Wednesday, October 27th at 11am EDT / 6pm Bucharest Time
Swimmer Robert Glință and rower Simona Radiş at the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony.
Greetings!

Please join us Wednesday, October 27th at 11am EDT / 6pm Bucharest Time, for another exclusive Alianta Conversation!

John Florescu will be interviewing former fencer and COSR President Mihai Covaliu, along with Romania's olympic flag bearers: rower Simona Radis and swimmer Robert Glință.

We will talk about their recent experience at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Romanian sports and what is it like to be an olympian.

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The 2021 Conversation Series continues each month till the end of the year covering politics, diplomacy, business, the arts and up-to-date news events with news-makers in both Romania and the US.
Learn More About Our Guests
Mihai Covaliu
Mihai Claudiu Covaliu is a Romanian retired sabre fencer, Olympic champion in 2000 and world champion in 2005, and coach of the Romanian men's sabre team.

He is also ex-president of the Romanian Fencing Federation and, from 2016, president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee.
Simona Radiş
Simona Radiș is a Romanian rower who predominantly competes in double sculls, together with Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar.

She won a gold medal at the 2021 Olympics and a silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
Robert Glință
Robert is the former junior world record holder for 100 m backstroke (short course), with a time of 50.77 seconds. He was also an Olympic finalist at Rio 2016 and a flag bearer and Olympian at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

He currently represents Team Iron in the International Swimming League.
Moderator John Florescu
About our interviewer
John Florescu is a TV producer, businessman, and journalist with experience in the United States and Europe.

Along with producing news-generating documentaries, Florescu is one of the founders of Centrade, a family-owned US media company based in Houston, and also the founder of Chainsaw, a production, and post-production company based in Bucharest.
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