Natalia Mărăşescu (née Andrei on 3 October 1952) is a retired Romanian middle distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres. She competed in this event at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed ninth in 1980.[1]
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| Born | 3 October 1952 (age 72) Căpreni, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 3:58.2 (1979) 3000 m – 8:33.53 (1978)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editMărăşescu set two world records over the mile; 4:23.8 minutes on 21 May 1977 in Bucharest, and 4:22.09 minutes on 27 January 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 4:12.33. [1] She briefly held the record in the 5000 metres, with 15:41.4 minutes. This record lasted less than four months before being broken by Jan Merrill. [2]
Doping ban
editMărăşescu was banned 18 months for taking anabolic steroids in 1979.[3][4] After 8 months Mărăşescu was reinstated[5] after IAAF President Adriaan Paulen of the Netherlands said that an 18-month suspension in the steroid case would have kept the women[4] out of the Moscow Olympics, which would have constituted "an extra penalty." He said that the IAAF Council had therefore reinstated them for "humane reasons."
References
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- ^ a b c Natalia Mărășescu. sports-reference.com
- ^ Natalia Mărășescu at World Athletics
- ^ 7 women fail dope test, The Deseret News, 25 October 1979
- ^ a b Scorecard. In: Sports Illustrated. 31 Märch 1980
- ^ Olympic Review: Within the IFs (PDF; 386 kB). 1980
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