Former sports minister Eduard Novak will cycle for Romania at the Paralympic Games
<p>Former sports minister Eduard Novak, a road and track racing cyclist, will represent Romania at the Paralympic Games in Paris this summer. It will be his sixth participation in the international event.</p>

<p>"An announcement I couldn't wait to share with you: yesterday, the Romanian Cycling Federation officially confirmed that I have been selected for the sixth time to represent Romania at the Paralympic Games in August! It is an honor and a joy to be able to represent my country again, to be able to play the sport I love at a performance level, and to continue to push my limits," Novak said in a post on Facebook.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Eduard Novak was the minister of sport from December 2020 until the summer of 2023.&nbsp;</p>

<p>He started his sports career as a speed skater and won several international competitions practicing this sport. After a 1996 car accident, he switched to cycling.</p>

<p>Novak won a silver medal in 2008 in Beijing, while in 2012, in London, he won a gold and a silver medal. In 2021, <a href="https://www.romania-insider.com/eduard-novak-silver-paralympic-games" rel="noopener" target="_blank">he also won silver</a> in the men's C4 4000m individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.</p>

<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

<p><i>(Photo source: Facebook/Guvernul Romaniei)</i></p>