Retired from the public life, the former athlete Mihaela Peneş (61) divides his life between monasteries and a nursery-hospital
At the Nursery-hospital "Sf. Luca", avery body heard about Mihaela Peneş. The Olympic championship from 1964 at throwing the javelin leves very often her house from Dorobanţi in order to hospitalize in this institution chronic diseases and geriatrics.
"We are the « former » champions. Nobody can take this title from us. And when we die, on our cross will be written « Olympic champion »", said Peneş in 2004.
The institute is in the 4th district, on Berceni Road, after the hospitals no. 9 and 10. The right side is occupied with the chronic oncology patients, and the left one is occupied with the aged. On this side of the hospital stays from time to time Mihaela Peneş, too. "Of course we know her. She is hospitalized at the 4th floor, but, if you want to speak to her we need to have her agreement", explains one of the two guardians from the entrance in the nursery hospital. After a few minutes, went down an assistant. "You cannot speak with her because she is not here. She comes and goes. She is not staying permanently here", says she.
44 years ago, Mihaela Peneş had only 17 years old. She was the youngest Romanian athlete in the delegation from Tokyo. She was sent to the Olympiad in order to gain experience. She entered the first in the contest, with the number 179 fixed on the undershirt. A strong girl, tall of 1, 88 m and weighting 92 kilograms. At that time, when people were still moving in the stand, looking for their seats, she made the perfect throw. 60, 54 m! No one could exceed her until the end. She was Olympic champion!
Mihaela Peneş is a very well known person in the nursery hospital. If call at the public phone from the 3rd floor and you ask about the former athlete, any
