Noemi Lung

Noemi Lung Zaharia (born May 16, 1968) is a retired butterfly and medley swimmer from Romania, who won two individual medley medals at the 1988 Olympics. A year before she collected a record five gold medals at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.

Noémi Lung

Noemi Lung in 1988
Personal information
Full name	Noemi Lung Zaharia
Nationality	Romanian
Born	May 16, 1968 Baia Mare, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly and medley
College team	Florida Atlantic University (USA)
Coach	Gheorghe Demeca[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 400 m medley 1988 Seoul 200 m medley World Championships (LC) 1986 Madrid 400 m medley European Championships (LC) 1987 Strasbourg 400 m medley 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 200 m medley Summer Universiade 1987 Zagreb 200 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 400 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 800 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 200 m medley 1987 Zagreb 400 m medley 1987 Zagreb 200 m butterfly

In 1990 she moved to the United States, where she received a scholarship in 1995 and graduated in management from the Florida International University in Miami.[1] She was women's swimming Head Coach at the Florida University from 2002 to 2010.[3] Since 2010 she is the Director of the Aquatic and Fitness Center at Miami Dade College North campus in Miami, FL. Since December 1995 she is married to the Olympic handball player Cristian Zaharia.[2]

References

1. Noemi Lung. Romanian Olympic Committee
2. Noemi Lung. baiamare.ro
3. Noeim Lung-Zaharia's bio Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine on the FIU Athletics website. Retrieved: 2008-11-15.