Constantin Dragomir

Comarnic-native Constantin Dragomir of the Metalul I. C. Frimu-Sinaia sporting club was a factory worker and metal lathe operator in the town of Sinaia located in the Prahova River valley near Romania’s Bucegi Mountains. Initially taking up the sport around 1949, he was the pilot of the Romania 2 sled that competed in the four-man event at the 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympics, finishing 20th. He also competed in the two-man with Gheorghe Moldoveanu, finishing 18th.

A winner of multiple Romanian championships in the 1950s, Dragomir continued his involvement in bobsleigh into the late 1960s, when he competed with his son Mihai and by which time he had risen to the position of foreman at the factory where he worked.