The Universitatea Națională de Educație Fizică și Sport (UNEFS), is one of the highest-profile state public higher education institution in Romania, and was founded on 1 December 1922, in Bucharest. It was the tenth institution of its kind in the world and the fifth in Europe.
UNEFS is one of the major physical education and sport institutions in Eastern Europe, and the degrees are awarded by the Ministry of National Education, and are recognised by other countries with whom bilateral agreements have been signed.
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Alumni
Other notable alumni
Laura Badea – fencer, coach and sport administrator
Mariana Bitang – gymnastics coach and political counselor
Spyros Tsironis – politician
Dan Grecu – gymnast and coach
Marius Urzică – gymnast and coach
Marian Drăgulescu – gymnast
Iolanda Balaș – athlete, high jumper, and former president of the Romanian Athletics Federation and IAAF commissioner
Anișoara Cușmir – athlete, long jumper, and coach
Doina Melinte – athlete, runner, and former vice president of the Romanian Anti-Doping Agency and director of the National Agency for Youth and Sport
Argentina Menis – athlete, discus thrower
Violeta Beclea-Szekely – athlete, runner
Sanda Toma – rower and professor
Marioara Popescu – rower
Nicolae Țaga – rower
Elisabeta Lipă – most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, president of the Romanian Rowing Federation, and former president of CS Dinamo București and politician
Toma Simionov – sprint canoer
Vasile Pușcașu – Greco-Roman wrestler
Ion Draica – Greco-Roman wrestler, businessperson, and former politician, president of Romanian Federation of Wrestling and SSC Farul Constanța president
Gheorghe Berceanu – Greco-Roman wrestler and coach
Mihaela Buzărnescu – tennis player
Ion Motroc – Former Professional football player