- Monica Iagăr
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Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for 
RomaniaEuropean Championships Gold 1998 Budapest High Jump European Indoor Championships Gold 1998 Valencia High Jump Universiade Gold 1999 Palma de Mallorca High Jump Monica Dinescu-Iagăr (born April 2, 1973 in Sighetu Marmaţiei) is a Romanian athlete competing in high jump. Her personal best jump is 2.02 metres.
She made her international debut in 1995 but went through a six-month drug suspension in 1996. In 1998 she won the indoor with 1.96 m and outdoor European Championships with 1.97 m. She also won the 1999 Universiade and also won the Hochsprung mit Musik meet that year. She finished 8th at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
External links
- IAAF profile for Monica Iagăr
Sporting positions Preceded by
Hestrie CloeteWomen's High Jump Best Year Performance
2000Succeeded by
Venelina VenevaEuropean Champions in Women's High Jump 1938: Ibolya Csák (HUN) • 1946: Anne-Marie Colchen (FRA) • 1950: Sheila Lerwill (GBR) • 1954: Thelma Hopkins (GBR) • 1958: Iolanda Balaş (ROU) • 1962: Iolanda Balaş (ROU) • 1966: Taisia Chenchik (URS) • 1969: Miloslava Rezková (TCH) • 1971: Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) • 1974: Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) • 1978: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1982: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) • 1986: Stefka Kostadinova (BGR) • 1990: Heike Henkel (FRG) • 1994: Britta Bilač (SLO) • 1998: Monica Dinescu (ROU) • 2002: Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) • 2006: Tia Hellebaut (BEL) • 2010: Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
European Indoor Champions in Women's High Jump 1970: Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) • 1971: Milada Karbonová (TCH) • 1972: Rita Schmidt (DDR) • 1973: Jordanka Blagoeva (BUL) • 1974: Rosemarie Ackermann (DDR) • 1975: Rosemarie Ackermann (DDR) • 1976: Rosemarie Ackermann (DDR) • 1977: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1978: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1979: Andrea Mátay (ROU) • 1980: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1981: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1982: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) • 1983: Tamara Bykova (URS) • 1984: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) • 1985: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1986: Andrea Bienias (DDR) • 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1988: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1989: Alina Astafei (ROU) • 1990: Heike Henkel (GER) • 1992: Heike Henkel (GER) • 1994: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1996: Alina Astafei (GER) • 1998: Monica Iagar (CZE) • 2000: Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) • 2002: Marina Kuptsova (RUS) • 2005: Anna Chicherova (RUS) • 2007: Tia Hellebaut (BEL) • 2009: Ariane Friedrich (GER) • 2011: Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's High Jump 1959 – 1961: Iolanda Balaş (ROM) • 1963: Taisiya Chenchik (URS) • 1965: Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) • 1967: Mami Takeda (JPN) • 1970: Snezana Hrepevnik (YUG) • 1973: Virginia Ioan (ROM) • 1975: Galina Filatova (URS) • 1977: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1979: Andrea Mátay (HUN) • 1981: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1983: Tamara Bykova (URS) • 1985: Silvia Costa (CUB) • 1987: Svetlana Isaeva (BUL) • 1989: Alina Astafei (ROM) • 1991: Alison Inverarity (AUS) • 1993: Tanya Hughes (USA) • 1995: Viktoriya Fyodorova (RUS) • 1997: Amy Acuff (USA) • 1999: Monica Iagăr (ROM) • 2001: Vita Palamar (UKR) • 2003: Dóra Győrffy (HUN) • 2005: Anna Chicherova (RUS) • 2007: Marina Aitova (KAZ) • 2009: Ariane Friedrich (GER) • 2011: Brigetta Barrett (USA)
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Women's High Jump 1977: Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) • 1979: Debbie Brill (CAN) • 1981: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) • 1985: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1989: Silvia Costa (CUB) • 1992: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB) • 1994: Britta Bilač (SLO) • 1998: Monica Iagăr (ROM) • 2002: Hestrie Cloete (RSA) • 2006: Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) • 2010: Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- Romanian high jumpers
- People from Sighetu Marmaţiei
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Doping cases in athletics
- Olympic athletes of Romania
- Romanian athletics biography stubs
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