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Romania ends 2024 Paris Paralympics with gold, bronze medals

September 9, 2024

Romania had six athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and ended the event with two medals, namely gold and bronze. Alexandru Bologa claimed men's -73 kg J1 gold in para judo while Camelia Ciripan grabbed women’s singles - WS6 bronze in para table tennis.

This was Bologa’s first Olympic title after the bronze medals obtained at Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016, the Romanian Olympic Committee

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