Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Ileana•Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei |
| Used name | Ileana•Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei |
| Other names | Ilona Gyulai |
| Born | 12 June 1946 in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj (ROU) |
| Died | 25 August 2021 |
| Measurements | 164 cm / 61 kg |
| Affiliations | Steaua București, București (ROU) |
| NOC |  Romania |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Biography
Romanian fencer Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei was a four-time Olympian who won bronze medals in team foil in 1968 and 1972. She was a seven-time medalist at the World Championships, with a gold medal in 1969 team foil, along with three silver and three bronze medals won from 1965 to 1974. She also won five European Champions Cups with the CSA Steaua foil team. Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei was a three-time Romanian champion in individual foil and won 15 national titles in the team event.
Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei was inducted into the International Fencing Federation Hall of Fame and in 1970 she was named Romanian Sportswoman of the Year. Her other honors include being named a Master of Sports, a Master Emeritus of Sports, and being awarded the National Cross “Faithful Service” class III.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ROU |
Ileana Gyulai | |||
| Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) | ||||||
| Foil, Team, Women (Olympic) | Romania | 5 | ||||
| 1968 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ROU |
Ileana Drîmbă | |||
| Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) | =13 | |||||
| Foil, Team, Women (Olympic) | Romania | 3 | Bronze | |||
| 1972 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ROU |
Ileana Gyulai | |||
| Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) | 4 p3 r2/4 | |||||
| Foil, Team, Women (Olympic) | Romania | 3 | Bronze | |||
| 1976 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ROU |
Ileana Jenei | |||
| Foil, Team, Women (Olympic) | Romania | =7 |
Olympic family relations
- Wife (divorced) of Ion Drîmbă
- Wife of Emerich Jenei
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Universiade (1–1–0 1965 Budapest FEN silver: foil team (competed as Ileana Gyulai); 1973 Moskva FEN gold: foil team (competed as Ileana Gyulai))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Fencing Championships (1–3–3 1965 Paris silver: foil team; 1967 Montréal bronze: foil team; 1969 La Habana gold: foil team, silver: foil; 1970 Ankara silver: foil team; 1973 Göteborg bronze: foil team; 1974 Grenoble bronze: foil team)