The discoverer of Camelia Ciripan, bronze medals at the Paralympic Games, sued the National Sport Agency

Florin Milciu, the coach who discovered Camelia Ciripan, a paralimal bronze medal in Paris 2024 in the simple, class 6, is the only one who did not receive from the state the award for this quality, according to the legislation in force.

He resorted to the last variant he has available, to sue the National Sport Agency. On April 17, he sent the documents to court, and in another two weeks, after the complaint was made, he received confirmation from the Bucharest Court, Section II.

But how did it get here? According to the Government Decision 1447 of 2007, by amending on July 18, 2024 to paragraph 1 of article 39, in Decision 830/2024, it is specified that:

“(1) The coaches or teachers who detected, selected and/or prepared athletes who, subsequently, under the guidance of other specialists, were ranked on the I – VI places at the Olympic Games, the Youth Olympics and at the Paralympic Games, respectively on the 1st places at the World or European Championships may be awarded by the Ministry of Youth or the Romanian Sport Case, for each of these performances, with a prize of up to 30% of the value granted to the athlete or athletes, selected and/or prepared“.

As COSR could not assume Florin Milciu's premiere, being the Paralympic sport, and the National Paralympic Committee is not mentioned in the operated modification, the reward was granting the former Ministry of Youth and Sport, in the meantime became a national agency.

Two requests submitted to ANS, no official response

“My colleagues, Camelia coaches, and she took the money on October 8“, Milciu told GSP in February.”I didn't want to do anything then because if he wrote the agency in the article, I thought it would give me the money agency when they will be given for the Olympians. On December 13, the judgment appeared to pay for the Olympians and I saw that I am not there“However, for the medalist from the OJ, the award was made by the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee.

On October 25, an application had submitted to the registry to receive the Paris 2024 award. The initial proposal belonged to the Romanian Paralympic Committee, as is legal. “The address made by me to ANS remained unanswered, the address made by the committee before me – and that was unanswered', List the former sportsman and coach.

After changing the management of ANS, following the resignation of Elisabeta Lipă, who obtained a deputy mandate on the PSD lists, he tried to find a solution by discussing the dignitaries at the top of the institution, receiving only promises.

On February 26, he registered with the National Agency for Sport a new request, which received the registration number 1789. By this, Florin Milciu asked for “to transfer to the undersigned account the amount of 125.290 lei, representing the value of the prize due by virtue of the quality of coach or teacher who detected and initiated the Cyripan athlete Camelia Ioana Roxana, a sportsman who ranked 3rd in the Womens Singles WS6 at the Paris 2024 paralima games.

Address registered with ANS on February 26, 2025 (Facsimil)

Next, he wanted “to the extent that the agency does not understand to respond to the main request, to communicate my legal basis, or, as the case may be, the reason by which he considers that the undersigned would not be the amount of money provided by the national legislation”.

Florin Milciu also recalled that “all the necessary prior formalities had been carried out in order to achieve the premiere, in the sense that, during October 2024, the National Paralympic Committee (…) proposed to the National Agency for Sport the premiere of the undersigned, submitting the documents that attest to the discoverer”.

In conclusion, the note that “this is the reasoning for which I chose that, before analyzing the opportunity to initiate an action in order to award the prize that is due to me, to ask the entity who, in my opinion, is due to pay the value of the prize, to communicate to me why until this moment has not done the payment”.

Cameliei Ciripan's message at the Sport Gala

On March 18, at the ANS Gala, during which the athletes were awarded for 2024, Camelia Ciripan brought to the attention of the subject, when she went on stage to receive her trophy of “the best Paralympic athlete”.

Camelia Ciripan / Sport Gala 2024 / Photo: Cristi Preda (gsp.ro)

“I would like to point out an injustice, I am the only athlete whose discoverer has not been rewarded. The President of the National Agency said we were a team, and Florin Milciu is part of this team, he put my palette in hand“Said Camelia, but her message was left without an echo.

After a month had passed since the request was recorded, Milciu resorted to the last solution. “They gave no sign so we decided to sue them to take the money from ANS“He concluded.