Iuliana Măceșeanu

Iuliana Măceșeanu (born 7 July 1981) is a Romanian épée fencer, bronze medallist at the 2005 European Championships and three-time team European champion (2006, 2008, and 2009).

Career Măceșeanu took up fencing at CSM Craiova when she was twelve years old. She was accompanying her younger brother to his gymnastics class and wanted to try the sport too, but the coach thought her frame was too big and directed her to the fencing hall which stood across the park. This result allowed her to finish the 2005–06 season No.36 in world rankings, her career best.

The 2006–07 season proved disappointing both for Măceșeanu and the team, with Romania finishing 10th at the World Championships in Saint-Petersburg. Măceșeanu did not qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but she took part in the World Championships held in Beijing for events not in the Olympic programme. She was eliminated in the first round at the European Championships in Kyiv. In the team event, Măceșeanu, Brânză, Iordăchioiu and Simona Alexandru overcame Hungary in the semi-finals, then crushed favourites Germany in the final to earn Măceșeanu's second European title.

In 2009 Măceșeanu moved to London with her partner and took a job as fencing coach at the London Fencing Club, returning to Romania to train with the national team before major competitions. Their medal hopes for the World Championships in Antalya were however cut short. In the individual event, Măceșeanu lost in the first round to Anfisa Pochkalova of Ukraine. Weakened by an injured Brânză, Romania were edged out 32–31 by Italy and finished 5th.

In the 2009–10 season Romania lost to France in the quarter-finals of the European Championships in Legnano and finished 5th.She was replaced by Loredana Iordăchioiu for the World Championships in Paris, at which Romania won the first women's épée world title in their history. Iuliana Maceseanu retired from her fencing career and stopped taking part in international competitions in 2011.