Daniela Dumitru

Daniela Georgiana Dumitru (born 25 July 1987 in Ploiesti) is a Romanian former long track speed skater and road racing cyclist.[1] As a speed skater she was active between 1995 and 2010 and as a cyclist in 2017.[2]

Dumitru began her speed skating career as a child and quickly rose to the top of the Romanian top. At the age of 15 she won the bronze medal at the Romanian allround championship, in which she was the youngest of the six participants. In early 2003 she took part in the Junior World Championships in Yanagimachi, Japan, where she finished 31st. With her good results at national level, Dumitru received a place in the three-man World Cup squad of the Romanian national team from the 2003-04 season. After she was only allowed to start in the B group in the winters from 2003 to 2005 and thus had no chance of winning World Cup points, she finished ninth over 1000 meters in Inzell in mid-December 2005.[3]

Dumitru represented her nation twice at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women: in 2006, finishing 33rd overall and in 2010, finishing 24th overall. She won the bronze medal at the 2010 North American Speed Skating Championships.[3] She participated at the European Speed Skating Championships for Women in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. She also competed at other international competitions, including at ISU Speed Skating World Cups.[3]

Between 2002 and 2010 she had 35 starts at national championships. She became national champion at the 2010 Romanian Allround Championships. Furthermore she won 14 silver and 14 bronze medals at national championships.[3]

As a cyclist she was part of the 2017 women's professional cycling team Giusfredi–Bianchi and competed at 2017 women's international races including 2017 UCI Women's World Tour races.[4]