Fighting against bullying through movement and sport Famous Romanian minority sportspeople Gabriela Bucur Janina Izabela Mihai Liceul Teoretic Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci

What does bullying mean? Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions. The bullied individual typically has trouble defending him or herself and does nothing to “cause” the bullying.

Simona Halep Simona Halep was born 27th  September 1991 Constanta  is a Romanian professional tennis player. Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2012, reached the top 20 in August 2013, and finally the top 10 in January 2014.  Simona Halep is the daughter of Stere and Tania Halep, a family of Aromanian descent. 

Halep started playing tennis at the age of four, in emulation of her older brother. At age 6, she was practicing daily. At age 16, she relocated to Bucharest to further her tennis career.  She named Justine Henin and Andrei Pavel as two of her idols when she was younger. 

In terms of tennis strategy Halep is an aggressive counterpuncher  In terms of tennis strategy Halep is an aggressive counterpuncher. Her very fit body and athleticism provide her with very good all-court movement and she tends to make few errors; she also uses this agility to reach the ball earlier because of her wide back swings and sliding. At the same time she likes to control the rally and can hit very effective cross-court and down-the-line flat shots, generally producing winners.

5 Halep reached the 2014 French Open final, her first Grand Slam final, where she lost to Maria Sharapova in three sets. She also reached the final of the WTA Finals the same year, losing to Serena Williams in straight sets after having defeated her earlier in the tournament After the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Simona Halep became the active player with the most consecutive weeks within the Top 10. 

Gheorghe Hagi Gheorghe "Gică" Hagi was  born 5th February 1965, and  is an Aromanian former professional footballer, considered one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe during the 1980s and '90s and the greatest Romanian footballer of all time. Galatasaray fans called him "Comandante" ("The Commander") and Romanians call him "Regele" ("The King").

Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians", Hagi is considered a hero in his homeland. He was named Romanian Footballer of the Year seven times, and is regarded as one of the best football players of his generation. As a creative advanced playmaker, he was renowned for his dribbling, technique, vision, passing and finishing. 

Hagi played for the Romania national team in three FIFA World Cups, in 1990, 1994 (where he was named in the World Cup All-Star Team) In 2009, Hagi founded Romanian club Viitorul Constanța. He is currently both owner and chairman of the club. Hagi also established the Gheorghe Hagi football academy, one of the biggest football academies in Southeastern Europe. His son Ianis is also a footballer..

Béla Károlyi Béla Károlyi was  born in September 13th, 1942 and is a Romanian gymnastics coach of Hungarian descent. He and his wife Márta are ethnic Hungarians from Transylvania, and early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralised training system for gymnastics.

One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials and the Károlyis subsequently defected to the United States in 1981. 

Since their arrival in the United States, Béla and Márta Károlyi have been credited with transforming the coaching of gymnastics in the US and bringing major international success. They have both been head coach of the United States women's national gymnastics team, as well as national team coordinator for United States gymnastics at the Olympic Games. 

Ivan Patzaichin Ivan Patzaichin was  born in 26th November 1949. He is a Romanian canoe racing coach and retired sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 world championship medals, including four Olympic gold medals. 

This makes him most decorated Romanian canoeist of all times This makes him most decorated Romanian canoeist of all times. He later worked as a canoeing coach, attending five more Olympics in this capacity.In 1990 he was awarded the Olympic Order, and in 2006 included to the list of 100 Greatest Romanians of all time by a nationwide poll.    Patzaichin was born in a Russian Lipovan family in the village Mila 23. His father Vicol was a fisherman and his mother Alexandra was a dressmaker. 

He took up canoeing in early age inspired by his grandfather, and decided to pursue a canoeing career after watching a TV broadcast of two canoers from his village, Vicol Calabiciov and Serghei Covaliov, winning the 1966 world title in doubles.  Patzaichin spent his entire career with Dinamo Club, first as a trainee and competitor, rowing 4000– 5000 km per year in his prime, and then as a coach