel |
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2039 |
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| - Catalog value: |
1 lei |
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- Internal ID: 006_87
- Size: 48x33 mm
- Categories: Olympic Games, Flag, Sport.
- DE: Rumänien.
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100 YEARS OF OLYMPISM IN
ROMANIA.
Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a
balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. (Olympic
Charter)
Pierre de Coubertin, the founding father of the modern Olympics,
supported the value of sports as a vector of dialogue between
communities, promoter of peace, and supporter of fair competition
beyond any form of discrimination and cheating.
The Romanian Olympic Committee (ROC) was created in March 27th,
1914, its first president being King Carol I of Romania; in 2004,
during President Octavian Murariu´s term, it has become the
Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (ROSC).
Romfilatelia honours the Romanian Olympic Movement by
introducing into circulation the postage stamp issue: "100 Years of
Olympism in Romania", consisting of a postage stamp and a souvenir
sheet marking a century since our country has joined the
international Olympic movement. The postage stamp of the issue with
the face value of lei 1.00 illustrates the ROCS anniversary logo.
The stamp of the souvenir sheet with the face value of lei 14.50
depicts symbolically the event, and the graphic background of the
souvenir sheet reproduces a suggestive image of the torch ignited
during the official opening ceremony of the Games.
Over the years, the Olympic forum had 16 presidents, outstanding
personalities of the moment, Lia Manoliu being the only woman who
led the Olympic Committee in Romania, an appreciated presence both
nationally and internationally. Lia Manoliu, a beautiful legend of
Romanian sport, winner of the gold medal at the Summer Olympic
Games in Mexico (1968) and bronze medal at the Summer Olympic Games
in Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964) in the discuss throw, participated
in 6 consecutive editions of the Olympic Games(from Helsinki, 1952,
to Munich, 1972), being the Guinness Book record setter for the
longest continuous participation.
Romania´s traditional sports, that have made history within the
Olympic movement, are gymnastics, athletics, canoeing, kayaking,
Greco-Roman wrestling, shooting, judo, fencing, swimming,
weightlifting and boxing.
The first Romanian Olympic medal was won for Romania by the
national rugby team, a bronze medal achieved in 1924 at the Summer
Olympic Games in Paris.
Later on, at the Summer Olympic Games of 1952, Iosif Sarbu
became the first Romanian Olympic champion in the shooting
competition, while the first Romanian woman champion was Iolanda
Balas in the high jump competition, at the Summer Olympic Games in
Rome, in 1960. Iolanda Balas was also the first sportswoman in
Romania who won the gold medal in two consecutive Olympic
competitions (Rome, 1960, and Tokyo, 1964). At the Winter Olympic
Games in Grenoble, in 1968, the bob team composed of Ion Panturu
and Nicolae Neagoe won the bronze medal, being the only medal won
by Romania in the history of winter sports.
Romanians keep alive in their memory the Olympic title won by
Ivan Patzaichin in 1972, in Munich, when he finished the
qualification series with a broken paddle. Present in five editions
of the Olympic Games, he was a four time gold medallist, being
called "the admiral of the Romanian fleet".
Millions of Romanian sang together our country´s anthem when
Nadia Comaneci, a 14-year old girl amazed the sports world with an
extraordinary performance: the first 10 in the history of world
gymnastics, which brought her the title of Olympic champion in
Montreal, in 1976.
A model for all the gifted children wanting to reach performance
is also Elisabeta Lipa, present in 6 consecutive competitions of
the Olympic Games. The holder of 5 Olympic titles, Elisabeta Lipa
was declared by the Canoeing International Federation as the "best
rower of the 20th century".
In a century of Olympics, in which Romania participated in 19
editions of the Summer Olympic Games, and 20 winter editions, our
country has been awarded 302 medals (88 gold medals, 94 silver
medals, and 120 bronze medals). The highest rank in the hierarchy
of the medals was set at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, in 1984,
when the Olympic Team won 53 medals (20 gold medals, 16 silver
medals and 17 bronze medals).
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