Gabriela Olărașu | |
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Country | Romania |
Born | Iași, Socialist Republic of Romania | 7 November 1964
Title | Woman Grandmaster (1997) |
Peak rating | 2373 (July 2000) |
Gabriela Olărașu (née Stanciu, also Stanciu-Olărașu; born 7 November 1964) is a Romanian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1997). She is six times Romanian Women Chess Champion (1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003).
She was born on 7 November 1964, [1] in Iași. [2] She graduated the "Costache Negruzzi" high school in 1983. [3]
In 1984, in Katowice she won silver medal in European Junior Chess Championship for under age 20. Olărașu has participated in many Romanian women's chess championships where she won 6 gold (1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003), 4 silver (1984, 1985, 1995, 2004) and 4 bronzes (1987, 1994, 2001, 2002) medals. [4] Gabriela Olărașu is the winner of many international women chess tournaments, including the ones in Bucharest (1997), Belgrade (2005) and Sofia (2006).[ citation needed]
Gabriela Olărașu played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [5]
Gabriela Olărașu played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championships: [6]
Olărașu was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985 and the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 1997.[ citation needed]
On 17 June 2012, [7] she suffered a heart attack followed by a cardiac arrest. [8] She spent three weeks in a coma, after which she partially recovered. A month after waking up from the coma, she was released from the hospital, only to come back. The doctors found out she had a cancerous blood disease. [7]
As of 2013 [update], she still did not recover from her condition. [7]
Gabriela Olărașu | |
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Country | Romania |
Born | Iași, Socialist Republic of Romania | 7 November 1964
Title | Woman Grandmaster (1997) |
Peak rating | 2373 (July 2000) |
Gabriela Olărașu (née Stanciu, also Stanciu-Olărașu; born 7 November 1964) is a Romanian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1997). She is six times Romanian Women Chess Champion (1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003).
She was born on 7 November 1964, [1] in Iași. [2] She graduated the "Costache Negruzzi" high school in 1983. [3]
In 1984, in Katowice she won silver medal in European Junior Chess Championship for under age 20. Olărașu has participated in many Romanian women's chess championships where she won 6 gold (1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003), 4 silver (1984, 1985, 1995, 2004) and 4 bronzes (1987, 1994, 2001, 2002) medals. [4] Gabriela Olărașu is the winner of many international women chess tournaments, including the ones in Bucharest (1997), Belgrade (2005) and Sofia (2006).[ citation needed]
Gabriela Olărașu played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [5]
Gabriela Olărașu played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championships: [6]
Olărașu was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985 and the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 1997.[ citation needed]
On 17 June 2012, [7] she suffered a heart attack followed by a cardiac arrest. [8] She spent three weeks in a coma, after which she partially recovered. A month after waking up from the coma, she was released from the hospital, only to come back. The doctors found out she had a cancerous blood disease. [7]
As of 2013 [update], she still did not recover from her condition. [7]