Noemi Lung Zaharia (born May 16, 1968) is a retired butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer from Romania, who won two individual medley medals at the 1988 Olympics. A year before she collected a record five gold medals at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.

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Noémi Lung

Noemi Lung in 1988
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Full name	Noemi Lung Zaharia
Nationality	Romanian
Born	(1968-05-16) May 16, 1968 (age 55) Baia Mare, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly and medley
College team	Florida Atlantic University (USA)
Coach	Gheorghe Demeca[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 400 m medley 1988 Seoul 200 m medley World Championships (LC) 1986 Madrid 400 m medley European Championships (LC) 1987 Strasbourg 400 m medley 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 200 m medley Summer Universiade 1987 Zagreb 200 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 400 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 800 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 200 m medley 1987 Zagreb 400 m medley 1987 Zagreb 200 m butterfly

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In 1990 she moved to the United States, where she received a scholarship in 1995 and graduated in management from the Florida International University in Miami.^[1] She was women's swimming Head Coach at the Florida University from 2002 to 2010.^[3] In 2020, she received a PhD in sports leadership from the United States Sports Academy. Since 2010 she is the Director of the Aquatic and Fitness Center at Miami Dade College North campus in Miami, FL, before becoming an assistant professor at the University of Alabama Huntsville. Since December 1995 she is married to the Olympic handball player Cristian Zaharia.^[2]