Beatrice Huștiu

Beatrice Huștiu (born 2 September 1956) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. She competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and served as her country's flag bearer at the event.

Beatrice Huștiu
Personal information
Country representedRomania
Born (1956-09-02) 2 September 1956
Bucharest, Romania
Retired1976

Life and career

Huștiu was born on 2 September 1956 in Bucharest, Romania.[1][2] She suffered from rickets in childhood and began skating when she was five years old.[3] At the age of 11 years and 158 days, she competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.[2] She served as Romania's flag bearer at the event.[4] She trained six hours a day.[3]

Huștiu placed 22nd at the 1970 European Championships in Leningrad and 17th at the 1971 European Championships in Zurich. Her mother died when the skater was 14 years old and her father died four years later.[5]

At 19, Huștiu retired from competition and enrolled at the West University of Timișoara, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport.[5] She married Eugen Triebel from Sibiu.[3] She moved to Vienna in 1996.[5]

Competitive highlights
International
Event 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71
Winter Olympics29th
European Champ.22nd17th
Prague Skate11th

References
  1. "Beatrice Hustiu". olympic.org. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017.
  2. "Beatrice Huştiu". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  3. Both, Stefan (12 February 2014). "Olimpică la 11 ani. Beatrice Huştiu, cea mai tănără patinatoare din istoria Jocurilor Olimpice de iarnă". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  4. "Romania". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.
  5. Tătăru, Mădălina (26 April 2013). "Minunea de la Grenoble! O româncă a fost la Jocurile Olimpice la numai 11 ani". prosport.ro (in Romanian).
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