Elena Horvat

Elena Horvat is a retired Romanian rower. She is a world champion and Olympic gold medallist in the coxless pair.
Horvat was born in Luizi-Călugăra in Bacău County in 1958. She moved to Bucharest at a young age but two sisters still live in her home village. Initially a member of Viitorul București, she later joined CSA Steaua București. She went to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow as a reserve rower but did not get to compete.
Horvat competed at the 1984 Olympics and won a gold medal in the Rowing at the 1984 Summer [Olympics – Women's coxless pair|coxless pair]. At world championships, she won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1985.