All of Bucharest’s 51 metro stations will also be named after famous Romanian athletes, the metro operator Metrorex has announced. The Unirii 1 Square metro station will also be named Ivan Patzaichin after the famous Romanian rower, and the Unirii 2 Square station will be named after famous Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci.

Famous gymnasts like Maria Olaru, Simona Amanar, Andreea Raducan, Sandra Izbasa are among the athletes whose names will be added to metro stations. Gabriela Szabo, the Youth and Sports Minister, will also see her name placed at the Dristor 2 Metro station.

This is part of an awareness campaign to celebrate 100 years since the creation of the Roomanian Olympic Committee.

The full list of metro stations and the new additions to their names are below:

1. 1 Decembrie 1918 - Olga Homeghi;
2. 1 Mai - Maria Olaru;
3. Anghel Saligny - Gheorghe Berceanu;
4. Apărătorii Patriei - Ioana Olteanu;
5. Aurel Vlaicu - Simona Amânar;
6. Aviatorilor - Liliana Gafencu;
7. Basarab 1 - Andreea Răducan;
8. Basarab 2 - Alina Dumitru;
9. Berceni - Maricica Puică;
10. Constantin Brâncoveanu - Marioara Popescu;
11. Costin Georgian - Vasile Dâba;
12. Crângaşi - Ecaterina Szabo;
13. Dimitrie Leonida - Viorel Talapan;
14. Dristor 1 - Sandra Izbaşa;
15. Dristor 2 - Gabriela Szabo;
16. Eroii Revoluţiei - Constanţa Burcică;
17. Eroilor - Elena Georgescu;
18. Gara de Nord 1 - Cătălina Ponor;
19. Gara de Nord 2 - Neculai Ţaga;
20. Gorjului - Leon Rotman;
21. Griviţa - Serghei Covaliov;
22. Grozăveşti - Ecaterina Oancia;
23. Izvor - Nicu Vlad;
24. Jiului - Corneliu Ion;
25. Lujerului - Lavinia Miloşovici;
26. Mihai Bravu - Mihaela Peneş;
27. Nicolae Grigorescu 1 - Dimitrie Popescu;
28. Nicolae Grigorescu 2 - Cristina Grigoraş;
29. Nicolae Teclu - Lia Manoliu;
30. Obor - Georgeta Andrunache;
31. Păcii - Veronica Cochelea;
32. Pantelimon - Rodica Florea Şerban;
33. Parc Bazilescu - Daniela Sofronie;
34. Petrache Poenaru - Paula Ivan;
35. Piaţa Iancului - Iolanda Balaş;
36. Piaţa Muncii - Diana Mocanu;
37. Piaţa Romană - Viorica Susanu;
38. Piaţa Sudului - Elisabeta Lipă;
39. Piaţa Unirii 1 - Ivan Patzaichin
40. Piaţa Unirii 2 - Nadia Comăneci;
41. Piaţa Victoriei 1 - Marius Urzică;
42. Piaţa Victoriei 2 - Angela Alupei;
43. Pipera - Daniela Silivaş;
44. Politehnica - Monica Roşu;
45. Preciziei - Doina Melinte;
46. Republica - Laura Badea;
47. Ştefan cel Mare - Simona Păuca;
48. Timpuri Noi - Rodica Arba;
49. Tineretului - Ştefan Rusu;
50. Titan - Toma Simionov;
51. Universitate - Doina Ignat.

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