Birth Place: | Cujmir, Romania[1] |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | CSA Steaua București[2] |
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Iulică Ruican (born 29 August 1971) is a retired Romanian rower. He competed in coxed fours and eights at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in 1992. At the 1996 Olympics he served as a flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony. At the world championships he won seven medals between 1993 and 1998, including three gold medals.[3]
Ruican took up rowing aged 16, and after retiring from competitions became vice president of his native club CSA Steaua București.[2] His wife Anca Tănase is also a former Olympic rower.[1]