Maricica Puică

Maricica Puică

Personal information
Born	29 July 1950
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Romania Olympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles 3000 m Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 1500 m World Championships Silver 1987 Rome 3000 m World Cross-Country Championships Gold 1982 Rome Long Race Gold 1984 East Rutherford Long Race

Maricica Puică (born 29 July 1950 in Iaşi) is a Romanian former middle distance athlete, who won the 3000 meters gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a race also remembered for the collision of Mary Decker and Zola Budd.^[1]

In 1989 she spoke on Romanian television in support of the revolutionaries fighting against the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu.

References

1. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/maricica-puica-1.html Sports Reference

External links

• IAAF profile for Maricica Puică

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yelena Sipatova	Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1981	Succeeded by Svetlana Ulmasova

Persondata
Name	Puica, Maricica
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Date of birth	29 July 1950
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