Natalia Mărășescu
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Born | 3 October 1952 (1952-10-03) (age 71) 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Biography
Mărăşescu 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
Mărăşescu 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
- ^ 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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Preceded by | Women's mile world record holder 21 May 1977 – 26 January 1980 | Succeeded by |
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- 1971: Margaret Beacham (GBR)
- 1972: Tamara Pangelova (URS)
- 1973: Ellen Wessinghage (FRG)
- 1974: Tonka Petrova (BUL)
- 1975: Natalia Mărășescu (ROM)
- 1976: Brigitte Kraus (FRG)
- 1977: Mary Stewart (GBR)
- 1978: Ileana Silai (ROM)
- 1979: Natalia Mărășescu (ROM)
- 1980: Tamara Koba (URS)
- 1981: Agnese Possamai (ITA)
- 1982: Gabriella Dorio (ITA)
- 1983: Brigitte Kraus (FRG)
- 1984: Fița Lovin (ROM)
- 1985: Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1987: Sandra Gasser (SUI)
- 1988: Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1989: Paula Ivan (ROM)
- 1990: Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1992: Yekaterina Podkopayeva (EUN)
- 1994: Yekaterina Podkopayeva (EUN)
- 1996: Carla Sacramento (POR)
- 1998: Theresia Kiesl (AUT)
- 2000: Violeta Szekely (ROM)
- 2002: Yekaterina Puzanova (RUS)
- 2005: Elena Iagăr (ROM)
- 2007: Lidia Chojecka (POL)
- 2009: Natalia Rodríguez (ESP)
- 2011: Elena Arzhakova (RUS)
- 2013: Abeba Aregawi (SWE)
- 2013: Abeba Aregawi (SWE)
- 2015: Sifan Hassan (NED)
- 2017: Laura Muir (GBR)
- 2019: Laura Muir (GBR)
- 2021: Elise Vanderelst (BEL)
- 2023: Laura Muir (GBR)
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