Natalia Mărășescu

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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]

Natalia Mărășescu
Personal information
Born3 October 1952 (1952-10-03) (age 72)
Căpreni, Romania[1]
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)1500 m, 3000 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 m – 3:58.2 (1979)
3000 m – 8:33.53 (1978)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Prague 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1978 Prague 3000 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Katowice 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1976 Munich 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1978 Milan 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 1979 Vienna 1500 m
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1975 Rome 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 1975 Rome 3000 m
Silver medal – second place 1977 Sofia 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City 1500 m

Biography

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Natalia Mărășescu. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Natalia Mărășescu at World Athletics  
  3. ^ 7 women fail dope test, The Deseret News, 25 October 1979
  4. ^ a b Scorecard. In: Sports Illustrated. 31 Märch 1980
  5. ^ Olympic Review: Within the IFs (PDF; 386 kB). 1980
Records
Preceded by Women's mile world record holder
21 May 1977 – 26 January 1980
Succeeded by