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{{short description|Romanian swimmer}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name=Noémi Lung
| image=Noemi Lung.jpg
| caption = Noemi Lung in 1988
| fullname = Noemi Lung Zaharia
| nicknames =
| nationality = Romanian
| strokes = [[butterfly swimming|Butterfly]] and [[medley swimming|medley]]
| club =
| collegeteam = [[Florida Atlantic Owls|Florida Atlantic University]] <small>(USA)</small>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|5|16}}
| birth_place = [[Baia Mare]], [[Romania]]
| coach = Gheorghe Demeca<ref name=cosr>[https://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/noemi-lung Noemi Lung]. [[Romanian Olympic Committee]]</ref><ref name=baia>[http://www.baiamare.ro/ro/Descopera-Baia-Mare/Sportul-in-Baia-Mare/Mari-sportivi/Noemi-Lung/ Noemi Lung]. baiamare.ro</ref>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry |  {{ROU}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre individual medley|400 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]]|400 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|1987 Strasbourg]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|1987 Strasbourg]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|1987 Strasbourg]] | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|400 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|200 m butterfly]]}}
}}

'''Noemi Lung Zaharia''' (born May 16, 1968) is a retired [[butterfly swimming|butterfly]], freestyle and [[medley swimming|medley]] swimmer from [[Romania]], who won two individual medley medals at the 1988 Olympics. A year before she collected a record five gold medals at the [[1987 Summer Universiade]] in [[Zagreb]].

In 1990 she moved to the United States, where she received a scholarship in 1995 and graduated in management from the [[Florida International University]] in [[Miami]].<ref name=cosr/> She was women's swimming Head Coach at the Florida University from 2002 to 2010.<ref>[http://www.fiusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=49123&SPID=4772&DB_OEM_ID=11700&ATCLID=562111&Q_SEASON=2008 Noeim Lung-Zaharia's bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928084653/http://www.fiusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=49123&SPID=4772&DB_OEM_ID=11700&ATCLID=562111&Q_SEASON=2008 |date=2011-09-28 }} on the FIU Athletics website. Retrieved: 2008-11-15.</ref> In 2020, she received a PhD in sports leadership from the [[United States Sports Academy]]. Since 2010 she is the Director of the Aquatic and Fitness Center at Miami Dade College North campus in Miami, FL, before becoming an assistant professor at the [[University of Alabama Huntsville]].
In 2024, Dr. Noemi Zaharia became the Director of Sport Leadership and an associate professor at the United States Sport's Academy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ussa.edu/news/decorated-olympians-dr-noemi-zaharia-and-cristian-zaharia-join-ussa-family/ | title=Decorated Olympians Dr. Noemi Zaharia and Cristian Zaharia Join USSA Family | date=9 January 2024 }}</ref>

Since December 1995 she is married to the Olympic handball player [[Cristian Zaharia]].<ref name=baia/> They have two children.

== References ==
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{{Footer European Champions 400m Individual Medley Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 200m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 400m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 800m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 200m Medley Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 400m Medley Women}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Romanian female butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Romanian female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Romanian female medley swimmers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Baia Mare]]
[[Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Romania]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:20th-century Romanian sportswomen]]


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