- Natalia Mărăşescu
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Natalia Mărăşescu (née Andrei; born 3 October 1952) is a retired Romanian middle distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres.
Mărăşescu set two world records over the mile; 4:23.8 minutes on 21 May 1977 in Bucharest, and 4:22.09 minutes on January 27, 1979 in Auckland. The record was broken by Mary Slaney won ran in 4:21.68 minutes a year later in the same city. The current record is 4:12.56. [1] She briefly held the record in 5000 metres, with 15:41.4 minutes. This record lasted less than four months before broken by Jan Merrill. [2]
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Event 1975 European Indoor Championships Katowice, Poland 1st 1500 m 1976 European Indoor Championships Munich, West Germany 2nd 1500 m 1977 Universiade Sofia, Bulgaria 2nd 1500 m 1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 2nd 1500 m European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 2nd 1500 m European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 2nd 3000 m 1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st 1500 m Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 1st 1500 m World Best Year Performance in Women's 1500 m 1970 – 1971: Karin Burneleit (GDR) • 1972: Lyudmila Bragina (URS) • 1973: Karin Krebs (GDR) • 1974: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) • 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS) • 1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Natalia Mărăşescu (ROM) • 1978: Giana Romanova (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1981 – 1982: Olga Dvirna (URS) • 1983: Mary Slaney (USA) • 1984: Nadezhda Ralldugina (URS) • 1985: Mary Slaney (USA) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS) • 1988 – 1989: Paula Ivan (ROU) • 1990: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1991: Natalya Artyomova (RUS) • 1992: Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) • 1993: Qu Yunxia (CHN) • 1994 – 1995: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Jiang Bo (CHN) • 1998: Gabriela Szabo (ROM) • 1999: Violeta Szekely (ROM) • 2000: Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA) • 2001: Violeta Szekely (ROM) • 2002 – 2003: Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) • 2004: Kelly Holmes (GBR) • 2005: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) • 2006: Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) • 2007 – 2009: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) • 2010: Anna Alminova (RUS)
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 3000 and 5000 m 1975 – 1993: 3.000 metres • 1995 – present: 5.000 metres1975: Natalia Andrei (ROM) • 1977 – 1979: Not Held • 1981: Breda Pergar (YUG) • 1983: Maria Radu (ROM) • 1985: Cathy Branta (USA) • 1987 – 1989: Paula Ivan (ROM) • 1991: Iulia Besliu (ROM) • 1993: Clare Eichner (USA) • 1995: Gabriela Szabo (ROM) • 1997: Nnenna Lynch (USA) • 1999: Rie Ueno (JPN) • 2001: Dong Yanmei (CHN) • 2003: Eloise Poppett (AUS) • 2005: Kimberley Smith (NZL) • 2007: Jéssica Augusto (POR) • 2009: Sara Moreira (POR) • 2011: Binnaz Uslu (TUR)
Categories:- 1952 births
- Living people
- Romanian middle distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Romania
- Romanian athletics biography stubs
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